Baseball: Leyden advances to regional final

The West Suburban Gold baseball champs are still alive.

Leyden and Maine East got an early start on their Class 4A regional championship matchup at Maine South.

The Eagles were ready, scoring 5 runs over the first two innings before cruising past Maine East 9-0 on Friday.

Kevin Nevarez was dominant on the mound for Leyden, striking out six and allowing 2 hits.

Michael Wilms finished 2-for-4 and drove in 2 runs, and Brian Szopinski had 2 hits.

Matt Ozanic walked twice and finished 1-for-3 with 3 RBI.

Fifth-seeded Leyden (22-6-2) advances to a 10 a.m. Saturday regional championship game against No. 4 seed Evanston at Maine South.

Prospect (17-12, 13-3)

BG (28-4-1, 12-4)

Elk Grove (14-18, 8-8)

Wheeling (15-18-1, 6-10)

Hersey (9-23-1, 4-12)

RM (6-23, 2-14)

Barrington (28-7, 15-1)

Palatine (19-14, 10-6)

Fremd (17-16, 10-6)

Hoff (10-17, 8-8)

Conant (15-18, 6-10)

Schaumburg (7-23, 2-14)

Maine West 11-20

Leyden 21-6-2

St. Viator 19-15