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Daily Roundup: May 26



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CLASS 4A REGIONAL SEMIFINALS

No. 2 Plainfield North 12, Oswego East 8
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No. 4 Lincoln-Way North 17, Bloom 7
Tyler Strzelczyk
went 3-for-3 with two doubles and six RBI and Tom Szczasny homered and drove in four runs for the Phoenix.

No. 8 St. Laurence 15, Argo 1
Jimmy Burnette
hit a grand slam, Tommy Farrell scored four runs and Anthony Rios drove in three for the Vikings.

No. 9 St. Charles North 16, Glenbard North 4
Brendan Joyce, Zach Mettetal, John Legare
and Conor Bizik went a combined 12-for-12 with 14 RBI for the North Stars. Legare homered and had two doubles.

No. 11 Prairie Ridge 18, Larkin 8
James Mikolajczewski
went 3-for-3 with a home run and four RBI and Robin Kim had four hits in the victory.

No. 12 Providence 7, T.F. South 0
Connor Hilty, Kurt Dankovich
and Matt Trzesnewski combined on a three-hitter with seven strikeouts and one walk and Tom Kelley had a two-run double for the Celtics.

No. 19 Marian Catholic 4, Homewood-Flossmoor 3
Mark DiLiua
hit a walk-off three-run homer as Marian scored all four of its runs with two outs in the bottom of the seventh.

Nazareth 9, Kenwood 3
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Glenbard East 14, Glenbard West 3
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Batavia 10, Conant 3
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Hinsdale Central 9, Metea Valley 7
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Neuqua Valley 3, Bolingbrook 2
Tim Schneider’s
two-run double in the first inning gave Neuqua the lead for good. James Kulak struck out 10 in 5 ⅓ innings and Connor Retkowski got the final five outs for the save.

Stevenson 5, Glenbrook South 3
Henry Marchese
and Jack Cappalli hit home runs for the Patriots. Justin Stark pitched 2⅓ perfect innings to pick up the win in relief. Christian Dutler had two RBI in the victory.

Lincoln-Way East 12, Stagg 10
Andrew Garcia
went 3-for-3 with three RBI, Tyler Krause went 2-for-4 with a home run and the Griffins jumped out to a 10-0 lead and survived Stagg’s comeback.

Plainfield South 5, Bradley-Bourbonnais 4
Jordan Mikel’s
walk-off two-run double in the bottom of the seventh completed South’s comeback from a 4-0 deficit. Antonio Guitierrez went 3-for-3 with an RBI and two runs in the victory.

New Trier 2, Maine East 1
Will Jamieson struck out nine in five innings of one-hit relief and the Trevians avoided what would have been a monumental upset thanks to Dylan Horvitz’s two-run single in the fifth inning.

Elk Grove 6, Leyden 0
Brett Taucher
struck out nine in six innings of three-hit ball and A.J. Lorenz went 2-for-4 with three RBI for the Grenadiers, who broke it open with four runs in the fifth.

St. Charles East 3, Bartlett 2
Steve Podany
pitched a three-hitter with two strikeouts and two walks in the victory. Kyle Tiltges went 2-for-3 and Austin Gift drove home a key insurance run with a sacrifice fly that made it 3-1 after six innings. Cameron Mays had an RBI double for Bartlett.

Libertyville 3, Grayslake Central 0
Tim Calamari
had a two-run double and four Libertyville pitchers combined on a four-hit shutout.

Glenbrook North 3, Buffalo Grove 0
Noah Taffel’s
two-run double in the bottom of the fifth broke a scoreless tie. Hikaru Ozone and Kevin Burnside had two hits apiece for North. Michael Oh and Tommy Gertner combined on the shutout.

Warren 7, Hersey 3
Matt Temaner
had two hits and Matt Burch drove in two runs for the Blue Devils.

Minooka 5, Normal West 4
Pinch-hitter Patrick Rumsey delivered a walk-off single in the bottom of the seventh for Minooka. Jon Butler and Brandon Rossiter homered in the victory.

Lyons 14, Young 4
Griffin Schultz
went 3-for-3 with a home run and five RBI for the Lions. Michael Phelan tripled, singled and drove in three.

Lake Park 4, Rolling Meadows 1
Jim McDonald
struck out 11 in the complete-game victory, allowing a run on six hits and four walks. Colin Fowich tripled, doubled and had two RBI.

