Johnsburg girls soccer rolls to sectional semifinal victory: Friday’s Northwest Herald sports roundup

Girls soccer

Johnsburg 7, Cristo Rey St. Martin 0: At Richmond, the Skyhawks dominated and earned the shutout in Class 1A Richmond-Burton Sectional semifinal action behind three goals and an assist from Charlie Eastland.

Lauren Mcquiston tallied two goals and two assists, Elizabeth Smith also scored twice, while Brooke Butler, Devynn Michel and Ava Jablonski each had an assist. Lila Konrad made one save in the shutout.

Johnsburg (10-6) will face North Shore Country Day for the sectional championship at 6 p.m. Tuesday. The Skyhawks last won a sectional title in 2017.

North Shore Country Day 4, Marengo 1: At Richmond, the Indians fought hard but came up short in a Class 1A Richmond-Burton Sectional semifinal loss. Marengo ends the season at 10-8-1.

Crystal Lake Central 4, Grayslake North 1: At Grayslake, the Tigers defeated the host Knights to capture the Class 2A Grayslake North Regional championship. Central (16-4-1), the defending state champions, will face Deerfield or Carmel in a Deerfield Sectional semifinal at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday.

Woodstock 5, Plano 1: At Maple Park, The Blue Streaks (12-7) battled to a Class 2A Kaneland Regional semifinal victory. Woodstock will face Kaneland at 11 a.m. Saturday for the championship.

Barrington 6, Dundee-Crown 0: At Carpentersville, Kiara Arguello made four saves in goal, but the Chargers (8-10-2) fell to the Fillies in the Class 3A Dundee-Crown Regional final.

Boys track and field

Class 1A Oregon Sectional: At Oregon, Marian Central’s Wilson Jakubowicz placed second in the 100 meters (11.76 seconds) and Derek Leitzen took second in the 300 hurdles (43.68) to both qualify for state.

Forreston took first place with 120 points, Marian (25) was ninth and Alden-Hebron (7) was 13th.

Softball

North Boone 9, Johnsburg 0: At Richmond, the Skyhawks gave up six runs in the fourth inning and couldn’t catch up during a Class 2A Richmond-Burton Regional semifinal matchup.

Sarah Nethaway and Abri Bruns each collected two hits in the season-ending loss.

Sycamore 12, Jacobs 3: At Algonquin, the Golden Eagles fell early and couldn’t come back in nonconference play.

Talia Di Silvio went 1 for 4 at the plate with a double and a run scored.

Hampshire 14, Palatine 3: At Palatine, Bria Riebel was 3 for 4 with a homer, double, three runs and three RBIs in the Whip-Purs’ win. Ally LeBlanc was 4 for 5 with a triple and four RBIs, and Chloe Van Horn (2 for 4) and Sophia Hagevold (2 for 3) each drove in two runs. Mia Robinson had two hits, including a double, and two runs.

Baseball

Prairie Ridge 7, Conant 0: At Crystal Lake, Karson Stiefer went 3 for 4 with a triple and two RBIs for the Wolves in a nonconference victory. Brennan Coyle went 3 for 3 with three runs and two RBIs. Maddon McKim drove.

Riley Golden got the win, striking out three in two innings.

Crystal Lake South 9, Harvard 2: Jackson Lee went 3 for 3 with a homer and two RBIs to help the Gators to a nonconference win. Christian Alther drove in three runs and Devin DeLoach struck out six in three innings.

Crystal Lake Central 7, Woodstock North 3: Connor Gibour tripled and scored two runs and the Tigers earned a nonconference victory. Carter Kelley and Alex Edwards each drove in two runs.

For the Thunder, Jack Wollpert had an RBI.

Dundee-Crown 6, West Chicago 1: At Carpentersville, Jared Russell drove in two runs, and Nate Bushy allowed a run in six innings, striking out four, as the Chargers won in nonconference action. Ryan Pierce was 2 for 4 with a double and two runs. Kyle Pierce had two runs scored and one RBI.

Huntley 10, Streamwood 6: At Huntley, A.J. Putty had a home run and three RBIs as the Red Raiders picked up the nonconference win. Eric Suarez was 2 for 3 with a triple and two RBIs. Jack Ezell, T.J. Jakubowski, Dylan Visvadra (1 for 3, double) and Alex Behles each scored twice.

McHenry 3, Wilmot (Wis.) 0: At McHenry, Bryson Elbrecht, Jeffry Schwab and Donovan Christman combined on the shutout, allowing only two hits, for the Warriors. Elbrecht started and struck out four in four innings. Landon Clements drove in two runs and Zach Readdy had one RBI.

New Trier 6, Jacobs 0: The Golden Eagles had only two hits in a nonconference loss.