Jacobs baseball beats McHenry in 11 innings: Friday’s Northwest Herald sports roundup

Baseball

Jacobs 2, McHenry 1: At Algonquin, Gavin Grummer singled in Brandon Koth with two outs in the bottom of the 11th for the walk-off win. Kayden Wagenaar struck out eight over 5 2/3 innings, allowing a run on four hits for Jacobs (17-8).

A.J. Chavera had a pinch-hit single to score Jacob McConnell in the sixth for McHenry (20-7), which at the time was the tying run to force extra innings. Donovan Christman and Jeffry Schwab combined for 13 strikeouts.

Prairie Ridge 4, Crystal Lake Central 2: At Prairie Ridge, the Wolves scored three runs in the first inning and went on to the Fox Valley Conference win.

Conner Pollasky was 2 for 3 with a double, run scored and an RBI and Brennan Coyle, Karson Stiefer and Ryan Myers each had two hits. Danny Savas threw a complete-game six-hitter, striking out four.

Tommy Korn was 2 for 3 with an RBI for Crystal Lake Central.

Hampshire 7, Burlington Central 6: At Hampshire, the Whip-Purs (18-6) took a 7-0 into the seventh inning and then held off a furious Rockets’ six-run rally. Wilson Wemhoff was 3 for 4 with a homer, triple, two runs scored and four RBIs and Ari Fivelson was 4 for 4 with three runs scored and an RBI for Hampshire.

Brady Gilroy had a grand slam in the six-run seventh and Solomon Her added a two-run single for Burlington Central.

Cary-Grove 8, Crystal Lake South 4: At Cary-Grove, the Trojans (12-12) scored five runs in the bottom of the sixth to rally for the Fox Valley Conference win. Brock Iverson, 3 for 4 with a run scored and RBI, doubled in the go-ahead run in the inning. Jacob Duvall had two RBIs and PJ Weaver scored two runs. Christian Alther was 2 for 3 with a run scored for Crystal Lake South.

Huntley 2, Dundee-Crown 1: At Huntley, five Red Raiders’ pitchers combined on a seven-hitter, with winning pitcher Mason Leske striking out four and allowing a run on three hits over four innings.

T.J. Jakubowski and Ryan Dabe had RBI singles in the third for the lone runs for Huntley (21-3). Jared Russell struck out two and allowed one earned run on four hits over six innings for D-C (3-24).

Rochelle 2, Marengo 1: At Rochelle, the Hubs scored two runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to rally past the Indians. Quinn Lechner and David Lopez each had two hits for Marengo (19-9), Lopez doubling in Lechner in the third for Marengo’s only run.

Harvard 7, Big Foot 5: At Big Foot, the Hornets (6-17) scored five runs in the top of the sixth for a comeback win. Adam Cooke had an RBI triple and Coen Dacy, who was 2 for 4 with two RBIs, a two-run single in the big inning for Harvard.

Softball

Burlington Central 6, Dundee-Crown 0: At Carpentersville, Isabelle Reed struck out 12 batters in a four-hit shutout for the Rockets (13-14, 7-8) in a Fox Valley Conference win.

At the plate, Kayla Covey went 3 for 4 with two RBIs, Anna Sanders 2 for 4 with a run scored and Kendall Glonek 2 for 3 with a run scored for Burlington Central, which scored five runs in the seventh to blow the game open.

McKayla Anderson struck out four over four innings for D-C (13-13, 8-7).

McHenry 5, Hampshire 1: At McHenry, winning pitcher Channing Keppy scattered 14 hits over six innings, striking out four, and the Warriors scored a run in the fourth and fifth and two in the sixth to pull away to the FVC win. Vanessa Buske was 2 for 4 with a double and a run scored for McHenry (14-10, 10-5).

Carissa Schuman was 2 for 4 with a double and an RBI and Bria Riebel had three hits for Hampshire (13-10, 7-7).

Marengo 6, Cary-Grove 1: At Marengo, Lilly Kunzer struck out six and pitched through three hits and nine walks in a complete-game effort, and the Indians scored three in the seventh to pull away.

Emily White homered and drove in two runs and Marissa Young was 2 for 4 with a run scored and RBI for Marengo (20-6). Megan Koski singled in Addison DeSomer for Cary-Grove’s only run.

Richmond-Burton 12, Huntley 10: At Huntley, the Rockets scored six runs in the fifth inning and four in the sixth to erase an 8-2 Huntley lead.

Madison Kunzer homered twice and had three runs scored and five RBIs for Richmond-Burton (20-7) and Sydney Hird was 2 for 4 with two runs scored and two RBIs.

Boys Track and Field

Northern Illinois Invitational: At Beloit College, Prairie Ridge was fourth and Crystal Lake South 11th in the 13-team field won by Sycamore. Prairie Ridge’s Gerrit Dam won the 1,600 in 4:23.38, the 4x800 relay took first in 8:05.14, the 4x400 relay was second in 3:28.44, and Keel Brossard was third in the 110 (15.72 seconds), and the Wolves’ 4x200 relay was third in 1:31.05

South’s Adam Strombom was second in the 800 (1:59.93)

Kane County Meet: At Marmion, Dundee-Crown was fifth, Burlington Central ninth and 11th in the 14-team 105th Kane County Meet won by West Aurora. D-C’s Kali Freeman won the 400 in 50.14 seconds, the Chargers’ 4x100 relay team of Torrion Bell, Terrion Spencer, Kali Freeman, Oreoluwa Sobodu won in 42.46, the 4x200 relay team of Bell, Spencer, Jeremiah Stewart and Sobodu won in 1:29.22 and D-C’s Kyle Brents won the long jump (6.77 meters) and was second in the high jump (1.95 meters).

Burlington Central’s 4x400 relay team of Tristan Sanceda, Logan Karottu, Adam Hinkleman, Rocco Boss was second in 3:28.16

Conant Invitational: Jacobs was third and Richmond-Burton ninth in the “A” division won by Minooka, Jacobs 10th and R-B 11th in the “B” and Jacobs 11th and R-B ninth in the “C.” Richmond-Burton’s Jack Martens won the “A” 400 race in 50.09, Jacobs’ Matthew Andreano was second in the “A” 1,600 in 4:25.18, Jacobs’ Prince Barnes second in the “A” discus (43.92 meters), Jacobs’ Khristos Oludimu second in the “A” high jump (1.85 meters) and first in the “A” triple jump (12.68 meters), Richmond-Burton’s Logan Molczan second in the “A” long jump (6.33 meters)

DeKalb Invitational: McHenry was fifth in the six-team meet won by Moline. McHenry’s Doug Martin won the 1,600 in 4:24.89, Nick Schmitz won the 3,200 in 9:48.83, Hayden Stone won the high jump (1.90 meters), Zachary Galvicius won the pole vault (5.00 meters)

Jacob Pina was second in the 400 in 52.84