Baseball: Kaneland, Hampshire stay undefeated
Luke Gomes had 3 hits including a home run, a triple and 3 RBI Thursday to lead the Kaneland baseball team to a 7-2 nonconference win over Wheaton Academy, the Knights' third win without a loss.
Reece Sowell pitched 3 innings in relief to earn the win for Kaneland.
Hampshire 6, Belvidere North 3: Zachary Golden had a home run and 2 RBI and Matthew Jachec added 3 hits with a double and 2 RBI for Hampshire (3-0) in this nonconference game. Nicholas Sladek had 2 hits with a double and an RBI for the Whip-Purs and Trevor Laffin added 2 hits with an RBI. Kevin Kardas struck out 6 in 5 innings to earn the win on the mound.
ACC 8, Lisle 1: The Chargers moved to 5-1 on the season with this nonconference win. Mac Doherty had 2 RBI for Aurora Central while Kyle Czerak, Hunter Darnell and Eric Valles drove in a run each. Nathan Sundberg was the winning pitcher.
St. Charles North 9, Lake Park 3: Justin Dunne had a double and 3 RBI to lead the North Stars to this nonconference win. Michael Gattuso drove in 2 runs for SCN. Nick Skurka was the winning pitcher.
Buffalo Grove 9, South Elgin 4: Logan Romasanta had 2 hits with a double and 3 RBI for South Elgin (0-1) and Brady Tolva added a double in this nonconference loss.
St. Charles East 6, Conant 6: Charlie Carpenter had 3 doubles and an RBI for St. Charles East in this nonconference game. John Dellostritto (2 hits), Thomas Schroeder, Cole Conn and Drew Conn (2 hits) also drove in runs for the Saints.
Woodstock 8, Elgin 4: Kyle Coates had 2 hits with a double and an RBI for Elgin (1-4) in nonconference action. Cameron Jackson added a double and an RBI while John Fortmann, Payton Reynolds and Matt Turner also drove in runs for the Maroons.
Johnsburg 13, Westminster Christian 0: Theron Dorsey had a double for Westminster.