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Softball: Andrew tops Lincoln-Way North to clinch SouthWest Suburban Red
May 16, 2012
Wisconsin-bound Katie Christner was 3-for-3 with two home runs, seven RBI, and her sister Kelly, a junior committed to Michigan, was 3-for-3 with two doubles and three runs as No. 5 Andrew edged visiting Lincoln-Way North Tuesday 11-10.
Softball: Trinity topples Nazareth, snaps skid
May 15, 2012
Junior Ashley Klauss hit her first varsity home run in the top of the fifth inning to break a scoreless tie and send No. 16 Trinity on to a 3-0 victory over host Nazareth on Tuesday.
Softball: Trinity topples Nazareth, snaps skid
May 15, 2012
Junior Ashley Klauss hit her first varsity home run in the top of the fifth inning to break a scoreless tie and send No. 16 Trinity on to a 3-0 victory over host Nazareth on Tuesday.
Softball: Megan Meline delivers for Vernon Hills
May 15, 2012
Senior Megan Meline pitched a six-hitter as Vernon Hills wrapped up the North Suburban Prairie title on Tuesday with a 4-1 win over host Lakes.
Softball: Benet hits way past Fenwick
May 14, 2012
Benet banged out 14 hits, including six doubles, and made it a great send-off for lone senior Kendall Duffy with a 10-4 victory over Fenwick Monday in Lisle.
Softball: Marian Catholic takes first step, tops Providence
May 15, 2012
Marian Catholic battled back from an early deficit to get past Providence 7-2 during Monday’s East Suburban Catholic clash.
Softball: Jenn Cluassen blasts homer to lead Vernon Hills past Antioch
May 15, 2012
Vernon Hills junior third baseman Jenn Claussen missed the first three innings due to an exam, but made up for it with a three-run homer in the top of the eighth to break a 3-3 tie and give the Cougars a 6-3 win on Monday over Antioch.
Softball: Waubonsie Valley deals Bartlett first league loss
May 15, 2012
Shannon Hohman pitched a complete game shutout and Katie Benson smashed a two-run homer to lead Waubonsie Valley to a 3-0 win against Bartlett on Monday.
Softball: Naperville Central edges rival Naperville North
May 15, 2012
No. 20 Naperville Central rallied from two runs down to beat Naperville North 6-3 Monday in DuPage Valley action at North Central College.
Softball: Leyden earns at least share of Gold title with win over Addison Trail
May 15, 2012
SOFTBALL: Leyden clinched no worse than a share of the West Suburban Conference Gold Division softball championship Monday with an 8-2 win over visiting Addison Trail
Softball: Sun-Times rankings
May 15, 2012
Conant takes over the top spot this week in the Sun-Times softball rankings.
Softball: Aurora Central optimistic as postseason begins
May 15, 2012
Taking a step down in class with a much better team means postseason prospects for the Aurora Central softball team are brighter this year.
Softball: Barrington’s Maggie O’Hara bashes game-winning grand slam
May 15, 2012
With the bases loaded and two outs in the top of the eighth inning on Friday, Barrington junior Maggie O’Hara connected with a fastball for a grand slam over the right field wall to lift the Fillies to a 6-2 win over MSL-rival Fremd.
Softball: Bartlett capitalizes on South Elgin miscues
May 15, 2012
Bartlett took advantage of six South Elgin errors to plate four unearned runs in its 6-3 victory Friday in Upstate Eight Valley play. The triumph moves the Hawks to 25-3 overall and a perfect 18-0 in the UEC Valley.
Softball: Hannah Perryman hits walk-off homer, fans 16 in Elgin win
May 15, 2012
Elgin senior Hannah Perryman hit the game-winning walk-off home run and struck out 16 to lead the Maroons to a 1-0 win over Larkin on Thursday at Judson University in Elgin.
Softball: Tinley Park bats blast Oak Forest
May 15, 2012
Senior Amanda Buss smashed a two-run homer run and reached base all four times, while Cosette Tomita added two home runs and Sam Alberto and Alyssa Williams one each as Tinley Park improved defeated Oak Forest 12-5 Thursday in a South Suburban Blue contest.
Softball: Kaneland finishes unbeaten in conference play
May 15, 2012
Kaneland ace Delani Vest tossed a two-hitter as the Knights defeated Yorkville 8-1 to finish an undefeated run through the Northern Illinois Big 12 Conference.
Softball: Brianna LeBeau leads Richards to victory
May 15, 2012
Northwestern-bound ace Brianna LeBeau tossed a three-hitter and went 2-for-3 with two RBI, two runs scored and a stolen base to power No. 2 Richards to a 4-1 nonconference victory over visiting Riverside-Brookfield Wednesday.
Softball: Naperville Central upsets top-ranked Glenbard North
May 15, 2012
Keegan Hayes pitched and hit Naperville Central past No. 1 Glenbard North in a 2-1 Redhawks’ victory in DuPage Valley Conference action Wednesday in Carol Stream. The right-handed sophomore gave up one run and four hits in seven innings of work and provided all of the Redhawks offense on a two-run home run in the fourth inning.
