Baseball: Hampshire upends Cary-Grove; Larkin wins
Carter Lawler had 2 hits and 2 RBI and Pawel Barnas drove in 2 runs to lead Hampshire's baseball team to a 5-4 Fox Valley Conference upset of Cary-Grove on Tuesday.
Jacob Manning added 2 hits for the Whip-Purs (17-13, 9-9) and Michael Kruse picked up the win in relief.
Quinn Celske had 2 hits for Cary-Grove (21-10, 11-5) while Nick Kirk added a triple and an RBI and Ben Levicki had a double. Tom Neilson suffered the loss in relief.
Larkin 4, Streamwood 2: Joey Rahn had 2 hits while Kordell Thomas, Seth Morford and Michael Rodriguez drove in runs for Larkin (8-22, 4-18) in this Upstate Eight River win. TJ Beavers got the win on the hill, allowing 6 hits with 3 strikeouts and 1 walk. Tim Crom had 2 hits and Jesse Rico added a triple for Streamwood (8-20, 7-15). Jr Alvarez took the loss.
Bartlett 7, East Aurora 1: Shane Donovan scattered 6 hits with 7 strikeouts and 2 walks to lead the Hawks (12-17, 9-10) to a UEC Valley win. Cameron Mays (3 hits), Tripp Paris (2 hits, 2B, RBI), Mike Prang (2B, RBI), Brad Nowak (2B, RBI) and Austin Hilvert (2 hits, 2B, 2 RBI) led the Bartlett offense.
West Chicago 5, West Aurora 1: Joe Griffin had 2 hits with a double for West Aurora (11-14, 9-10) in this UEC Valley loss.
Northridge Prep 8, St. Edward 7: Matthew Schimbke had 2 hits with a double and 4 RBI but St. Edward (5-24) saw its season come to an end in the play-in game of the Class 2A Rockford Lutheran regional. Jason Allen added 2 hits and an RBI for the Green Wave, Dylan Murray had 2 RBI and Ben Harrington added 2 hits.
Fenton 8, ACC 6: Jimmy Laurenti had 2 hits an 2 RBI, Jake Smith 2 hits and 2 RBI, Ryan Poplawski 2 hits and an RBI and Michael Bieterman and Kyle Czerak each doubled for Aurora Central (19-11, 12-6) in this 10-inning Metro Suburban West loss.
Marmion 4, Loyola 2: In the Chicago Catholic League, Matt Henkel had 2 hits and 2 RBI and Bobby Pierce added 2 hits with a triple and an RBI for Marmion (9-20). Brandon McPherson also had a double for the Cadets.
Burlington Central 7, Woodstock North 1: Clay Milas had a double and 2 RBI and Killian Vasica added 2 hits and an RBI for the Rockets (18-10 in this nonconference win. Brandon VanBuren was the winning pitcher, allowing 4 hits with 6 strikeouts and 2 walks in 6 innings.