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Prep Baseball Round-up: Barb baseball earns UEC sweep
DeKALB - DeKalb High School baseball coach Aaron Albright has been waiting nearly two years for a doubleheader sweep in the Upstate Eight Conference.
The second-year coach finally got his wish on Saturday afternoon.
The Barbs rode the relief pitching of Javier Gonzalez and some timely hitting to sweep Streamwood High School in conference play. DHS scored three runs in the fifth inning to win the opener 5-3 and used a five-run, seventh-inning explosion to beat the Sabres 6-5 in the second game. Gonzalez got the win in both games.
"It was a good day," Albright said. "We hadn't won a (UEC) doubleheader in my two years here. It was a good win for us. It's another example of our kids not giving up. They worked their butts off. We're happy with t
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