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HOFFMAN ESTATES – Geneva junior Maggie Bodine had a grand total of zero goals on the season entering Tuesday’s IHSA Class 3A Hoffman Estates Sectional semifinal against Batavia.

HOFFMAN ESTATES – Some of that familiar postseason imagery is returning for the St. Charles North girls soccer team.

A warning to Ryan Doeckel’s opponents at this week’s IHSA boys tennis state tournament: Doeckel is watching you.

ST. CHARLES – Paced by Sabrina Rabin’s season-high 12 strikeouts, the St. Charles North softball team blanked West Chicago, 9-0, in an IHSA 4A St. Charles North Regional semifinal on Tuesday.

GLEN ELLYN – This wasn’t exactly the homecoming St. Charles East softball coach Kelly Horan was expecting, but nevertheless, she’ll take it.

BARTLETT – The wind was blowing out to straightaway center field on Tuesday afternoon at the Bartlett softball field, and Lake Park came out swinging for the fences in a Class 4A Bartlett Regional semifinal against Geneva.

AURORA – Left fielder Lexi Roach tagged up too soon from third base in the bottom of the first inning. Right-hander Ellissa Eckert uncorked an illegal pitch in the top of the second.

GENEVA – Missed serves, hitting errors and inefficient blocking threatened to derail the Geneva boys volleyball team and its home-court advantage.

Why he was selected: Koenen won the singles title on Saturday at the Geneva Boys Tennis Sectional

It was only a conference crossover against Streator – hardly one of the Kaneland baseball team’s top rivals – but Knights senior pitcher John Hopkins thoroughly relished his recent complete-game win against the Bulldogs.

LOMBARD – It is 187 feet from home plate to the left-field foul pole at the Glenbard East High School softball diamond.

AURORA – Marmion junior left-handed pitcher Alex Troop handcuffed West Aurora’s lineup for chunks of Monday’s postseason opener, striking out three Blackhawks apiece in the second and fourth innings and allowing only one extra-base hit on the day.

St. Charles North outscored opponents, 28-3, in winning four of its five home matches during the girls soccer regular season.

ROLLING MEADOWS – Smart and savvy play steered the St. Charles East boys volleyball team to a 25-13, 25-15 sweep of Conant in Monday’s Rolling Meadows Regional opening-round game.

CHARLESTON – Elizabeth Chmelik, her sister, Allison, and Jordan Shead stood near the finish line and yelled words of encouragement toward Britney Williams, the final leg of the St. Charles East 4x400-meter relay.