Thanks to a rainout earlier in the week, Mother Nature gifted Kairi Lantz a game on her 18th birthday Thursday. The Sycamore senior catcher gifted herself and Spartan softball teammates a two-run home run, her 11th of the year, in a 7-0 win over La Salle-Peru.

The LaSalle-Peru softball team traveled to Sycamore Thursday to take on the Spartans in a rainy Interstate 8 Conference matchup.

Emma Hart scored the tying run for DeKalb after reaching on a bunt single in the fourth, then scored the go-ahead run for the Barbs on a crazy play in the sixth after reaching on a bunt single in their 4-3 win over Metea Valley on Wednesday.

The DeKalb High School softball team hosted Metea Valley Wednesday afternoon in a matchup of two DuPage Valley Conference teams.

Natalie Naab launched a two-run home run off the scoreboard in the top of the eighth inning to lift Kaneland to a 3-1 victory over La Salle-Peru.

Callie Countryman's two-run home run in the bottom of the fifth proved to be the difference in Sycamore's 3-1 win over Ottawa. Bella Jacobs struck out 17 for Sycamore. Addie Russell allowed three hits for Ottawa and struck out eight Sycamore batters.

The Ottawa softball team traveled to Sycamore Friday to take on the Spartans in Interstate 8 Conference action.

The Hiawatha baseball team played South Beloit Thursday at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb.

During the last five innings of DeKalb’s 9-2 win over Naperville North in the DuPage Valley Conference opener for both teams, the Barbs scored seven runs, committed no errors, and Jasmine Rodriguez retired 15 of the 16 batters she faced.