Oak Lawn 3, Reavis 1
Billy Dunne
allowed an unearned run on five hits in 6⅓ innings and Patrick Slattery went 2-for-4 with an RBI and a run in the victory.

Lane 14, York 4
Simon Matthews
went 3-for-5 with a triple and three RBI and Felix Rosario and Johnny Colombo scored seven runs between them for Lane.

Grant 8, Crystal Lake South 7
Grant’s Ben Kusiak and James Pendley hit back-to-back homers in the top of the seventh to force extra innings and Grant pushed across a run in the ninth to advance. Kusiak went 4-for-4 and Bryan Libby struck out three in two scoreless innings for the win.

Alton 3, Quincy 1
Jacob St. Peters
struck out six in four innings and Devin Colley pitched three scoreless innings of relief for the Redbirds.

Huntley 8, Rockford East 1
Adam Smylie
pitched six innings of two-hit ball and Jeff Heinrich had two hits and two RBI for the Red Raiders.

Notre Dame 13, Taft 3
Tim Simon
homered and had five RBI and Kevin Garcia also went deep for the Dons.

Geneva 11, Schaumburg 5

Machesney Park Harlem 6, DeKalb 5

Riverside-Brookfield 11, Morton 7

Mundelein 9, Highland Park 0

CLASS 3A REGIONAL SEMIFINALS

No. 18 Wauconda 17, Northside 1
Luke Weller
doubled, tripled and had three RBI for Wauconda. Trevor Sefcik had four RBI in the victory.

No. 22 Rockford Christian 1, Belvidere 0
Neil Thomas
doubled home Alec Powell in the bottom of the fourth as last year's 2A state champion advanced. Jack Gugle, Nolan Gazouski and Powell combined on a two-hitter with 12 strikeouts. Gazouski struck out six in three hitless innings.

Coal City 1, Joliet Catholic 0
Brad Littleton
pitched a two-hitter to out-duel Drake Fellows. Jared Skubic’s RBI single in the first inning accounted for the only run. Fellows allowed five hits and struck out nine in his only loss in two seasons.

St. Viator 2, Marian Central 1
Dan Sullivan
homered and doubled and Cole Kmet struck out seven in 4 ⅓ innings of relief. Shaun Falbo struck out the only two batters he faced for the save.

Lakes 3, Harvard 2
Tim Ohlwein
struck out seven in 4 ⅓ innings and Ben Milewski got the final eight outs, including a game-ending double-play on a suicide squeeze attempt in the bottom of the seventh. Milewski also drove in two runs and Tom Jones and Matt Milewski each went 2-for-2 and scored a run for Lakes.

Wheaton Academy 6, Vernon Hills 5
Noah Ritchie
hit a grand slam in the top of the seventh as Wheaton Academy rallied from a 5-0 deficit.

Sycamore 7, Mendota 4
Jack Mizgalski
hit a walk-off grand slam in the bottom of the seventh. He also struck out 10 in 6 ⅓ innings before being relieved by Tyler Maveus, who retired the two batters he faced for the win.

Marmion 9, Aurora Central Catholic 2
Matt Henkel
homered, doubled and had two RBI in the victory. Collin Gibson went the distance for the win.

Evergreen Park 10, Vocational 0
Dan Smith
hit a home run and Connor McKeever struck out 10 in the five-inning victory.

Mt. Zion 8, Rantoul 0
Sammy Schultz
doubled twice and drove in four and Trevor Durand struck out six in six scoreless innings for Mt. Zion.

Herscher 7, Ottawa 6
Brigham Haase’s
two-run double plated the tying and winning runs as Herscher rallied for five runs in the bottom of the seventh. Tyler Fisher homered in the victory. Karter Lowery homered, doubled and drove in three for Ottawa.

Tinley Park 18, Rich East 1

LaSalle-Peru 1, Normal University 0

Brooks 12, Urban Prep/Englewood 0

Montini 10, Noble Street Charter 0

De La Salle 15, Lindblom 0

Glenbard South 21, Foreman 0

St. Ignatius 16, Noble/Muchin 0

CLASS 2A SECTIONAL SEMIFINALS

Bloomington Central Catholic 7, Tuscola 1
John Rave
went 4-for-4 with a home run and three RBI.

DePaul Prep 14, Timothy Christian 5
Neil Freeman
went 3-for-5 with five RBI and Tyler Elliot struck out six in five scoreless innings of two-hit ball for the Rams. Alex Garcia doubled twice and scored two runs.

Eureka 11, Mercer County 0

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