Bill Lidinsky

The Red Sox earned an 10-1 victory over the Giants in the Ottawa Minor Division (10U) City Championship game Saturday night to finish the season unbeaten.

It was a tough day all around for the Newark softball team in an 8-3 loss to Illini Bluffs during the Class 1A State semifinals at the Louisville Slugger Sports Complex in Peoria on Friday.

Newark pitchers Kaitlyn Schofield, Taylor Kruser and Kodi Rizzo have proven to be perfect pitching partners guiding the Norsemen to their first state final berth in program history.

Kaneland scored three runs in the top of the eighth on Dylan Conklin's two-out grounder that included three errors and a throw home that hit the umpire in the head, and the Knights went on to a wild 9-7 win over Benet in the Class 3A Kaneland Regional final.

Ryan Williams doubled in the tying runs in the seventh to force extra innings, and Kailey Wohead singled in the go-ahead runs and KJ Friestad hit a 2-run homer in the 10th as Newark rallied for a 6-3 win over Woodland/Flanagan-Cornell in the Class 1A Dwight Sectional final

The Newark Norsemen advanced to the championship game of the 1A Dwight Sectional on Wednesday, knocking off Walther Christian.

After rain delayed the finals by two days, state-bound competitors in the Class 1A Ottawa Boys Tennis Sectional wrapped up competition Monday.

Newark softball's offensive juggernaut was held to just one hit Friday – but scored two unearned runs in the bottom of the sixth to beat Marquette 2-1 and win the program's sixth straight regional title.

The Marquette Academy softball team used a combined one-hitter from pitchers Kaylee Killelea and Lindsey Kaufmann in Thursday's Class 1A Newark Regional semifinal win over Garder-South Wilmington.

Madi Reeves struck out nine in a five-hit shutout, as Yorkville bounced back from its first conference loss of the season to beat Oswego East 2-0 on Thursday in Oswego.

Kodi Rizzo struck out eight in a one-hitter and retired the last 13 batters she faced, and Kaitlyn Schofield, Danica Peshia and Ryan Williams all homered as Newark blasted past Serena 11-1 in five innings to clinch its third straight Little Ten Conference title.

Sophomore Simon Skroch struck out eight over 4 1/3 innings, and Owen Ross' monster three-run home run highlighted Yorkville's 18-hit attack as the Foxes beat Minooka 14-0 to win their second straight game in the three-game series between Southwest Prairie West leaders.

The Ottawa Pirates made the most of a miserable day weather-wise, scoring a home win over visiting DePue/Hall.

The Serena softball team picked up an impressive road win Saturday at Marquette Academy.

The Plano Reapers visited the Ottawa Pirates on Wednesday to start their Interstate Eight Conference series.