Daily Roundup: March 14
March 15, 2018
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Power 25
| TEAM | FINAL | TEAM | FINAL | LOCATION | DETAILS |
| No. 3 O'Fallon | 7 | Mater Dei | 2 | Blazier Field - O'Fallon IL | |
| O'Fallon's Jacob Dreyer hit a pinch-hit, go-ahead grand slam in the 5th inning to give the Panthers a 5-2 lead. Four Panthers pitchers allowed just one baserunner combined for the final five innings of the game. | |||||
| No. 7 Lincoln-Way East | 13 | Wilmington | 0 | Lincoln-Way East | MORE |
| A total team effort led the Griffins past Wilmington 13-0. Eight batters recorded hits in the win, Jacob Slager and Zack Jurgens chipped in two hits a piece. Jurgens hada homerun and drove in three on the day, while Slager drove in two more. Josh Ralston, Cole Kirschsieper, Danny Sajewski and Brandon Laux all allowed just one hit a piece in short stints. Kirschsieper struck out three in two innings pitched. |
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| Columbia | 4 | No. 21 Glenwood | 6 | MORE | |
| Glenwood needed nine innings to defeat Columbia. Eagles starter Shane Wilhelm allowed just one run in five innings of work, struck out seven and walked one before the Titans came back to score three in the 7th and two in the 9th to win. | |||||
More IHSA Action
| TEAM | FINAL | TEAM | FINAL | DETAILS |
| Peoria Heights | 2 | Henry-Senachwine | 10 | MORE |
| Senachwine starter Gavin Smith threw five scoreless innings, struck out nine, and drove in a game-high three runs. | ||||
| Athens | 6 | Routt | 9 | MORE |
| Four players form Athens recorded two hits, including Nathan Younkin who also drove in two runs, but they couldn't overcome their five errors. Routt's Jared Plunk had a game-high 3 RBIs. | ||||
| Freeburg | 2 | Alton | 1 | MORE |
| Freeburg's Travis Bergkoetter pitched a complete game, struck out seven batters, walked one, and allowed just five hits. Freeburg scored the game-winning run in the bottom of the 7th on a bases-loaded walk to win the game, 2-1 | ||||
| Metamora | 15 | Delavan | 5 | MORE |
| Kyle Bartman was 4-for-5 with 2 RBIs for the Redbirds. Metamora's Chase Howerton scored a game-high four times in the 15-5 win. | ||||
| Harrisburg | 10 | Hardin County | 0 | MORE |
| Harrisburg's Will Holland, Kent Cletcher, Isaac Crabb, and Dalton Lambert all drove in runs in the Bulldogs' six-run 3rd inning to take a 10-0 lead, where the game would stay. | ||||
| Normal University | 9 | Teutopolis | 4 | MORE |
| University's Nathan Hardman drove in three runs and Owen Martin led the team with three hits. The Pioneers scored all nine runs in their final three frames to come back and beat Teutopolis. | ||||
| Carrollton | 8 | Bunker Hill | 4 | MORE |
| Alex Bowker and Hayden Stringer led the Carolton offense. Bowker chipped in two hits and scored two runs while Stringer had a perfect 2-for-2 day with two doubles, scored three runs and drove in a pair. | ||||
| Eldorado | 10 | Carterville | 12 | MORE |
| Kolton Oglesby had a pair of hits, two RBI and a run scored in the win. | ||||
| Breese Central | 0 | Normal University | 10 | |
| See Game Recap | ||||
| DePaul College Prep | 4 | Bulls College Prep | 3 | MORE |
| Abel Yolich, Joey Rivera and Ryan Martin each had a two hit day to pace DePaul College Prep in the win on Wednesday. Martin added two RBI. | ||||
| Oblong | 4 | Wayne City | 1 | MORE |
| Nathan Meese struck out six over six innings pitched to pick up the win for Oblong. | ||||
| Elgin | 10 | Marengo | 0 | MORE |
| Kyle Coates picked up the five inning, no-hit win. Coates did not allow a hit over five innings while walking two and striking out nine. | ||||
| Valmeyer | 9 | Gibault Catholic | 4 | MORE |
| Michael Chism led the way with four hits, including a double and a triple. Chism drove in two and scored two along the way. | ||||
| Hubbard | 14 | Bogan | 2 | MORE |
| Alxander Chavez and Juan Tabarez each homered for Hubbard in the win. | ||||
| Jacksonville | 7 | Macomb | 10 | MORE |
| Macomb belted out 14 hits in route to a 10-7 win. Ben Higgins and Brandon Bickers led the way with three hits a piece. Bickers drove in four on two doubles and a triple. Mason Westen homered for the Bombers. | ||||
| Egyptian | 0 | Johnston City | 5 | MORE |
| Justin City shut out Egyptian behind Justin Clark who pitched five innings of one-hit baseball to seal the win. Clark struck out eight and walked three along the way. | ||||
| Manteno | 12 | Rich Central | 1 | MORE |
| Jack Trepanier and Mason Crews led the Mateno offense with a pair of hits each. Crews drove in three while Trepanier added two RBI. | ||||
| Lanphier | 7 | North Mac | 1 | MORE |
| Daniel McClung went the distance to pick up the win. McClung worked seven innings allowing just one run on four hits, one walk and punching out seven. | ||||
| Riverton | 7 | Springfield | 6 | MORE |
| Riverton edged Springfield in the bottom of the seventh with a four-run outburst to walk off with the win. Griffin King led the way with three hits including a double and two RBI. | ||||
| Altamont | 0 | Pleasant Plains | 8 | MORE |
| See Game Recap | ||||
| Triad | 2 | Effingham | 12 | MORE |
| Triad faced an eight-run deficit headed into the bottom of the 2nd, one they were not able to overcome. | ||||
| Hiawatha | 0 | Westminster Christian | 14 | MORE |
| Westminster Christian totaled 13 hits in the game. Mason Runkel, Andrew Kurcz, Nathen Martinez, and Sam Huguley each collected multiple hits for the Warriors. | ||||
| Sacred Heart-Griffin | 5 | Williamsville | 6 | MORE |
| Despite a 5-run deficit in the 3rd inning, Sacred Heart-Griffin almost came all the way back, eventually falling 6-5 to Williamsville. The Cyclones' Noah Evans went 2-for-3 with a pair of RBIs. Williamsville's Justin Beggs homered in the 5th to give them their sixth run, which wound up being the decider. | ||||
| Chicago Vocational | 1 | Goode STEM Academy | 3 | MORE |
| Champaign Central | 23 | Kankakee | 0 | MORE |
| Monticello | 17 | Arcola | 1 | MORE |
| Belleville West | 3 | Althoff Catholic | 2 | MORE |
| Centralia | 1 | Benton | 11 | MORE |
| Chicago Hope Academy | 1 | Lake View | 21 | MORE |
| Geneseo | 6 | Rockridge | 2 | MORE |
| Gillespie | 2 | Jersey | 7 | MORE |
| Salt Fork | 15 | Heritage | 9 | MORE |
| Lindblom | 1 | Jones | 4 | MORE |
| Orion | 7 | Ridgewood [AlWood/Cambridge] | 4 | MORE |
| Rochelle Zell Jewish | 9 | Northtown | 3 | MORE |
| Tri-Valley | 2 | St. Thomas More | 1 | MORE |