Alex Popham struck out 10 in an eight-inning complete-game one-hitter in Wheaton North's 1-0 win over Batavia, plus other baseball and softball results in Saturday's Suburban Life sports roundup.
Willowbrook senior distance standout Amelie Ojeda and Wheaton North’s Sophia Dalrymple had stellar individual days, while Glenbard West took third place as a team at its Sue Pariseau Invitational.
Lincoln-Way Central catcher Jamiee Bolduc homered and pitcher Bella Dimitrijevic was 2 for 3 with an RBI and threw a one-hitter with 17 strikeouts in a 5-0 win over Lemont
Former Nazareth standout CJ West was selected in the fourth round of the NFL Draft on Saturday by the San Francisco 49ers.
Seniors set the pace for multiple schools at Wheaton Warrenville South's Red Grange Invitational on Friday night.
Mya Leon has already broken the St. Charles East program record for most goals by a freshman, and scored her 29th Friday. Then she converted a penalty kick to clinch a hard-fought 2-1 shootout win over Downers Grove North in a Naperville Invitational game.
Downers Grove North freshman Macy Ermitage missed almost all of cross country season with a stress fracture – but she's back in a big way on the track. Ermitage won the 3,200 at Downers Grove North's Ritter Invitational, leading the Trojans to second place as a team.
Downers Grove North baseball scored two runs in the sixth to rally past Oak Park-River Forest, and Lyons, Riverside-Brookfield and Westmont baseball and Wheaton Academy baseball and soccer were winners, plus much more in Thursday's Suburban Life roundup.
Wheaton Warrenville South shut off entry to its goal in claiming a 2-0 win over Wheaton North on Thursday.