Softball: Taylor Weissenhofer, Lockport quiet Homewood-Flossmoor
May 15, 2012
Lockport’s Taylor Weissenhofer struck out 14 while firing a two-hitter in Wednesday’s 6-1 SouthWest Suburban Blue victory over host Homewood-Flossmoor.
Softball: Benet coach Jerry Schilf gets 300th win
May 15, 2012
Coach Jerry Schilf won his 300th game at Benet as the Redwings defeated St. Viator 10-0 Wednesday in East Suburban Catholic action.
Softball: Hannah Perryman fans 15 in Elgin triumph
May 15, 2012
Elgin senior Hannah Perryman continued her dominant ways Wednesday, striking out 15 in a 4-1 Upstate Eight River victory against host St. Charles East. Perryman is 23 strikeouts short of the school record.
Softball: Lake Zurich blanks Zion-Benton
May 15, 2012
Shannon McPeek tossed a four-hitter and shut out host Zion-Benton on Wednesday as Lake Zurich defeated the Zee-Bees 3-0.
Softball: St Charles North downs Elgin
May 15, 2012
Emergency starter Courtney Smith delivered a key double to propel St. Charles North to a 3-0 victory over host Elgin on Tuesday in Upstate Eight River action.
Softball: Warren shuts out Zion-Benton
May 15, 2012
Warren High School’s softball team made sure retiring coach Carri McGahon went out a winner. With Tuesday’s 8-0 thumping of Zion-Benton, th Blue Devils virtually assured themselves of representing the Lake Division in the North Suburban Conference Championship Game for the first time in the 12-year history of division play in the league.
Softball: DeKalb’s big inning beats Yorkville
May 15, 2012
DeKalb rode a six-run third inning to an 8-2 Northern Illinois Big 12 East win over Yorkville on Tuesday.
Softball: Warren and Zion-Benton to meet for a winner-take-all conference showdown
May 15, 2012
Warren will travel to Zion-Benton tuesday for a winner-take-all matchup that will decide the North Suburban Lake conference champion.
Softball: Dwight has designs on more good things
May 15, 2012
The only Joliet-area softball team to win a sectional in 2011 was ... ? The answer: Dwight. The Class 1A power is looking for good …
Softball: Q-and-A with Shannon Rust of Andrew
May 15, 2012
Tony Baranek sits down with Andrew third baseman Shannon Rust.
Softball: Bill Harrison’s rankings
May 15, 2012
Glenbard North remains No. 1 and Conant moves up to No. 2 this week in Bill Harrison’s softball rankings.
Softball: Elmwood Park defeats St Ignatius with four-run 12th
May 15, 2012
There were chances to break out for both offenses, but it took a four-run 12th inning for Elmwood Park to finally earn a 5-1 victory against host St. Ignatius on Saturday afternoon.
Softball: Lane escapes Young after wild finish
May 15, 2012
Young’s Sam Kraus hit a bases-loaded single in the bottom of the seventh inning on Friday that scored Nikki Pietrus but left Maddie DiVittorio looking up in disbelief as she was called out at home. The out gave Lane a 5-4 Red-North victory.
Softball: Trinity’s Chase Machain does it all against Homewood-Flossmoor
May 15, 2012
Trinity junior Chase Machain stole the show Friday as she held Homewood-Flossmoor to one run on three hits in six innings and drove in four at the plate in a 7-3 victory Friday.
Softball: Waubonsie Valley holds off Metea Valley
May 15, 2012
Picking up a suspended game from Tuesday, Waubonsie Valley held a 4-1 lead over the two-day first inning against Metea Valley, and pushed the lead to 8-1 before holding on for an 8-5 win on Thursday.
Softball: Brooke Hofer, Andrew shut out Lincoln-Way West
May 15, 2012
Brooke Hofer allowed just one hit, while striking out five and Kelly Christopher and Caitlyn Migawa each slugged home runs as Andrew defeated visiting Lincoln-Way West 13-0 in five innings Thursday.
Softball: Oswego overcomes rival Oswego East
May 15, 2012
Oswego came from five runs down to beat Oswego East 7-6 Thursday in Southwest Prairie action.
Softball: Burlington Central’s Angie Morrow no-hits Hampshire
May 15, 2012
Freshman pitcher Angie Morrow threw a five-inning no-hitter, leading Burlington Central to a 10-0 nonconference victory over host Hampshire on Wednesday.
Softball: Maggie Remus, St Francis blank Montini
May 15, 2012
Maggie Remus allowed one hit and faced two batters over the minimum as host St. Francis defeated Montini 12-0 in five innings on Wednesday.
Softball: Rosary’s Cara Smoczynski mows down St Edward
May 15, 2012
Junior right-hander Cara Smoczynski threw a two-hitter with 14 strikeouts and no walks and went 3-for-4 at the plate, raising her season batting average to .410 to lift Rosary to a 4-1 victory Wednesday over visiting St. Edward.
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