Metea Valley advances on Karlins’ 1-hitter
Metea Valley 10, East Aurora 0:Matt Karlins fired a 1-hitter with 8 strikeouts in 5 innings as the Mustangs (16-14) scored all their runs in the first three innings and moved on to the Class 4A Oswego regional semifinals. Sam Hanson, Andrew Fox and Connor Archey each had 2 RBI. Addison Trail 4, Streamwood 3:The Blazers (11-24) scored a run in the bottom of the sixth inning to break a 3-3 tie and advance to the Class 4A Wheaton North regional semifinals. Jordan Garcia and Joe Kurucar had 2 hits apiece while winning pitcher Anthony Infantino struck out seven. Glenbard East 10, Conant 1:Leadoff hitter Mike Hansen went 3-for-4 with a double, home run and 3 RBI as the Rams (13-22) won in the Class 4A Geneva regional quarterfinals. Joe Kotch added 3 RBI and Nick Vichio doubled twice. D.J. Spears struck out nine in a 4-hitter. Wheaton Academy 6, Genoa-Kingston 0:A 3-0 lead after two innings was plenty of support for winning pitcher Jake Cousins, who struck out six, allowed 1 hit and walked none for the Warriors (7-20) in the Class 3A Burlington Central regional quarterfinals. Sam Perna had 2 of Wheaton Academy#146;s 5 hits. Schaumburg 4, West Chicago 2:Connor Dall and Dave Kordik drove in runs for the Wildcats (4-25), who fell in the Class 4A Schaumburg regional quarterfinals.Neuqua Valley 9, Benet 7:Trailing 7-3 heading to the sixth inning, Neuqua Valley (25-9) scored twice in the sixth and added 4 runs in the top of the seventh to pull out the nonconference victory. Dylan Goss homered and drove in 2 runs. Matt Butler went 3-for-4 while Cody Coll and Matt Wollnik had 2 RBI. Jonathan Vlk picked up the win in relief. Pat McInerney went 2-for-4 with a triple and 4 RBI for Benet (21-9).Glenbard North 7, York 5:The Panthers (19-11) closed the regular season by winning for the fifth time in six games. Ryan Storto went 3-for-3 with 2 doubles. Brandon Kressner and Dom Fornino each drove in 2 runs. Winning pitcher Luke Greenberg scattered 7 hits over 6 innings. River Pitlock went 2-for-4 for York (15-19).Willowbrook 16, Glenbard West 14:The Warriors (22-10) won a wild one in their final regular-season game. Dom Bataglia went 4-for-4 with 2 doubles, 2 RBI and 3 runs scored. Steven Ferguson went 3-for-5 and Jeremy Kucik drove in 3 runs. Spencer Refer, Tyler Dayton and Dennis Rudolph had 3 hits apiece for Glenbard West (13-19).Glenbard South 2, Burlington Central 0:Ethan Gasbarro improved to 6-2 on the mound by striking out 11 in a 2-hitter over 6 innings. Carl Sanders, Justin Joseph, Will Cornwell and Mike Atkinson had 2 hits apiece.Waubonsie Valley 16, Sycamore 6:Ben Vietri exploded for a double, home run and 6 RBI while going 4-for-5 for the victorious Warriors (18-14). Tyler Hasper, Tad Wegner and Troy Fumagalli had 2 RBI. Batavia 6, Wheaton North 5:Batavia scored twice in the bottom of the seventh to claim victory in the playoff tuneup. Johnny Peltz and Lake Bachar, who drove in 3 runs, homered for Wheaton North (24-8).SALES25373233Joe Amato of Addison Trail throws to first in against Streamwood in baseball action on Monday in Addison.Bev Horne/bhorne@dailyherald.comSALESSALES23411705Bev Horne/bhorne@dailyherald.comCatcher Troy Caminitti of Streamwood tags out Jordan Garcia of Addison Trail at home plate in baseball action on Monday in Addison. SALES