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Baseball: Crystal Lake South gets a leg up on Cary-Grove

Every Crystal Lake South starter had at least one hit Friday as the Gators downed Cary-Grove 8-4 in a key Fox Valley Conference Valley Division baseball matchup.

The win puts the Gators (22-3, 11-3) one-half game ahead of Cary-Grove (20-8, 10-3) in the Valley race. The District 155 rivals meet again Saturday morning in Cary.

Michael Swialty was the only CL South player with 2 hits. He had a double and an RBI, while Cam Geisser also doubled and had 2 RBI. Tyler Carlson (RBI) and Ryan Parquette (RBI) added doubles for the Gators, who scored 7 runs in the fourth inning.

Tyler Pennington had 3 hits with a double and 2 RBI for the Trojans.

Michael Lukas-Dunham picked up the win on the mound and Max Neilson was tagged with the loss.

Huntley 15, Woodstock 4: Noah Konie had 3 hits with a home run, double and 2 RBI and Joe Boland added 3 hits with an RBI to lead the Red Raiders (16-13, 7-8) to an FVC crossover win. Brad Model (2 hits, 2B, RBI), Joe Rizzo (2B, 2 RBI) and Tyler Koss (2B, 3 RBI) also contributed for Huntley. Jeff Heinrich earned the win, allowing 5 hits with 8 strikeouts in 5⅓ innings.

Hampshire 4, Woodstock North 2: Pawel Barnas, Kyle Homa (3 hits) and Michael Kruse each had doubles and Noah Schrader added 2 hits for Hampshire (15-13, 8-10) in this FVC Fox win. Alex Mahaz was the winning pitcher, allowing 2 hits in 5 innings.

South Elgin 10, West Chicago 1: Nate Gomez (2 hits, 2 B, 3 RBI), Kevin Barry (2B) and Jake Miller (2B) led South Elgin (16-6, 13-2) to this win in the Upstate Eight Valley. Mitch Butvilas added 2 hits and an RBI for the Storm and Patrick Keaty drove in 2 runs. Jack Stancl earned the win on the mound, giving up 3 hits with 5 strikeouts and 4 walks.

Geneva 7, Larkin 0: Trevor Wilcox tossed a 2-hitter with 4 strikeouts and 1 walk as the Vikings (19-10, 15-7) won this UEC River game. Joshua Rose had a double and 4 RBI for Geneva and Jack Wassel added a double. Keonne Mebane had a triple for Larkin (6-21, 2-17).

Bartlett 6, West Aurora 5: Mike Prang's single scored Kyle Kucharski with the game-winning run in Bartlett's 4-run seventh inning that won this UEC Valley contest. Prang had 2 hits and 3 RBI for the Hawks (9-17, 6-10) while Cameron Mays had 2 hits and an RBI. Matt Johnson picked up the win in relief. Ryan Becker (RBI) and Connor Palmby each doubled for West Aurora (10-13-1, 9-8). Win Kipp suffered the loss.

St. Charles East 6, Elgin 0: Shawn Ligocki allowed just 3 hits with 7 strikeouts and 4 walks, Thomas Adams had 2 hits with a double and Austin Gift drove in 2 runs as the Saints (21-8, 16-4) prevailed in this UEC River game. Brandon Stork had a double for Elgin (6-23, 4-14).

St. Edward 2, Westminster Christian 1: Jason Allen tossed a 5-hitter with 5 strikeouts and 1 walk and Matthew Schimbke (2 hits) cracked a 2-run homer for St. Edward (5-22) in its nonconference win. Justin Rasmussen homered and Mason Runkel doubled for Westminster (14-17).

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