Baseball

After being held scoreless in the first three innings, St. Charles North went on to put up runs in each of the final four innings to walk away with a 13-6 victory over Batavia to secure the three-game series sweep.

Oswego hosted Plainfield North varsity baseball on Thursday, April 24, 2025.

Marquette capitalized on St. Bede errors for a five-run second inning and Alec Novotney was strong on the mound to lead the Crusaders to an 11-0, 5-inning victory Thursday.

Max Barriball didn't pitch again last spring after suffering a partially torn ligament in his elbow his second start. The Plainfield North senior lefty is back now, and shook off a rocky first inning Thursday to strike out 10 and take a no-hitter into the fifth to top Oswego 3-2.

Dixon was out-hit by Oregon in their Big Northern Conference game Thursday at Veterans Memorial Field, but scored four runs after a two-out dropped third strike in the third inning to pull out a 5-3 victory.

Marquette shut out St. Bede 11-0 on Thursday, April 24, 2025 at St. Bede Academy.

Batavia hosted St. Charles North varsity baseball on Thursday, April 24, 2025.

Jeff Petrovic recently won his 500th game as Minooka's head baseball coach and has shown no signs of letting up.

Across five baseball games, Batavia sophomore Brandon Oke, who went 9 of 18 with a double, home run and 10 RBIs. Oke was voted as the Kane County Chronicle Athlete of the Week in an online vote.

Dixon hosts Oregon Thursday, April 24, 2025, in baseball. Dixon took the win 5-3.

Cary-Grove's Francis Panko doesn’t just slide. He glides. The senior catcher scored the tiebreaking run in C-G’s six-run eighth inning Wednesday, as the Trojans beat Jacobs 10-4.

Nick Hines tossed a complete-game one-hitter with 11 strikeouts to lead Lyons past Glenbard West, Riverside-Brookfield baseball rallied for a walk-off win, Nazareth baseball and softball were winners and more in Wednesday's Suburban Life sports roundup.

The Bishop McNamara softball team beat Wheaton Academy 16-8 to improve to 7-0 in Chicagoland Christian Conference play and more in Wednesday's Daily Journal Roundup.

Burlington Central baseball and softball grinded out victories against Fox Valley Conference opponents, while St. Charles North softball and Geneva baseball relied on solid pitching to win their contests. That and more in Wednesday's Kane County Chronicle sports roundup.

Newman scored runs in each of the first three innings Wednesday, then held off Rock Falls for a 7-3 nonconference victory at home.

Eric Regez became the 12th baseball coach in IHSA history to reach 800 career wins, the eighth to record that many at the same school, in the Tigers' home win over Grant Park Wednesday.

Herscher earned a 21-0 victory over Grant Park on Wednesday, April 23, 2025, helping Tigers head coach Eric Regez reach his 800th career win.

Cale Zoeller allowed just four hits and had a career-high 10 strikeouts to help Wheaton North avoid the series sweep with a 7-0 victory against St. Charles East on Wednesday.

La Salle-Peru starter Gavin Kallis pitched six shutout innings, allowed three hits and struck out nine as the Cavaliers snapped Sycamore's eight-game winning streak on Wednesday.

St. Charles East faced Wheaton North in varsity baseball on Wednesday, April 23, 2025.

La Salle-Peru traveled to Sycamore Wednesday to take on the Spartans in a matchup of Interstate 8 Conference teams.

A pair of former area standout student-athletes are in the latest class of CHISOX Athletes, the Chicago White Sox's NIL program.

Sterling hosts United Township on the diamond Wednesday, April, 23, 2025.

The Bradley-Bourbonnais softball team lost an extra-inning SWSC battle to top-ranked Lincoln-Way Central, Beecher's Ava Lorenzatti and Taylor Norkus were dominant in a doubleheader sweep and more in Tuesday's Daily Journal Roundup.

Jesus Torres hit two of Willowbrook baseball's five homers and drove in seven runs in a win over Addison Trail, IC Catholic Prep softball scored two runs in the bottom of the seventh to beat St. Francis and much more in Tuesday's Suburban Life sports roundup.

Bishop McNamara fell behind 5-0 to Chicago Christian Tuesday, and despite showing some resilience late, couldn't quite recover.

