Baseball

HAMPSHIRE – All game long, Sycamore's defense had been nearly flawless. It was an aspect of the game the Spartans felt great about before Saturday's Class 3A Hampshire Regional baseball final against Burlington Central.

MAPLE PARK – The DeKalb baseball team had plenty of chances in a 4-1 Class 3A Kaneland Regional final loss to Marmion on Saturday – it had the bases loaded in the second inning, runners on first and third with no outs in the fourth, and two runners on with no outs in the sixth.

SYCAMORE – The first person Nathan Haacker texted was his mom.

DeKALB – Bruise discovery is a postgame ritual for Trenton Sopko.

HAMPSHIRE – Jason Cavanaugh called Thursday’s game against Crystal Lake Central “the most stressful game in the world.”

G-K’s Price, Lucca named to all-BNC baseball team

MAPLE PARK – The DeKalb baseball team knew it had its work cut out for it Wednesday when it faced the host in a Class 3A Kaneland Regional semifinal.

Sycamore finishes regular season with 20th win

DeKALB – Down by a run heading into the seventh inning of Monday’s Class 3A Kaneland Regional opener against IMSA, the DeKalb baseball team’s confidence could have been shaken.

The Sycamore softball team swept Sandwich on senior day to close out the regular season  Saturday. Sycamore defeated the Indians, 4-3, in the first game on a walk-off double by Brittany Huber and 9-3 in the second.

BIG ROCK – Luke Winkle called it bittersweet.

Indian Creek and Hinckley-Big Rock each had an athlete qualify for next weekend’s Class 1A boys track and field state meet out of Friday night’s Seneca Sectional.

DeKalb freshman Dre Brown took sixth in the long jump (20 feet) and seventh in the 100-meter dash (11.54) at Thursday's Class 3A Hononegah boys track sectional. The Barbs did not qualify any athletes for the state meet.

BIG ROCK – Dillon Martenson went into the Indian Creek dugout and high-fived his teammates.

The Hiawatha softball team’s season came to an end with a 3-0 loss to Ashton-Franklin Center in Wednesday’s Class 1A Indian Creek Regional semifinals.

BIG ROCK – Midway through the first inning, Hiawatha baseball coach Sean Donnelly turned to an assistant coach and said that even in his worst nightmare, Wednesday’s game didn’t go this bad against Somonauk.

Sycamore softball pitcher Abby Foulk struck out seven batters in a 1-0 shutout of Richmond-Burton on Tuesday. Foulk (6-10) gave up five hits and walked one.

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STILLMAN VALLEY – The umpire remarked to Genoa-Kingston starting pitcher Adam Price that he wasn’t catching any breaks during Monday’s Class 1A Stillman Valley Regional quarterfinal against the host Cardinals.

SHABBONA – Just a few months ago, Indian Creek senior first baseman/pitcher Ivan Harvell didn’t think he’d pitch this season.

Tyler Burger managed to pick up the win and the save in the Hiawatha baseball team’s 12-11 win against Earlville-Leland in the Class 1A Hinckley-Big Rock Regional quarterfinals on Monday.

SHABBONA – Dillon Martenson and the Indian Creek baseball team dared to scoff at the idea of one of the game’s oldest superstitions.

The Genoa-Kingston baseball team swept a doubleheader against Plano on Saturday, winning the first game, 11-7, and the second, 7-6.

At Friday’s Class 2A Sterling girls track sectional, Sycamore senior Lake Kwaza won the 100-meter dash and qualified for state, running a time of 12.8 seconds.

At Friday’s Class 2A Sterling girls track sectional, Sycamore senior Lake Kwaza won the 100-meter dash and qualified for state, running a time of 12.8 seconds.

The DeKalb girls track and field team had three athletes qualify for next weekend's Class 3A state meet out of Thursday's Hononegah Sectional.

MORRIS – Bryan Van Bogaert did something he has done all year, enabling the Kaneland baseball team to do something it never never done before.

The Kaneland baseball team clinched a share of the Northern Illinois Big 12 Conference title with a 4-2 win against Morris on Wednesday.

One run, no hits, one balk.

SYCAMORE – When Sycamore pitcher Matt Godinsky came to the plate in the bottom of the seventh inning Tuesday against Yorkville, the Spartans were just 1 for 12 with runners in scoring position.

The IHSA released the seeds for the Class 3A state baseball tournament on Tuesday. Here they are.

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Jessica Coia had a hat trick in the Kaneland girls soccer team’s 7-0 win over Morris. Madi Jurcenko and Brittany Olson each scored twice for the Knights (9-4-1, 4-2-1 Northern Illinois Big 12).

Meranda Brashears and Brittany Huber each hit home runs in the Sycamore softball team's 6-0 win over Antioch. Claire Koertner was 1 for 2 with an RBI while Becca Schroeder went 1 for 2 for the Spartans.

HINCKLEY – Cory Bradburn never would have experienced milestone athletic moments had he followed doctor’s orders.

The DeKalb girls track team finished in fourth place at the Northern Illinois Big 12 Conference track meet on Friday, scoring 66 points.

MAPLE PARK – The Kaneland baseball team finished off a three-game sweep of Sycamore on Friday and knocked the Spartans out of contention for the Northern Illinois Big 12 East Conference title.

SYCAMORE – Brian Aversa kept it short.

Katherine Kohler scored on an assist from Emma Norris, and Lauren Miller scored on a penalty kick in the Sycamore girls soccer team’s 2-0 win against Kaneland on Thursday.

Cory Bradburn threw a no-hitter Wednesday for the Hinckley-Big Rock baseball team in a 4-0 win over Paw Paw. He walked only two batters and struck out seven in improving to 5-1.

The IHSA released the seed for the Class 2A and 1A state baseball tournaments. Here is where the local teams are headed.

DeKalb’s Jaylaan Slaughter set a school record in the 200-meter dash, finishing in 26.07 seconds, to lead the DeKalb girls track team to a 71-45 victory against Sycamore on Tuesday.

SYCAMORE – Jake Razo didn’t think the Kaneland baseball team acted as it if was down for the past couple of weeks.

The DeKalb baseball team lost to Yorkville, 6-4, on Monday.

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The Hinckley-Big Rock baseball team improved to 17-9 and 11-1 in the Little Ten Conference with a 17-5 win over Newark on Friday.

The Sycamore baseball team got two RBIs from Nick Sullivan and the Spartans defeated Rochelle, 7-0, on Thursday.

Trevor Storck threw a complete game Tuesday for the Kaneland baseball team in a 3-2 win over Yorkville. He gave up six hits and walked a hitter while striking out two, improving his record to 4-0.

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Indian Creek pitcher Dillon Martenson threw a no-hitter Monday in a 6-0 victory over Newark.