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Baseball: Waubonsie Valley, Wheaton North, Glenbard East win

Waubonsie Valley 10, Naperville North 4:

The Warriors (19-8, 13-6) moved into a first-place tie in the DuPage Valley Conference, breaking open the game with an 8-run third inning. Quinton Zielke and Joe Spano had 2 hits and 2 RBI. Winning pitcher Jason Neville improved to 8-0. Paul Dobravec homered and drove in 2 runs for Naperville North (12-12, 10-9).

Wheaton North 9, Naperville Central 1:

The Falcons (15-11, 11-8) rolled in the DuPage Valley Conference, dropping Naperville Central (19-8, 13-6) into a first-place tie with Waubonsie Valley. Casey Becker struck out eight in a complete-game effort. Ryan Muehlfelt went 3-for-4 while Pat Leahy had 2 hits and 3 RBI. Connor Gurnik and Beau Buchanan had 2 hits for the Redhawks.

Glenbard East 5, East Aurora 0:

Brett Tomlinson faced only one batter over the minimum in a 3-hitter with 2 strikeouts and no walks for the Rams (20-7, 13-2 Upstate Eight Valley). Richard Masciopinto had 3 of Glenbard East's 4 hits and drove in 2 runs.

Benet 8, Marist 0:

Mike Dunn pitched a 3-hitter with 4 strikeouts for the Redwings (11-15, 6-8) in East Suburban Catholic Conference play. Marty Dosen went 2-for-3 with a homer and 2 RBI. Erik Jones had 3 hits while Bobby Ernsting and Alex Tassos drove in 2 runs.

Metea Valley 5, Glenbard North 0:

Complete-game winner Matt Vass struck out nine and scattered 3 hits for the Mustangs (16-13, 11-11 DuPage Valley). Eight players had hits.

York 5, Glenbard West 0:

Joe Polowsky needed only 70 pitches in a 2-hitter with 2 strikeouts and no walks for the Dukes (16-11, 10-7 West Suburban Silver). Josh Hovance and Mike O'Malley went 2-for-3.

Downers South 15, WW South 6:

The Mustangs (19-8) broke open the nonconference game by scoring 6 runs in the top of the seventh inning. Ben Ficht and Ty McCulloch each went 3-for-4 with 4 RBI. Jeran Simpson, who drove in 2 runs, and Jack Graham had 2 hits and a homer for WW South. Three pitchers combined on the mound for Downers South.

Fenton 1, Glenbard South 0:

The Bison won in Metro Suburban Conference West action as Brendan Tomczak pitched a 3-hitter. Fenton scored the game's only run in the bottom of the fifth.

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