Baseball: Barnes, Hoffman Estates swat Dundee-Crown
Lucas Barnes powered a 13-hit attack for Hoffman Estates' baseball team in a 14-6 victory over Dundee-Crown in nonconference play Thursday.
Barnes homered and doubled, driving in 5 runs and scoring 3.
Dylan Bloom, Ryan Kulton, Ryan Ward and Brian Mester each produced 2 hits for the Hawks (5-1).
Ryan Davalos started for the Hawks and pitched 5 innings to pick up his second win of the season.
Elk Grove 9, Maine West 4: Christian Camacho finished 2-for-3 with a triple, 2 runs scored and 2 driven in to help Elk Grove past visiting Maine West in nonconference play Thursday.
The Grens had just 6 hits but made the most of them as Chuck Fleming doubles, Joe Lopez had a pair of hits and A.J. Lorenz drove in 2 runs and scored twice.
Chuck Taucher earned the win for Elk Grove (5-3), allowing 3 earned runs over 6 innings with 7 strikeouts. Joe Leone tossed a scoreless seventh inning for the Grens.
Nick Stone had a pair of hits, including a double, and drove in 2 runs for the Warriors.
Cary-Grove 10, Barrington 0 (5 inn.): Tristan Michaels had a pair of hits, but the Broncos (5-2) generated just 4 as a team in a nonconference setback at Cary-Grove.
Niles North 7, Wheeling 1: The Wildcats (4-5) generated just 3 singles in a nonconference road loss.