The Foxes took third place in a bunched-up Northern Illinois Big 12 Conference meet held on May 13 in Rochelle. Ottawa won the meet with 45 points, with Geneseo second (41) and Yorkville and Sterling both scoring 40 points.
Seniors Alex Burks and Josh Tatum, seeded first at No. 1 doubles, beat Rochelle 6-0, 6-1 and LaSalle-Peru 6-3, 7-5 before outlasting Geneseo 6-0, 3-6, 6-2 in the championship match. At No. 2 doubles seniors Clay Elleby and Ethan Pisczcek, seeded second, beat L-P 6-0, 6-0 and Ottawa 5-7, 6-4, 6-4, then lost to Geneseo 7-5, 6-1 in the final.
At No. 1 singles Yorkville’s Eric Naumann beat Geneseo 6-3, 6-2, then lost to No. 1 seed Rochelle 6-3, 6-2 and Ottawa 6-1, 6-0 to get fourth place. At No. 2 singles Tristian Robb held his seed, taking fourth, beating DeKalb 6-3, 6-0 before losing to Sterling 6-3, 7-6 and Morris 6-4, 6-4.
The Foxes beat Plainfield North 7-1 on May 15. Eric Naumann, Tristian Robb, Zac Nauman and Matt Liszeo all won singles matches in straight sets. The doubles teams of Burks/Tatum, Stemmet/Piczcek and Elleby and Aulis also won in straight sets. Oswego beat the Foxes (15-7) 4-3 on April 16. Naumann, Robb and Nauman all won singles matches.
Yorkville JV: The Foxes won their final meet of the season on May 15, beating Plainfield North 6-1. Briggs Krempski, Austin Fallon and Jake Devol all won singles matches in straight sets. Gruber/Peterson, Fries/Garza and Adam Borowiak/Adam Macey all won doubles matches in straight sets.
SOFTBALL
Yorkville varsity: Hannah Bazan had a triple for the Foxes (14-14) in an 11-1 loss to Geneseo on May 16. Calli Bishop went 2-for-3 with a double for the Foxes in a 5-1 loss to St. Francis on May 15. Oswego East beat the Foxes 7-1 on May 11.
Erika Suchecki had a clutch double in the eighth inning, but the Foxes lost in extra innings to Morris 5-3 on May 11. Brittany Thomas, Dani Evans and Haylee Reyes also had doubles for Yorkville.
Newark: Becca Sweeney, Naomi Sweeney and Alyssa Gittins homered for the Norsemen (14-6) in a 16-0 win over St. Francis de Sales in the opener of the Class 1A Newark Regional on May 16. Sophie Schomer struck out seven over three innings of no-hit ball.
Schomer struck out seven and twirled her second straight shutout to earn her 12th win on May 11 for Newark, who beat Serena 5-0. Schomer, Alyssa Schofield and Jasmine Mitchell each had two hits for the Norseman.
Schomer struck out four and allowed just four hits in a 2-0 win over Earlville/Leland on May 9. Naomi Sweeney had two hits and scored a run. Schomer struck out six in a 2-0 loss to Earlville/Leland on May 8.
Yorkville sophomores: Oswego East scored two runs in the seventh to top the Foxes (22-2) 7-6 on May 13. Alyssa Kukielka had a three-run homer, bases-clearing double and six RBIs and Amber Dasenbrok struck out nine in a one-hit 13-0 win over Morris on May 11. Lauren Howard scatted six hits in Yorkville’s 12-3 win over Ottawa on May 9.
BASEBALL
Yorkville varsity: The Foxes (11-14) beat Plano 10-0 on May 15. Jaelen Childs homered and drove in two runs, Wyatt Murphy (3-2) struck out four over five innings and Justin Weis and Evan Fisher both had two RBIs.
Kyle Koch went 2-for-2 in an 18-3 loss to Andrew on May 13. Childs and Keagan Davey both went 2-for-2 and Josiah Harvey had an RBI in a 13-2 loss to Kaneland on May 12. Childs scored the lone run in a 4-1 loss to Kaneland on May 11.