The Marquette baseball team - with junior Alec Novotney pitching a complete-game, one-hitter with 12 strikeouts - captured a ninth straight regional championship with a 2-1 victory over Newark on Saturday at Masinelli Field.

The Sandwich baseball team — behind the pitching of Nick Michalek and a key hit from Braden Behringer — stayed in the hunt for the Kishwaukee River Conference title with a 2-1 win over Marengo on Monday in Sandwich.

The Newark softball team — with a number of key plays from freshman Rylie Carlson and the pitching of senior Dottie Wood — defeated Serena 1-0 Tuesday in a battle of unbeaten Little Ten Conference squads.

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The Parkview Christian Academy baseball team traveled to Kirkland Thursday to take on Hiawatha in a nonconference matchup.

The Marquette baseball team — behind a 4 for 4, four RBI day from Alec Novotney and four shutout innings from Grant Dose — continued its strong start to the season on Monday at Masinelli Field in Ottawa with a 15-0 win over Newark.

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The Hinckley-Big Rock Royals and the Serena Huskers boys basketball teams defeated the Marquette Crusaders and Newark Norsemen, respectively, in Wednesday's Class 1A Marquette Regional semifinals at Bader Gym. H-BR and Serena will meet at 7 p.m. on Friday in the title game.

The Sandwich boys basketball team had a tough start to this season, but since a 1-7 beginning have won 17 of their last 21 games and figure to be a tough opponent in next week's Class 2A Princeton Regional.