Baseball

York and Lyons Township boys and girls water polo teams all advanced to the state finals with sectional final wins, Nazareth baseball beat Joliet Catholic to finish 14-0 in the ESCC and Wheaton North softball and soccer were both winners in Saturday's roundup.

Cary-Grove and Jacobs tied for the Fox Valley Conference Boys Tennis Tournament title as things finished on Saturday. Prairie Ridge was only two points behind them. And more in Saturday's high school sports roundup.

Some surprising heroes emerged for both sides in Saturday's nonconference showdown between two of the area's top teams, Providence and Lincoln-Way West, as the Celtics collected a 3-1 win over the Warriors.

Nazareth baseball beat Marist to improve to 30-0, Lucas Hicks struck out 13 in a Westmont baseball win and Erin Metz struck out 13 and Reagan Crosthwaite and Monica Kading homered in a big Wheaton North softball win in Friday's roundup.

Marian Central advanced three entries to next weekend's Class 1A State Girls Track and Field Meet at Eastern Illinois. Plus postseason girls soccer, baseball, softball and girls lacrosse results in Friday's Northwest Herald sports roundup.

Burlington Central senior right-hander Brady Gilroy was excellent in a spot start for the Rockets, who defeated Huntley 4-1 in their final Fox Valley Conference game of the season Friday.

Burlington Central faces Huntley in the Fox Valley Conference baseball game on Friday, May 10, 2024, at Huntley High School.

Led by senior right-handed pitcher Michael Sosna, Fenwick has won the Chicago Catholic League White Division title and already topped last season’s 17-win total. That, Lyons suffers a tough injury loss plus notes on Nazareth, Downers Grove North and Montini from Bob Narang.

Fats at Friday season opener will get Blagojevich Slammers, fireworks and more.

Dixon won the BIg Northern Conference meet and Forreston took third at the NUIC meet. That and more in the roundup.

McHenry senior Vanessa Buske belted two home runs, including a grand slam, and pitched all five innings in a 15-5 Fox Valley Conference win against Prairie Ridge. And more softball, baseball and girls soccer results in Thursday's Northwest Herald sports roundup.

With the release of Class 3A's playoff schedules, the postseason picture is now complete for Times-area softball and baseball teams.

Newman sophomore Garet Wolfe, who had two hits and four RBIs and scattered six hits with one strikeout in a 14-3 win over Princeton, is the Sauk Valley Newspapers Athlete of the Week in an online vote. Here is his Q&A with Shaw Media Group Editor Joshua Welge.

Erin Metz struck out 13 and Metz and Reagan Crosthwaite as Wheaton North beat Wheaton Warrenville South to take the DuKane Conference lead, and Downers Grove North baseball scored six in the fifth to rally past Lyons. That and more in Wednesday's roundup.

St. Charles North senior right-hander Josh Caccia limited a potent Lake Park offense to six hits over 6 2/3 innings as the North Stars won their 15th consecutive game with a 10-1 victory in DuKane Conference action.