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Downers Grove North, Nazareth softball lose sectional finals: Friday’s Suburban Life sports roundup

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St. Laurence 3, Nazareth 2

Jordan Ogean had the game-winning hit as the Vikings scored three runs in the bottom of the seventh to beat the Roadrunners and win the Class 2A St. Laurence Sectional final.

Nazareth had taken a 2-0 lead in the top of the sixth on Reagan Drye’s two-run single before St. Laurence rallied in its final at-bat. Annabella Rychetsky struck out four and went 2 for 2 with a run scored for Nazareth.

Marist 10, Downers Grove North 0 (6 innings)

Sophomore Soleil Tate threw a two-hitter with six strikeouts, and hit a two-run homer and drove in four, for the top-seeded RedHawks in the Class 4A Marist Sectional final.

Ashlynn Durkin struck out 10 for Downers Grove North.

Joshua  Welge

Joshua Welge

I am the Sports Editor for Kendall County Newspapers, the Kane County Chronicle and Suburban Life Media, covering primarily sports in Kendall, Kane, DuPage and western Cook counties. I've been covering high school sports for 24 years. I also assist with our news coverage.