High school sports roundup: Batavia boys win big at first outdoor track invite of season

ST. CHARLES – If this was how Batavia’s boys track and field team started the season, imagine how good it could be at the end.

The Bulldogs won nine events and took home the team title at the Les Hodges invite April 7 at St. Charles North.

Charles McMarrow brought home wins in the 200-meter dash (23.07 seconds) and 400 dash (51.12).

The quartet of Jordan Birkhaug, Jay Hunt, Jeremiah Evers and Reggie Phillips teamed up to win both the 4x100 relay (43.38) and 4x200 relay (1:29.67).

Batavia also had winners in both hurdles races. Sam Conger won the 110 hurdles in 15.40 seconds, and Will Akers clocked a 41.09 to win the 300 hurdles.

Joseph Knanishu won the 800 run in 2:03.16, and Akers, Michael Stanley, Josh Young and Evers took top honors in the 4x400 relay in 3:29.67.

Jay Hunt won high jump with a mark of 6 feet, 6 inches.

Batavia scored 222 points to win the meet easily over Geneva (97) and Kaneland (86).

BASEBALL

Batavia

Brent Norkus and John Lemon each drove in two runs for the Bulldogs in a 5-0 win against East Aurora on April 8.

Geneva/Marmion

Five errors and five walks cost the Vikings in a 5-0 loss against the Cadets on April 7.

Chase Stanke was credited with Marmion’s only RBI as the Vikings surrendered four unearned runs. Collin Gibson, Bryce Burton, Trevor Taus, Jack Liesen and Elias Flowers scored one run each for the Cadets, and Brandon McPherson pitched five innings for the win.

Dylan Baer accounted for Geneva’s two hits in the game.

Things were better for the Vikings the previous day as Conor Cook drove in three runs and Josh Rose, Jack Olson and Dominic Guido each had two RBIs in a 14-1 win against Streamwood.

St. Charles East

John Delostritto scored twice and drove in a run while Niko Klebotsis and Justin Galante had one RBI each in a 3-1 win against Bartlett on April 8 as East improved to 6-3 on the season.

St. Charles North

South Elgin broke a 1-1 tie with two runs in the top of the seventh and the North Stars mustered just one run in their half of the frame as they fell 3-2 April 8. Tyler Mettetal had a run and RBI, and Tommy Nelson scored once for North as it slipped to 5-2 on the year.

GIRLS SOCCER

Batavia

Cameron Hindel’s goal just before halftime stood up as the game-winner for the Bulldogs in a 2-1 victory against Glenbard East on April 6. Hindel fed Keegan Maris for an early goal and a 1-0 lead in the game.

Batavia improved to 8-0 on the season with a 4-0 win against West Chicago on April 8.

Geneva/St. Charles East

Jenna Dominguez (from Alicia White), Emily Hauser (from Stephanie Howe) and Howe herself scored in the first half of the Vikings’ 4-0 win against the Saints on April 8 in the final at St. Charles East’s invite.

Sydney Gratz scored in the second half to pad the Vikings’ lead.

The Saints put 11 shots on net, but Emma Harkleroad (eight saves in 60 minutes) and Katie Montgomery (three saves in 20 minutes) stood strong to notch Geneva’s seventh shutout in eight games as the Vikings improved to 8-0 on the year.

St. Charles North

Madison Kaufmann scored twice to help lead the North Stars to a 3-1 win against Downers Grove North in the first game of the PepsiCo Showdown on April 8 at Olympic Park in Schaumburg.

Kaufmann scored in the 29th minute (on Claire Barresi’s feed) for a 1-0 halftime lead. After DGN scored early in the second half, Gia Walhberg scored in the 55th minute on Hailey Rydberg’s feed to regain the lead, and Kaufmann (from Claudia Najera) added an insurance goal in the 64th minute.

North hosts Lyons Township in PepsiCo Showdown play at 6:30 p.m. April 13.

SOFTBALL

Batavia

West Aurora scored in the bottom of the 10th to deal the Bulldogs a 7-6 defeat April 7. Jena Bendoraitis, Toni Galas and Rachael Lovestrand hit doubles, but Batavia saw its 6-1 lead disappear in the Blackhawks’ five-run seventh inning.

