Softball: Lauret, Libertyville lower the boom

Jessie Lauret belted a grand slam, doubled, singled and drove in 6 runs, and Libertyville's softball team blanked Warren 12-0 in North Suburban Lake Division action Tuesday.

Hannah Heraty threw a five-inning three-hitter, striking out three and not walking a batter in improving to 8-1.

"Hannah did a great job of keeping the ball low and changing speeds to keep very good bats off-balance," said Libertyville coach Elissa Wisniewski, whose team improved to 8-1 and 3-0 in the NSC Lake.

Lauret finished 3-for-3 and also sparkled at shortstop.

"Jessie had a great day both offensively and defensively," Wisniewski said. "She did exactly what we want our seniors to do. She set the tone early offensively and then stepped up huge multiple times on defense to stop rally innings from starting, including doubling off a runner at first base from shallow left field after catching a ball that tipped off (third baseman) Jamie Stevens' glove."

Lyndsey Lyon also went 3-for-3 for Libertyville and had 3 RBI. Emily Hilldale was 1-for-3 with a double and 2 RBI.

Wauconda 3, Lakes 0: Kayla Wedl notched her 1,000th career strikeout and pitched a five-hit shutout, as the Bulldogs beat their district rival in North Suburban Prairie action.

Wedl (3-1) struck out nine and walked one. Her eighth strikeout was the 1,000th in her four-year varsity career.

Taylor McCarthy put Wauconda (4-3, 1-1) on the board in the third, singling in her sister Alyssa McCarthy. Mallory Carver put the game on ice in the sixth with a two-run double. Wedl and Brooke Sefcik had two hits each.

Lakes' Rachel Becker had two of the Eagles 5 hits with a single and triple.

Antioch sweeps North Chicago: The host Sequoits swept the North Suburban Prairie doubleheader, winning 10-0 in five inning and 10-0 in four.

Stephanie Bonaguidi and Hannah Cook combined on a perfect game in the opener. Bonaguidi pitched 4 innings, strikeout out 10. Cook fanned a pair in her 1 inning. Ashley Stephens and Carlie Gaylord both tripled.

In Game 2, Cook and Katie Sorenson pitched a combined no-hitter, as the Sequoits (11-1, 5-0) won their 11th game in a row. Cook had 6 strikeouts and 1 walk in her 3 innings, while Sorenson struck out the side in her 1 inning. Jill Foote was 2-fort-2 with 2 RBI. Gaylord and Jacklyn Geraty both tripled.

Cary-Grove 11, Grayslake North 4: The visiting Knights had 11 hits but committed 8 errors in losing the Fox Valley Conference game.

Losing pitcher Jessica Vaughan allowed 3 earned runs in 6 innings, striking out six. She also went 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI.

"We are killing ourselves right now with the errors," Grayslake North coach Lea Corcoran said. "Jessica Vaughn pitched really well."

Grace Brown and Rebecca Sosa both finished 2-for-4 with an RBI for the Knights. Jenna Pozezinski finished 1-for-4 and drove in a run.

Fremd 13, Carmel 12 (8 inn.): The Corsairs lost the nonconference home game, despite a pair of three-run homers by Jen Giesey.

Carmel (8-3) trailed 10-4 after Fremd's Julia Wacker hit a grand slam in the fifth inning. Down 10-6 in the bottom of the seventh, Giesey's second homer of the game pulled the Corsairs within a run. With two out, Dani DeLozier walked and scored on Amanda Elert's double.

Fremd answered with 3 runs in the eighth and then held on as Carmel scored twice in the bottom of the inning.

Elert finished 3-for-5 with 2 doubles and 2 RBI. Taylor Ganan was 1-for-4 with an RBI and a sacrifice bunt.

Jessica Mazur homered twice for Fremd.

Zion-Benton 11, Lake Zurich 4: Jessica Puccinelli was 1-for-3 with a double and 2 RBI for the Bears in the North Suburban Lake game.

For Zion-Benton, Tori Williams was 4-for-4 with a double and triple, and Allison Lopez went 2-for-5 with 2 doubles and 3 RBI.