St. Charles East moved to 5-0 in DuKane Conference play with a win over Wheaton North, St. Charles North baseball clinched their first conference series over Batavia, and Batavia softball and St. Charles East girls soccer enjoyed big wins. That and more in Tuesday's roundup.

Mark Pachla pitched into the seventh inning, Liam Sullivan hit a two-run homer, and Crystal Lake South held off Burlington Central 6-5 in a Fox Valley Conference baseball game Tuesday.

Tuesday’s DuKane Conference baseball matchup between host Geneva and Lake Park, the second of a three-game series, was all about Vikings pitcher Noah Hallahan.

Joliet West triumphed over Joliet Central, maintaining momentum in the crosstown rivalry.

Despite the loss of nearly every top pitcher from its staff from last season’s Class 4A fourth-place team, namely superstar Ryan Sloan, York is missing a beat this spring. That, plus notes on Glenbard West and more in Bob Narang's baseball notebook.

Downers Grove North's Ashlynn Durkin struck out 18, Nazareth's Annabella Rychetsky fired a no-hitter with 13 strikeouts and York, Glenbard East and Montini baseball were among other winners in Monday's Suburban Life sports roundup.

St. Charles North softball coach Tom Poulin celebrated his 300th career win with a victory over Batavia and the baseball team also celebrated a victory. That and more Kane County-area sports results from Monday.

The Bradley-Bourbonnais baseball team beat Lincoln-Way East on the road Monday to avenge last week's loss to the Griffins and more in Monday's Daily Journal Roundup.

Johnsburg pulled out a 3-2 win when, with Tayden Pinkowski at the plate with two outs and the bases loaded in the bottom of the seventh, Marengo reliever Alex Johnson was called for a balk.

The Rock Falls Rockets downed the Oregon Hawks 5-1 in a Monday, April 21, 2025, game at Oregon High School.

Marengo faces Johnsburg in a Kishwaukee River Conference baseball game against on Monday, April 21, 2025, at Johnsburg High School.

Morris' Colin Pfeifer hit a go-ahead, two-run homer and struck out nine in five innings in a 14-4 win over Ottawa

Marquette has put together another fantastic start this season, while Streator’s Isaiah Weibel, Woodland-Flanagan-Cornell’s Brezdyn Simons and Serena’s Beau Raikes have been key players for their respective teams in The Times Baseball Notebook.

Wilmington totaled 15 hits on the day, including a leadoff homer from Ryan Kettman and three-run Zach Ohlund blast, to give Lucas Rink plenty of run support at Coal City Monday.

Wilmington earned a 9-0 Illinois Central Eight Conference win at Coal City Monday, April 21, 2025. Buy photos here: https://heraldnews.smugmug.com/April-2025/Wilmington-at-Coal-City-baseball

Downers Grove North baseball was a crosstown winner over Downers Grove South, Hinsdale Central softball won in walk-off fashion in eight innings against Hinsdale South and Nazareth baseball split a doubleheader in Saturday's Suburban Life sports roundup.

Playing errorless defense behind strong pitching performances from Keaton Reinke and Emerson Miller, while executing some small-ball offense, St. Charles North beat Libertyville 3-0 on Saturday to hand the Wildcats their first loss.

Prairie Ridge softball stayed undefeated Saturday after a pair of wins over Glenbrook South. Plus plenty of more softball, baseball, girls soccer, boys tennis, boys and girls lacrosse and boys volleyball scores.

The Kankakee girls track and field team placed fifth at the Kays Co-ed Meet Saturday with Herscher placing seventh, while on the boys side Herscher placed sixth and Kankakee placed seventh, and more in Saturday's Daily Journal Roundup.

Putnam County defeated Woodland/Flanagan-Cornell 10-5 on Thursday, April 17, 2025 at Woodland High School.

Peotone's Sophie Klawitter threw a one-hit shutout with 13 strikeouts in the Blue Devils' win to cap off her dominant week, and more in Friday's Daily Journal Roundup

Lincoln-Way East jumped ahead early on Bradley-Bourbonnais on Friday, eventually scoring a 10-3, series-opening victory.

Bradley-Bourbonnais fell behind 8-0 early in Friday's home conference matchup with Lincoln-Way East, eventually falling 10-3 to the Griffins.

The Bishop McNamara baseball team scored three runs in the fifth inning to win a Chicagoland Christian Conference contest over Wheaton Academy 3-2, and more in Thursday's Daily Journal Roundup.