JOHNSBURG – After beginning its season with three convincing wins out of four tries, the Johnsburg girls soccer team hadn’t had much of a chance to discover any weaknesses in its game.
But on Tuesday night, Burlington Central provided that first opportunity, rolling to a 3-0 win against the Skyhawks in Big Northern Conference East play.
Three minutes in, Rockets forward Megan Majewski put one past Skyhawks goalkeeper McKenzie McKay after Majewski was left wide open in the middle of the box.
The Rockets (5-2, 5-0 BNC East) tacked on two more goals in the 48- and 49-minute marks of the second half, which proved to be the back-breakers for the Skyhawks.
"We need to communicate more and organize better, but we need [to] settle down and relax,” Skyhawks central back Madelyn Peterson said. “We were panicking too much.”
St. Charles East 9, Larkin 0: At St. Charles, Kaitlyn Dziubinski scored quickly to give East (6-0, 1-0 Upstate Eight Conference River Division) all the offense it needed. Chantel Carranza added a pair of second-half goals.
St. Charles North 4, Elgin 0: At Elgin, Gia Wahlberg's hat trick boosted North (5-1, 2-0 UEC River), while Morgan Rerko also scored. Sami Sample earned the shutout.
Batavia 3, Plainfield North 0: At Plainfield: Anna Lins scored twice for 6-0 Batavia, while Megan McEachern also tallied.
St. Francis 1, Fenwick 0: At Oak Park, Kaitlyn Joniak scored the game's lone goal for St. Francis (4-0, 1-0 Girls Catholic Athletic Conference).
BASEBALL
St. Charles East 5, Palatine 1: At Palatine, Anthony Adduci homered and drove in two runs to pace the Saints (4-3). Steve Podany struck out five over four scoreless innings to pick up the win. Kyle Tiltges also added three hits for East.
Geneva 13, Streamwood 0 (6 inn.): At Streamwood, Geneva (5-3, 1-0 UEC River) benefited from plenty of offensive production. Justin Hasegawa (three hits, two RBIs) and Jack Wassel (two hits, five RBIs) both homered. A.J. Hostman was 3 for 4 with two doubles.
St. Francis 13, Sandwich 5: At Sandwich, St. Francis improved to 7-0 behind a 14-hit attack.
SOFTBALL
Batavia 14, Elgin 0 (5 inn.): At Batavia, Brieann Cruz went 2 for 4 with a home run and four RBIs to power Batavia to a UEC crossover win. Toni Galas and Kaylan Waldron added three hits apiece. Waldron scattered four strikeouts and one walk in an abbreviated no-hitter.
St. Charles North 13, Glenbard East 5: At St. Charles, Sam Hausl and Jillian Waslawski both were 2 for 3 with three RBIs to lift North (2-1) in the UEC crossover.
Geneva 7, South Elgin 5: At Geneva, junior Molly Wrenn blasted a grand slam for her first career home run, propelling Geneva to a UEC crossover win.
Yorkville 6, Kaneland 5: At Yorkville, Kaneland was unable to hold a 5-3 lead after three innings in the Northern Illinois Big 12 East defeat.
Burlington Central 12, Genoa-Kingston 0 (5 inn.): At Genoa, Central rolled in BNC East play.
BOYS TENNIS
Marmion 5, Oswego East 2: At Aurora, Marmion (3-0) swept singles play. John King (No. 1) and Gabe Joy (No. 3) earned separate 6-2, 6-2 victories.
Geneva 4, South Elgin 3: At Geneva, Geneva won a UEC crossover.
BOYS VOLLEYBALL
Geneva def. Streamwood, 2-1 (25-18, 21-25, 25-19): At Streamwood, Geneva (6-5) won the UEC River match.
St. Francis def. St. Ignatius, 2-0 (25-21, 25-20): At Chicago, St. Francis had a balanced attack led by Steve Burns, Jimmy Pisarski and Matt Baggio, who contributed six kills apiece in the victory. Jack McGuire also had 23 assists for the Spartans (3-0, 1-0 Chicago Catholic League).
BADMINTON
Geneva 13, Larkin 2: At Elgin, Geneva (4-1, 3-0 UEC) won three of its four matches that required the full three games. Elizabeth Blaszynski, Meghan Blaszynski and Mollie McDonald were among the Vikings' double winners.
• Ryan Altman contributed to this report.