The Bulldogs led 5-0 against Huntley on April 8 but fell 11-5 against the Red Raiders.

Geneva

Katie Keller and Molly Wrenn hit home runs, Keller and Ali Dierks doubled in the game, and Geneva scored four runs in the top of the seventh to help secure a 10-6 win against Wheaton North on April 8. Dierks earned the pitching win. Wrenn had four RBIs and Keller had three RBIs.

Keller, Wrenn and Kaitlyn Plocinski laced doubles and Dierks won in the circle in a 5-0 victory against Bartlett on April 7.

Rosary

Riley McCue hit a home run, Krystal Cortes laced a double and Abby Young earned the pitching win in the Royals’ 7-0 win against St. Edward on April 7.

St. Charles East

Allie Balaskovits hit two home runs and drove in five runs and Krista Sbarra worked all seven innings for the pitching win in the Saints’ 6-2 victory against West Chicago on April 7.

St. Charles North

Jillian Waslawksi pitched five innings and Natalie Walters hurled two frames as the pair combined for a no-hitter in the North Stars’ 6-0 win against Wheaton Warrenville South on April 7. Allison Moberg and Ashlyn Jozefowicz each drove in two runs.

The North Stars won 5-4 at New Trier on April 8 with Grace Quinn driving in two runs and Jordyn Wolfe scoring twice. Waslawski was the winning pitcher.

BOYS TRACK AND FIELD

Burlington Central

The quartet of Enrique Martinez, Adam Kries, Logan Andersen and Josh Teets won the 4x800-meter relay in 8:35.97, and Michael Kalusa won long jump with a leap of 20 feet, 3 inches at the Les Hodges invite April 7 at St. Charles North.

Geneva

The Vikings had wins in both distance events and the triple jump at the Les Hodges invite at St. Charles North.

Ben Ramage won triple jump with a mark of 39 feet, 7 inches. Ben Kuehl took top honors in the 1,600-meter run (4:27.10) while Tyler Dau won the 3,200 (9:35.52).

St. Charles East

The Saints earned three Class A-tier event wins at their own invite April 8.

Nick Garlisch, Jake Schweizer, JB Sandlund and Luke Perry took the 4x200-meter relay in 1:36.80 while James Cooper was a winner in the 300 hurdles in 41.09. Colton Weber cleared 15 feet to win the pole vault.

St. Charles North

The North Stars saw Eric Lins (11.45 seconds in the 100-meter dash) and Dan Wright (14 feet in pole vault) earn event wins at the Les Hodges invite North hosted April 7,

GIRLS TRACK AND FIELD

Batavia

Riley Glavach (5 feet in high jump), Sabrina Schlenker (47.60 seconds in the 300-meter hurdles), Tori Ortiz (13.09 in the 100 dash) and the 4x100 relay team (49.21) were winners for the Bulldogs on April 8 at the Metea Valley invite.

Geneva

Taryn Christy (8 feet in pole vault) and Kristin Higgins (5 feet in high jump) had runner-up showings for the Vikings’ best finishes April 8 at the Downers Grove South invite.

Rosary

Brooke Delahanty won both the 400-meter dash (1:01.16) and the 800 run (2:24.14) for the Royals’ best showings April 8 at the Kaneland invite.

St. Charles East

The Saints had a pair of event wins at the St. Charles North invite April 7.

Casey McNichols won the 300-meter hurdles in 47.69 seconds while the 4x100 relay won in 51.77 seconds.

Kennedy Gift (10 feet, 6 inches in pole vault), Lily Derain (17.09 seconds in the 100 hurdles), Ashley Stepien (2:29.03 in the 800 run) and Stephanie Garcia (13.49 in the 100 dash) were runners-up.

St. Charles North

Audrey Ernst won both the 1,600-meter run (5:26.73) and the 3,200 run (11:32.22), and Natalie Galvan made it a distance sweep for the North Stars as she won the 800 run (2:26.70) April 7 at North’s own invite.