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Wilmington softball cruises to nonconference win: Thursday’s Herald News roundup

Softball

Wilmington 15, St. Anne 3 (5 inn.): At Wilmington, the Wildcats stacked runs early, scoring 13 in the first three innings to cruise in the nonconference contest Thursday. Alee Delangel led the offense with a pair of hits and three runs batted in. Molly Southall homered and drove in two. Alyssa Johnston, Sammy Liaromatis and Keeley Walsh drove in two runs each for Wilmington (17-4).

Gardner-South Wilmington 15, Donovan 3 (4 inn.): At Gardner, a nine-run fourth helped the Panthers break it open and take the River Valley Conference contest. Maddie Simms doubled twice and drove in three to lead the offense for GSW (13-11, 10-4). Aubree Stein and Olivia Siano drove in two apiece for the Panthers.

Herscher 18, Peotone 9 (5 inn.): At Peotone, after falling behind by eight runs after one inning, the Blue Devils rallied but came up short. Autumn Clay led the offensive attack with a pair of runs driven in. Ashley Veltman and Payton Schnelle had two hits each for Peotone (8-15, 2-12 in the Illinois Central Eight).

Seneca 8, Woodland/Flanagan-Cornell 0: At Streator, Tessa Krull allowed just five hits and struck out six to lead the Irish to the Tri-County Conference win. Alyssa Zellers had three hits and drove in three and Camryn Stecken chipped in with a pair of RBIs for Seneca (28-1, 8-0).

Girls soccer

Providence Catholic 1, Willowbrook 1: At Villa Park, Gabriella Savarino scored for the Celtics as they finished in a draw with the Warriors. PC is now 13-9-1.

Plainfield North 1, Naperville North 0: At Naperville, Ilyana Barriball scored the only goal of the game to give the Tigers the nonconference victory. Samantha Jurgens was in net for the shutout for North (18-2-1).

Boys volleyball

Lockport 2, Lincoln-Way West 0: At Lockport, the Porters clinched the SouthWest Suburban Conference title with a 25-20, 25-22 win over the Warriors. Josh Bluhm paced the attack with eight kills, and Eric Gonzalez added six as Lockport improved to 29-3 overall, 7-0 in the SWSC. Evan Dziadkowiec added 25 assists for Lockport.

Lincoln-Way East 2, Sandburg 0: At Frankfort, Matt Muehlnickel had nine kills and Trey Marek added eight as the Griffins took down the Eagles 25-16, 25-22 in an SWSC match. Kyle Swarens had 20 assists to lead East (21-10, 3-3).

Homewood-Flossmoor 2, Lincoln-Way Central 0: At Flossmoor, the Vikings dropped the Knights 27-25, 25-20 in an SWSC match. Owen Rives had five kills and Dylan Branigan four for LWC (17-16. 1-5).

West Aurora 2, Plainfield South 0: At Plainfield, the Blackhawks defeated the Cougars 25-20, 26-24 in a Southwest Prairie Conference matchup. South fell to 13-14, 3-5 in the SPC.

Bolingbrook 2, Stagg 0: At Bolingbrook, the Raiders improved to 24-7, 4-5 in the SWSC with a 25-17, 25-21 win over the Chargers.

Joliet West 2, Joliet Central 0: At Joliet, the Tigers stayed unbeaten in the SPC with a 25-19, 25-22 win over the Steelmen. West improved to 26-5, 8-0 in the SPC.

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