Illinois Daily Roundup: March 22
March 23, 2018
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POWER 25
| TEAM | FINAL | TEAM | FINAL | DETAILS |
| No. 1 Joliet Catholic | 12 | Homewood-Flossmoor | 4 | MORE |
| The Hilltoppers move to 4-1 on the year with a 12-4 win over Homewood-Flossmoor. Aidan Tyrell with four hits; Simon Grasshoff with chipped in three and Greg Ziegler with two hits. Tyrell earned the win on mound with five strong innings of work. | ||||
| No. 3 O'Fallon | 10 | Highland | 0 | MORE |
| O'Fallon tallied five runs in the 2nd inning. The rally was led by singles by Josh Gibson and Brayden Arnold, a sacrifice fly by Nathan Martin, and a double by Matthew Albritton. Hayden Juenger surrendered zero runs on one hit over five innings, striking out seven and walking one, in the win. | ||||
| No. 4 Plainfield North | 6 | Geneva | 3 | |
| Eben Heine closed the game out for the Tigers, pitching the last four innings, striking out seven batters, allowing just one walk and no runs or hits. Brady Miller and Garrett Cook were each 2-for-4 with two RBIs. | ||||
| No. 5 Providence Catholic | 2 | Naperville Central | 4 | MORE |
| A four-run 5th from Naperville Central pushed them past the Celtics on Thursday. Solo homers from Dakota Kotowski and Jack Flynders weren't enough to overcome the strong pitching of Central. Jared Suchevits started for the Redhawks and did not allow a run in his four innings of work. Alec Nuckols and Jack Jopes combined to prevent Providence from coming back in the final 1.3 innings. | ||||
| No. 6 Mount Carmel | 9 | Lane Tech | 6 | MORE |
| The Caravan needed 11 innings to defeat Lane Tech on Thursday. A three-run 11th thanks to an RBI single by Ed Howard and a two-run triple by Anthony Livermore helped give Mount Carmel the 9-6 lead and win. | ||||
| DeSmet Jesuit | 7 | No. 8 Edwardsville | 5 | MORE |
| Stephen Randazzo, Nate Martens, and Logan Payne all recorded two hits for DeSmet in the win. Edwardsville nearly came back in the 4th, down 5-0, and scored four runs, but DeSmet continued to pull away and added runs of their own in the bottom of the 4th and 5th while pitchers Brandon Slater and Charlie Thomasson shut the door in the final two innings. | ||||
| Niles Notre Dame | 4 | No. 10 New Trier | 0 | MORE |
| Notre Dame's Paul Bergstrom threw five shutout innings, allowed just three hits and two walks, and struck out seven. Nathan Moore came in after and closed the door, striking out four and did not allow a baserunner. The Trevians' Alex Calarco recorded two of New Trier's four hits. | ||||
| No. 9 Sandburg | 1 | No. 11 Brother Rice | 9 | MORE |
| Ryan Palmblad and Zach Litke combined to hold Sandburg to just one run in the win. The Crusaders' Ryan Maher led the offense by going 3-for-4, scoring three times, and driving in three runs. | ||||
| No. 12 Libertyville | 3 | Fenwick | 5 | MORE |
| Fenwick Friars racked up nine hits in the game. Alex Pup and Charlie Wood all collected multiple hits for the Friars. Joe Runnells led things off on the hill for Fenwick. He allowed two hits and one run over four innings, striking out five and walking zero. | ||||
| Joliet West | 0 | No. 13 St. Laurence | 3 | MORE |
| Gage Olszak started for the Vikings and pitched six shutout innings, allowing five hits, one walk, and struck out four. He also drive in all three of St. Laurence's runs on a bases-loaded double in the 3rd. | ||||
| Conant | 3 | No. 16 Crystal Lake South | 3 | MORE |
| The Gators needed to score two runs in the bottom of the 7th to finish the game tied 3-3. Noah Tyrell reached base three times and homered for South. Singles by Steven Siavelis and Scott Skwarek in the 7th tied the game. | ||||
| No. 20 Saint Viator | 4 | Huntley | 2 | MORE |
| Bryce Hellgeth with five innings, scattered one hit and struck out six for St. Viator. Other contributors with the bat were Casey Kmet who went 3-for-3, Ryan Stejskal 2-for-4 with a homerun and two RBI and Michael Wittich and Hunter Johnson each added two hits. | ||||
| No. 22 Marist | 4 | Shepard | 2 | MORE |
| RHP Caden Carr got the win going six innings, allowing one run and striking out three. Junior Jack Brannigan picked up the one inning save. Justin Janas led the way offensively going 3-for-3 with an RBI and run scored. Max Malley scored two runs and Jason Hodges added a sacrifice fly in the win. | ||||
| Kenwood | 2 | No. 25 Andrew | 14 | MORE |
| The T-Bolts improve to 2-0 on the season thanks to a 10-run first inning. Kevin Bushnell had two hits and four RBI while Mike Carey and Donovan Nanfeldt added two hits and two RBI for Andrew. | ||||
Other IHSA Action
| TEAM | FINAL | TEAM | FINAL | DETAILS |
| Nazareth Academy | 7 | Holy Trinity | 0 | |
| Nazareth improved to 3-1 with the 7-0 victory. Senior Julian Lopez pitched five innings of shutout baseball allowing four hits and striking out six. Bill Pacella hit a grand slam to lead the offense. | ||||
| East Peoria | 2 | Peoria Notre Dame | 8 | MORE |
| Peoria Notre Dame Irish put up three runs in the second inning. Jack Donnelly and Matthew Organ powered the big inning with RBIs. | ||||
| Columbia | 15 | Altoff | 0 | MORE |
| Luke Watson tossed a five inning shutout allowing just one hit and striking out 6. Mitch Daniels had a three hit day including two doubles for Columbia and Sam Spivey drove in four. | ||||
| Minooka | 8 | Batavia | 7 | MORE |
| Hayden Laczynski went 2-3 with a double in the win while driving in two and scoring twice. | ||||
| DeKalb | 3 | Belvidere | 4 | |