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Softball: Ratliff's hit wins game for Burlington Central

Ashley Ratliff's walk off single to center field with the bases loaded and nobody out in the bottom of the seventh inning scored Kristina Ahlers with the winning run as Burlington Central's softball team defeated Genoa-Kingston 6-5 Friday in a Big Northern East game.

Ahlers singled to lead off the inning. Gretchen Schrubbe followed with a double and Danielle Yurgil walked ahead of Ratliff's game-winning hit.

Winning pitcher Emily Kisch was 4-for-4 for the Rockets (15-3, 8-1) with a home run, Ahlers had 3 hits with a double and 2 RBI, Schrubbe had 2 hits and Kelly Wiater added a double.

South Elgin 20, Glenbard East 8: Hannah Gordon (4-for-4, 2B, 4 RBI), Alexa Rogalla (2 hits, 4 RBI) and Amber Derr (4 hits, 2 doubles, 5 RBI) each hit home runs for South Elgin (10-12, 3-5) in this Upstate Eight Valley win. Mariah Spivey (3 hits, 2B, RBI), Stacy Bellack (2 hits), Bailey McClure (2 hits, 2 RBI) and Haley Szubert (2B) also contributed to the Storm's 19-hit attack. Katie Koss was the winning pitcher.

St. Charles East 10, Larkin 3: Rylee Stout was 3-for-3 with a home run, double and 3 RBI to lead the Saints (20-3-1, 9-2) to a UEC River win. Cat Crossen, Jordan Hieber and Megan Daly (2 hits) had 2 RBI each for SCE. Delaney Devor was the winning pitcher, striking out 6 and walking 3 in a complete game effort. Haley Bohne was 4-for-4 with 2 doubles, a triple and an RBI for Larkin while Clara Alonso added a triple.

Bartlett 17, East Aurora 0: In the UEC Valley, Amber Pagan and Danielle Kirby combined on a 1-hitter for the Hawks (13-5, 7-2). Pagan also had 2 hits with a home run and 4 RBI while Janelle Ulaszek (2 hits, 3 RBI), Annamarie Bucaro (2 hits, 2B, 3B, 2 RBI), Charlott Linnartz (3 hits), Ava Anagnotopolos (2 hits, RBI) and Gianna Stornello (2B) also contributed.

Kaneland 2, LaSalle-Peru 0: Courtney Davis scattered 4 hits and had 9 strikeouts with 1 walk to lead the Knights (14-8, 4-2) to a Nothern Illinois Big XII win. Aly Jesionowski had 2 hits with a double for Kaneland and Meg Cohrs added 2 hits.

CL South 11, McHenry 8: Carly Chovanec had 2 doubles, a triple and 2 RBI and winning pitcher Samantha Burgard had 2 hits with a home run and 2 RBI to lead the Gators (9-8, 3-2) to a Fox Valley Conference Valley Division win. Taylor Kassel added 2 hits and 2 RBI for Crystal Lake South while Emily Sulikowski had 2 hits.

ACC 8, IC Catholic 6: At Bandits Stadium in Rosemont, the Chargers (11-8, 6-2 scored 3 runs in the top of the seventh inning to win this Metro Suburban West game. Danielle Brown had 3 hits with a double and 3 RBI for Aurora Central, Paige Miller added 2 hits with a triple and an RBI and Jessica Eallonardo drove in 2 runs. Brown was the winning pitcher, allowing 7 hits and no earned runs with 11 strikeouts and 4 walks.

Huntley 10, Warren 8: Rylie Porretto (2 hits, HR, 3 RBI), Sofia Tenuta (2 hits, HR, 3 RBI) and Autumn Kasal (2 hits) led Huntley (13-5) to this nonconference win. Tiffany Giese was the winning pitcher.

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