Both the Hall Red Devils and Marquette Crusaders battled through the windy elements during their nonconference game early Saturday afternoon at Masinelli Field, and both took advantage for some extra-base hits, with Marquette out-hitting Hall – though barely – in a 9-8 win.
Serena baseball and Streator girls soccer both secured Saturday victories, plus more in The Times Saturday Roundup.
At the Monticello Sages Invitational contested on a soggy Friday, the Seneca Irish placed fourth in a field of 21 teams.
Mya Zavada singled, homered and drove in three runs to help Streator to an Illinois Central Eight Conference win. Marquette, WFC and Seneca softball also earn wins. Plus, more results from around the Times area.
Morris senior pitcher Elaina Vidales shut down a Serena rally in the fourth and continued the theme the final three innings to help her team to a 12-8 victory over the Huskers on Thursday afternoon in Morris.
A pair of Jordan Rodriguez goals nine minutes apart flipped the momentum in the Lisle Lions’ hard-fought, 3-1 victory over Streator in the first game played on the Bulldogs' new pitch.
Lislie defeated Streator 3-1 on Thursday April 25, 2024 at James Street Recreation Area in Streator.
Sterling High School track hosts their annual night relay event Thursday, April 25, 2024.
Pitching backed by a defense that’s on point is, forgive the pun, an entirely different ballgame than trying to pitch backed by a defense having a rough night. Just ask Ottawa’s Adam Swanson and La Salle-Peru’s Brady Backes after Wednesday night’s 7-0 Pirates victory.