Softball: Final Top 20 rankings
Softball
Team Comment
1. Downers Grove South (36-2) Hedgcock, Buresch among returning players
2. St. Charles North (29-6) Beat top seed Schaumburg for sectional title
3. Schaumburg (31-2) Set state record with 66 HRs
4. Barrington (32-8) 4th in Class 4A; Dolezal 90 career wins
5. St. Charles East (29-6) Horan leaves after stellar 7-year run
6. York (24-7-1) Reached sectional final
7. Fremd (27-7) Julie Josten to play at Illinois Wesleyan
8. Kaneland (25-9) 3rd place Class 3A state finish best ever
9. Wauconda (27-12) Third straight Class 3A supersectional berth
10. Naperville Central (26-9) Had a great run
11. Warren (31-3) Eight-inning loss to New Trier in sectional semis
12. West Aurora (28-9) 1st conference title since 2000
13. Conant (22-8) 11-5 in tough MSL West
14. Montini (28-6) Lots of talent returning
15. Downers Grove North (25-7) Hoped to go further in postseason
16. Elk Grove (28-10) Pauscher's 19 HRs school record
17. Waubonsie Valley (24-8) Not the regional result it wanted
18. Huntley (24-8) First regional title since 2009
19. Carmel (30-8) Corsairs fall to Wauconda in sectional final
20. Stevenson (18-16) Cinderella Patriots advanced to supersectional