Baseball: Kimpler connects twice for Libertyville
Ben Kimpler crushed 2 home runs, finished with 3 hits overall and drove in 5 runs to lead Libertyville to an 18-1, five-inning nonconference win against Rockford East on Saturday.
The Wildcats out-hit Rockford East 14-2.
Dan Marks went 2-for-2 with a double and 5 RBI for Libertyville.
Winning pitcher Caleb Haddon rolled up 9 strikeouts and didn't walk any batters over four innings.
Wauconda 11, Hononegah 3: Collin Schrader had 2 home runs, including a grand slam, to lead Wauconda.
Brian McFarland added a 3-run home run.
Corey Soetart got the win on the mound.
Carmel splits: In an East Suburban Catholic Conference doubleheader, Carmel split with Benet, 7-6, 4-7.
Liam Evans laid down a bunt in the bottom of the seventh to give the Corsairs the win in Game 1. Evans finished the day with 3 RBI.
Connor Pett and Cooper Johnson each added 2 hits for the Corsairs.
In the second game, Johnson and Connor Pett each had doubles for Carmel.
Prairie Ridge 8, Grayslake Central 3: Kyle Allen had 2 hits, including a double, for Grayslake Central.
Lake Zurich 1, Schaumburg 0: Pitcher Ben Cornelius went the distance to lead Lake Zurich. He had 6 strikeouts and gave up just 2 walks.
Nick Sanders led the Bears' offense with 2 hits, including a double.
Mundelein 11, Lakes 1: Reed Rubio, Brett Parola, Drew Breitenreiter and Brendan Murphy each had 2 hits for Mundelein, which rolled up 12 hits overall.
Winning pitcher Wil Michalski finished with 9 strikeouts over five innings.
For Lakes, Max Swiatek had a team-leading 2 hits.
Mundelein is now 13-6 on the season.
Lakes drops to 8-8.
Grant 3, Bradford 0: Winning pitcher Nick Burgess finished with 7 strikeouts over five innings for Grant, which moves to 12-7.
Ben Kusiak led the Grant offense with 2 hits, including a double.
Harvest Christian 9, Round Lake 5: Round Lake out-hit Harvest Christian 11-9 but couldn't pull out the win. The Panthers' 5 errors certainly didn't help their cause.
Javier Gonzalez and Ben Graff each had 3 hits for Round Lake while Shane Gonka and Christian Eng each added 2 hits.