Softball/Fox Valley roundup

Elgin 4, St. Charles East 1: Coupled with Batavia’s upset of St. Charles North, this win kept Elgin’s slim Upstate Eight River hopes alive and inched senior Maroons’ standout closer to the school’s single-season strikeout record. Anna Eckholm hit a 2-run home run and Perryman (15-7) struck out 15 with 3 walks to lead Elgin. Perryman now has 299 strikeouts this season. The school record of 322 was set in 1996 by Elizabeth Waller. Perryman was also 2-for-3 with an RBI for Elgin (17-10, 10-6), which is again just 2 games behind SCN in the River race, but with only 3 conference games to play. Elgin hosts Larkin for the Maroons’ Senior Night at 7 p.m. today at Judson University.

Burlington Central 12, Harvard 2: The Rockets won their 13th straight and 16th in their last 17 games in this Big Northern East game. Bekah Harnish hit 2 home runs and Sarah Kisch belted a round-tripper for BC (22-7, 8-2), while Haley Albamonte (2-for-2, 2B) and Kassie Gaylord (2B, 3B) also contributed. Rebecca Roscher (4-0) struck out 4, walked 1 and allowed 6 hits in earning the win for the Rockets, who host Genoa-Kingston today before playing defending Class 4A state champion Moline in a 6 p.m. doubleheader on Friday at NIU.

St. Francis 10, St. Edward 4: Kristi Kroll (2-for-3, 3 RBI), Maddie Kerr (2-for-4, 2B) and Julie Larson (2B) led the St. Edward offense in this Suburban Christian loss. Larson (3-6) took the loss for the Green Wave (7-17, 5-10).

Geneva 7, Larkin 3: Jaclyn Saurbaugh had a home run, Alex Buhrow was 3-for-3 and Maggie Hoffman was 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI for Larkin (3-25, 1-13) in the Upstate Eight River. Kiernan Schock was the losing pitcher.

CL South 2, Prairie Ridge 0: Heather Van Eck allowed only 4 hits in 6 innings as the Gators (17-8, 5-6) upset PR in the FVC Valley. Liz Adams had a double for Crystal Lake South.