Jimmy Amptmann led off the top of the fifth with a home run, and Sycamore scored two more off St. Francis ace Rocco Tenuta for a 3-2 win in a Class 3A Kaneland Sectional semifinal.

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The Sycamore and St. Francis baseball teams traveled to Maple Park Thursday for a semifinal matchup in the Class 3A Kaneland regional.

Conner Williar had a game-tying single as the No. 1 Spartans turned a two-run deficit into a lead in an eventual 7-3 win over the fourth-seeded Titans, advancing to the sectional round for the second straight year.

Evan Spenk fouled off three straight pitches before lacing a two-run, two-out double right field to break open a tie game and give No. 3 Hampshire a 5-3 win against No. 5 DeKalb on Thursday.

Jack Wheeler drove home Will Knapp with a single in the bottom of the seventh, giving Morris a 6-5 walk-off win over Sycamore and the Interstate 8 Conference championship.

Thanks to Sycamore’s 7-1 win over Morris Tuesday, the Spartans have set up a winner-take-all showdown when the teams meet in their final conference game of the season on Wednesday.

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The Sycamore baseball team hosted Morris Tuesday in a key Interstate 8 Conference matchup.

If there were two outs for Sycamore on Thursday against Kaneland, chances are the back of the order was driving in a run. The last four hitters in the Sycamore order drove in seven runs with two outs in a 10-4 win over Kaneland.

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The Sycamore and Kaneland baseball teams played a double header Thursday.