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The scores/schedule for Times-area schools in the IHSA baseball postseason

The scores/schedule for Times-area schools in the IHSA softball postseason

The Ottawa Pirates played their Class 3A postseason opener Wednesday in Oglesby, taking on the Rocks of Rock Island and falling 3-1.

The Newark Norsemen advanced to the championship game of the 1A Dwight Sectional on Wednesday, knocking off Walther Christian.

For four of the seven Dixon and Sterling boys tennis state tournament qualifiers this season, it will be the second time making the trip to the Chicago suburbs. For the other three qualifiers, it will be their first state experience.

Rock Falls native and current San Francisco Giants pitcher Jakob Junis has started four games in the month of May, allowing a total of 10 earned runs in 22 2/3 innings.

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The scores/schedule for Times-area schools in the IHSA softball postseason

The scores/schedule for Times-area schools in the IHSA baseball postseason

With a trip to the regional finals and tying the school record for wins in a season on the line Tuesday, the Dixon softball team was ready to roll from the start in a Class 3A Sterling Regional semifinal, grabbing an early lead and tacking on more late in a 9-3 win over Rochelle.

The Newman softball team was only able to notch three hits Tuesday night in its Class 1A sectional semifinal against West Central. The Comets left five runners stranded in the affair, and they ended up with a 1-0 loss in eight innings.

Richmond-Burton's Taylor Davison hit a go-ahead solo home run in the bottom of the sixth inning to send the Rockets past Oregon 2-1 in their Class 2A Richmond-Burton Sectional semifinal on Tuesday afternoon.

Erie-Prophetstown won a Class 2A Tremont Sectional semifinal 2-1 over Brimfield on Jaden Johnson's two-out RBI single in the bottom of the eighth inning Tuesday, while Forreston topped Pearl City 2-1 in the 1A South Beloit Sectional semi on Rylee Broshous' 12th-inning home run.

Forreston topped Pearl City 2-1 in the 1A South Beloit Sectional semi on Rylee Broshous' 12th-inning home run.