Suburban Life sports roundup for Wednesday, March 22: George Wolkow’s two homers, grand slam key Downers North baseball win

BASEBALL

Downers Grove North 11, Plainfield East 4

George Wolkow hit two homers, including a grand slam, and drove in five runs, and Tony Konopiots also went deep for the Trojans. Ean Czech went 3-for-3 and winning pitcher Ben Llewellyn struck out four.

Riverside-Brookfield 2, Hinsdale South 1

Wyatt Murphy struck out four over 5 2/3 innings and Jaden Despe had a two-run double for the Bulldogs.

Nazareth 11, Reavis 5

Collin Roche homered and drove in two runs, Cooper Malamazian scored two runs, Luca Fiore had two RBIs and a run scored and Nick Drtina (1-0) notched the win for Nazareth (5-0).

SOFTBALL

Lemont 1, Marist 0

Sage Mardjetko struck out 10 in a three-hit shutout, and Avaree Taylor and Nicole Pontrelli each went 2-for-3 for Lemont (2-0).

Wheaton North 12, Leyden 1

Reagan Crosthwaite slugged two homers and had a double, Monica Kading had a triple, three RBIs and four stolen bases and winning pitcher Erin Metz struck out nine for the Falcons (2-0).

Glenbard North 12, West Chicago 3

Elizabeth Welch went 3-for-3 with two RBIs, and Chloe D’Alexander was 2-for-4 with three RBIs as the Panthers pounded out 14 hits. Winning pitcher Hailey Noll struck out four.

Wheaton Warrenville South 8, Naperville Central 4

Katie Jensen went 4-for-4 with a double, triple and three RBIs, the Tigers pounded out 15 hits and winning pitcher Maddie Pool struck out five.

Fenton 17, Wheaton Academy 3

Moriah Husted went 2-for-3 with a run scored for Wheaton Academy.

Hinsdale South 7, Glenbard South 7

BOYS LACROSSE

Wheaton Academy 19, Benet 2

Aiden Weisenborn scored six goals for the Warriors.

BOYS VOLLEYBALL

Glenbard South d. Benet 25-21, 21-25, 25-20

Tristan Sounthala had 14 kills and seven digs, Ben Zima 11 kills and 10 digs and Mike Hines 34 assists and 10 digs for Glenbard South (2-0).

Wheaton Warrenville South d. Stagg 25-12, 25-16

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.