Prep Roundup: Three late HRs lift East softball
By The CHRONICLE
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editorial@kcchronicle.com
STREAMWOOD – A timely power surge by the St. Charles East softball team pushed the Saints to a 6-3, comeback win on Monday against Streamwood.
With East trailing 3-1 in the top of the seventh, Beth Carrignan belted a three-run home run to put East ahead, scoring Steph Roan and Kayla Brooks. After a Pam Sommer single, Rebecca Reinbold hit a two-run home run for the final margin.
In the sixth inning, Rae Anne Payleitner had hit a solo homer. In her fourth season in the program as an assistant or head coach, East coach Kelly Barnett said she can not remember more than one player homering in a season, let alone three in one game.
“That was different,” Barnett said. “But definitely fun.”
Of the three, No. 9 hitter Carrignan was the least likely candidate to go deep.
“Hitting home runs to me is a clear result of what the kids do in the offseason,” Barnett said. “Singles and doubles and even triples, a lot is about just getting good pitches to hit, but home runs come from putting the effort in, lifting the weights in the offseason.”
The rally kept East (18-6-1, 11-2 Upstate Eight Conference) atop the UEC standings.
Batavia 3, Yorkville 0: At Yorkville, Brooke Nelson threw a four-hit complete game and Katie Luetkens provided a two-run double for the Bulldogs (12-10, 6-3 Western Sun Conference).
Glenbard South 2, Geneva 0: At Glen Ellyn, Kelsey Ruitenberg was the losing pitcher in a low-scoring Western Sun Conference loss for Geneva (14-14, 5-5 WSC).
Kaneland 7, Oswego East 0: At Oswego, Jessica Lubic went 3-for-4 with a home run, Sara Rose went 2-for-4 and Mallory Huml pitched a shutout for Kaneland (18-7).
BASEBALL
Marmion 3, Marian Central 2: At Woodstock, C.J. Foster hit an RBI single in the seventh inning, helping Marmion (17-2, 9-1 Suburban Catholic Conference) to a key conference win.
Burlington Central 11, Marengo 5: At Burlington, Sam Klein and Nick Hahn homered in a win for Central (15-6, 7-1 Big Northern Conference East).
BOYS TENNIS
Batavia 4, Yorkville 3: At Yorkville, freshmen Josh Cogan and Drew Demars won in singles and the No. 3 doubles team of Eric Huber and Tyler Mabry and the No. 4 doubles team of Kyle Stiffler and Ethan Carlson secured the win for Batavia.
St. Charles North 6, Elgin 1: At St. Charles, North won all four doubles matches in straight sets. No. 2 singles player Christian Hoskey won, 6-0, 6-0, for North. North No. 1 singles player Felix Nitzsche (illness) withdrew in the second set.
Lake Park 4, St. Charles East 3: At Roselle, Nick Niemiec won at No. 3 singles for East, while the Saints’ doubles teams of Ryan McNally and David O’Dell (No. 2) and Justin Liss and Charles Schukas (No. 4) also came through.
Marmion 5, St. Francis 0: At , Luke Brandt won at No. 1 singles for Marmion against Tommy Castronovo, 2-6, 6-2, 6-3, and No. 2 singles player Chris Pattermann also won for the Cadets.
BOYS VOLLEYBALL
Addison Trail 2, St. Charles East 1 (21-25, 25-15, 25-18): At St. Charles, Jeff Jones had 25 assists, Baxter Reed had 11 digs and Taylor Heavington, Jack Rasmussen and Eric Coleman contributed six kills apiece as East fell in non-conference play.
South Elgin 2, St. Viator 0 (25-21, 26-24): At Arlington Heights, Akash Patel had seven kills and John Kuzelka dished 19 assists for South Elgin (13-16).
