Downers Grove North baseball a walk-off winner: Thursday’s Suburban Life sports roundup

Westmont’s Kyla Babb advances to 1,600 state finals

Baseball

Downers Grove North 3, York 2

JD Cumbee singled in Emilio Gandarilla in the bottom of the eighth for the walk-off win for the Trojans. Cumbee was 3 for 4 with two runs scored and the RBI and Sean Cabaj drove in two runs for Downers Grove North. Jimmy Reilly struck out two in 7 1/3 innings.

IC Catholic 12, Disney II 0

Lewis Barbour went 2 for 2 with three runs scored and an RBI and Max Russ had a triple, run scored and RBI for the Knights in a Class 2A regional semifinal.

Nazareth 15, St. Francis 0

Jaden Fauske went 3 for 4 with a homer, double and four RBIs, Collin Roche added a two-run homer and drove in three and Kam Alikhan was 2 for 3 with three RBIs for Nazareth (27-6). Winning pitcher Connor McKay (4-1) struck out four.

Montini 2, Hanover Central 1

John Louise struck out three and allowed a run on four hits over six innings and Max Bell threw a scoreless seventh for Montini, which scored two runs in the third inning and made it stand.

Riverside-Brookfield 11, Larkin 3

Brady McCallum went 3 for 4 with two runs scored, Seam Campbell 2 for 4 with three RBIs and Jaden Despe had a double and two RBIs for the Bulldogs.

Wheaton Warrenville South 2, Benet 0

Aidan Quartz tossed a complete-game four-hitter with two strikeouts and Nico Olszewski went 3 for 4 with a double and an RBI for the Tigers.

Willowbrook 5, Leyden 0

Bobby Biggs struck out eight and allowed three hits in six shutout innings and Sam Marrese went 2 for 4 with three RBIs for the Warriors.

Argo 3, Lemont 1

Lemont was held to two hits in the loss.

Softball

Wheaton North 5, Lake Park 1

Hannah Wulf struck out seven in a complete-game three-hitter and had two hits with a double and two RBIs, and Abby Del Preto homered for the Falcons.

Plainfield East 4, Benet 2

Sophia Rosner and Gianna Cunningham scored runs, but the Redwings were held to three hits in the loss.

Plainfield North 12, Wheaton Warrenville South 4

Becca Chaney had a double, run scored and RBI and Avery Arnold two hits for the Tigers.

Girls Track and Field

Class 1A state: Westmont’s Kyla Babb ran the fourth-fastest 1,600 time of 5:04.73 in Thursday’s Class 1A preliminaries to advance to Saturday’s finals in Charleston.

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.