Rob Oesterle

JCA and Lemont each scored baseball shutouts and more in Saturday's Herald-News Roundup

The 3-4-5 slots in the Seneca lineup had a big day Saturday in a 9-1 win over Morris that kept the Irish unbeaten at 26-0.

Joliet West got the bragging rights after a 26-24, 25-21 win over a scrappy Minooka team.

Todd Kein has spent 26 years at Morris as an English teacher and baseball and basketball coach. He has found a "happy marriage" coaching baseball while teaching literature.

Marina Hristov threw six shutout innings to help Minooka to a 4-2 win over Plainfield South.

Plainfield Central and Joliet West's baseball clubs were among the winners in the Herald-News Tuesday Roundup.

Taylor Lane's bases-loaded triple led Lockport softball to a 5-3, come-from-behind win over Bradley-Bourbonnais.

Lincoln-Way Central and Lemont, state powers in Class 4A and 3A, respectively, enjoy meeting each other on the field. Read about that and more in this week’s The Herald-News softball notebook.

The Morris boys and Lemont girls picked up team titles at the Morris Night of Relays

Bolingbrook's Daniel Kaduthodill handed out 17 assists in a 25-18, 25-13 win over Valley View School District rival Romeoville.

Anna Riva went 3 for 5 with two doubles, a home run and four RBIs to power LaSalle-Peru to an 11-2 win over Morris

Despite trailing 2-0 in the first half, Morris rallied to tie the match, then won in penalty kicks over Ottawa.

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

Sophia Patterson's single in the top of the seventh inning proved to be the game-winner for Plainfield Central in an 8-7 win over Joliet West.

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