In three games pitched, St. Charles North’s Paige Murray went 3-0 on the mound with a 0.88 ERA and collected 32 strikeouts in 19 innings of work, including a 4-hit, 15 strikeout shutout against Batavia. Murray was selected the KCC Athlete of the Week in an online vote.
Grace Hautzinger pitched a two-hit shutout to help St. Charles East to a 3-0 win over Lake Park, and Burlington Central took down Hampshire 4-1 in a Fox Valley Conference matchup.
Everything seemed lined up for Kaneland to beat Sycamore on Monday and claim an outright Interstate 8 title. But when Anya Berry connected on her high-pressure penalty kick to life the Spartans to the win and a split of the I-8 crown with the Knights.