The Marquette baseball team - with junior Alec Novotney pitching a complete-game, one-hitter with 12 strikeouts - captured a ninth straight regional championship with a 2-1 victory over Newark on Saturday at Masinelli Field.

The Sandwich baseball team — behind the pitching of Nick Michalek and a key hit from Braden Behringer — stayed in the hunt for the Kishwaukee River Conference title with a 2-1 win over Marengo on Monday in Sandwich.

The Newark softball team — with a number of key plays from freshman Rylie Carlson and the pitching of senior Dottie Wood — defeated Serena 1-0 Tuesday in a battle of unbeaten Little Ten Conference squads.