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Sports Roundup: Plainfield North Knocks Off Naperville North in One-Hitter
Miss some sports action this week? Here's a recap of what happened.
With all the area's sports teams, it can be a full-time job just keeping up with all the scores and headlines.
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So instead of you scrambling from game to game, news source to news source, we've put in all the man hours for you and made this handy recap.
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Here's a look at what games and scores made headlines this week.
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- Tigers rough up Huskies starter Brennan McClung for eight runs; Sean Renzi throws one-hitter in shortened game.
Girls Basketball
- Bolingbrook's Ariel Massengale scored 13 points, grabbed four rebounds and dished four assists to help lead the at the United Center.
Baseball
- Romeoville scored eight runs as its offense powered the Spartans to a victory in the team's home opener.
Girls Soccer
- The Spartans used ball control to earn fourth win of season.
Softball
- Rams pitcher Caitlyn Balandis threw a complete game one-hitter against the Indians in a dominant performance.
Lacrosse
- Despite a strong performance in their first home game in team history, the Indians lost to Sandburg.
Baseball
- Sean Beasley and Tyler Langosch smash three hits apiece, but Hornets fall to Burlington Central, 9-7.
Girls Soccer
- DGS wins its second game in a row in shootout.
- After a slow start, the Mustangs took it to Lincoln-Way Central (1-2-3), outshooting the Knights 27-1.
Softball
- Pitcher Sara Novak dominates on the mound and at the plate as Minooka ends two-game losing streak.
Baseball
- Neuqua junior Nick Blackburn goes the distance to keep the Wildcats unbeaten on the young season at 3-0.
Football
- After turning to legendary coach Buck Drach to try to turn its football program around in 2006, West Aurora is heading in a different direction in Drach’s retirement. The Blackhawks Monday.
Baseball
- Neuqua Valley junior centerfielder Jack Amaro's RBI single outlasts Naperville Central in 18-17 slugfest win.
- The Mustangs seventh-inning rally from a 5-2 deficit was stopped by errors on offense and defense.
- Benet clenched a 10-4 comeback win over Waubonsie Valley Thursday in non-conference play.
- Neuqua junior Nick Blackburn goes the distance to keep the Wildcats unbeaten on the young season at 3-0.
- Redhawks junior goes four strong innings to help team recover from Tuesday's loss to Oswego.
- Tigers rough up Huskies starter Brennan McClung for eight runs; Sean Renzi throws one-hitter in shortened game.
- The defending state champs suffer their first setback of 2011.
- Dukes pitcher Joe Paparone is a dual threat, throws six solid innings, hits two-run homer.
Girls Soccer
- Metea Valley plays well but falls 3-1 to defending soccer state champion Warriors.
- With all phases of their game apparently in harmony, the Wildcats (4-0) have crushed their last two opponents by a combined 13-0, including Thursday’s 6-0 rout of host Hinsdale Central at the Downers Grove South Invite.
- In her first game since returning, Zoey Goralski scored three goals, all on long runs through the defense, to lead the Wildcats to an easy 7-0 victory over Lincoln-Way Central on Wednesday in the opening game of the Downers Grove South Invite at Hinsdale Central.
Softball
- Waubonsie Valley lead-off hitter hits the first of team’s three HR in 8-3 softball win over Rolling Meadows.
Baseball
- Wolves break a 2-2 tie in the fifth and hang on for a non-conference win.
Girls Soccer
- Six players, including both goalkeepers, were on family vacations. Plus, in the words of Yorkville coach Mike Jacobs: “You don’t want to play Rosary in the season opener."
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