Baseball: Ekstrom, Mundelein outslug CL Central
Ethan Ekstrom had 3 hits, including a triple and a double, and TJ Yakimisky had 2 hits to lead Mundelein to a 12-8 victory over Crystal Lake Central in nonconference baseball on Saturday.
Connor Ashton had a home run for the Mustangs.
Carmel splits: Carmel split a doubleheader with Benet, losing 3-0 and winning 2-1.
In the win, winning pitcher Ben Wiegman had a double and an RBI.
Grant 3, Deerfield 1: Grant out-hit Deerfield 7-3 and got 7 hits from seven different players.
Jimmy Friel had a double for the Bulldogs.
Winning pitcher Mike Lopez had 3 strikeouts over six innings.
Grant also lost a game to Lakes, 1-0 to drop to 16-4 on the season and 7-2 in the Northern Lake County Conference.
Antioch 12, Wauconda 2: Logan Delgado had a double to lead Antioch, which finished with 11 hits.
Niles West 5, Vernon Hills 3: Josh Boyer, Kyle Fasbinder and Danny Wizceb each drove in runs for Vernon Hills.
Hersey sweeps Warren: Hersey's flair for the dramatic was on display Saturday in a nonconference baseball doubleheader against visiting Warren.
In Game 1, the Huskies jumped ahead with a 7-run first inning but had to battle a resilient Blue Devils team the rest of the way to earn a 17-15 victory.
Cade O'Neal (double, triple) and Cristian Rodriguez drove in 4 runs apiece, and Kyle Smith finished 3-for-4 with 3 RBI for Hersey. Joining the 17-hit effort were AJ Ceffalio (4-for-5), Daniel Clawson (2-for-5, double).
Both teams committed 8 errors.
In Game 2, coach Wally Brownley's team trailed 9-2 entering the bottom of the seventh and had a rally for the ages, scoring 8 runs to win 10-9. Ryan Trachsel drove in the decisive run with a single.
Daniel Clawson finished 2-for-3 with a double, O'Neal had a double and Trachsel had a pair of hits.
Kyle Smith earned the win after allowing 7 runs over 4⅓ innings. Only 1 of those runs was earned as the Huskies (9-13-1) committed 7 errors.
Buffalo Grove 6, Stevenson 4: The Mid-Suburban East leaders faced a 3-0 deficit after the first inning but battled back to reclaim the lead and eventually the victory.
Mac Camardo homered and doubled out of the cleanup spot for the Bison, finishing 2-for-4 with 4 RBI.
Connor Adams pitched 6 innings and allowed 2 earned runs with 4 strikeouts, and Zach Fricke pitched a scoreless relief inning for the Bison (17-3).
Tyler Concialdi doubled as Buffalo Grove overcame 5 errors in stretching its win streak to 13.
Conant 5, Grayslake Central 3: Jack Reiger doubled in the go-ahead run in the top of the seventh inning to help the Cougars top the Rams.
Reiger finished 3-for-4 with 2 RBI and 2 runs scored, and Mason Sykes doubled and finished 2-for-4 for the Cougars (10-8-1).
Carl Zillinskas and Teague Conrad combined on 3⅔ scoreless relief innings, with Zillinskas getting the win and Conrad the save as Conant played an error-free game.
St. Charles North 9, Libertyville 1: Erik Larson fired a complete game 5-hitter to lead the North Stars (12-2) to a nonconference win.