Baseball/Fox Valley roundup

Cary-Grove 5, Wauconda 1: Andrew Brierton allowed just 2 hits with 5 strikeouts in 3 innings and Matt Byrne had 2 doubles and a triple as Cary-Grove (18-9) won in nonconference play. Daniel Vilardo added a double for the Trojans.

Bartlett 3, Metea Valley 1: Colin Nowak allowed 3 hits in 6 innings and Kyle Garcia and Ryan Roszkowiak each had 2 hits as Bartlett won in the Upstate Eight Valley. Robert Sadowski picked up the save for the Hawks (12-16-1, 7-11-1).

Westminster Christian 6, Rockford Lutheran 1: Ryan Perez (6-1 allowed just 3 hits and had 17 strikeouts as Westminster Christian (16-10) won in nonconference action. Perez was also 2-for-3 with a double and Matt Swing had 2 hits and an RBI for the Warriors.

Streamwood 5, Larkin 3: Dalton Lundeen struck out 10 and allowed 5 hits to lead the Sabres past Larkin in the Upstate Eight River. Austin Royse and losing pitcher Dylan Ganow each had doubles for Larkin (8-19, 5-14).

Elgin 1, CL South 0: Drew Bloomquist (1-2) held hot-hitting Crystal Lake South to just 4 hits as the Maroons (10-17) surprised the Gators (22-8) in nonconference play. Gage Teschner had a double for Elgin, while Jake Bigos was 3-for-3 with a double for CLS. Nick Martin took the loss and Koko Mari picked up his second save for Elgin.

Richmond 4, Burlington Central 1: Burlington Central slipped into a tie for the Big Northern East title with this loss at Richmond. Tanner Scott was 2-for-4 for BC (20-8, 8-1), while Riley Jensen (7-2) suffered the loss. Central left 13 runners on base and had 3 errors.