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Jessalin Johns struck out 14 and got out of bases-loaded jams in the second and seventh innings, and Newman – despite being outhit – beat Putnam County 4-1 in Saturday’s Class 1A Putnam County Regional final.
A third meeting between two rivals came down to one run Friday evening in the Class 2A Rock Falls Regional title game. In the end, Bureau Valley pulled off its second upset of the week, defeating Bureau County and Three Rivers rival Princeton 6-5 in a thriller.
Marengo faces North Boone in an IHSA Softball Class 2A Regional Championship game on Friday, May 17, 2024, at Marengo High School.
Princeton kept up the pressure all game long, and eventually it paid off Wednesday in its 2A Rock Falls Regional semifinal. The Tigresses had baserunners in all but one inning, and they finally broke through with runs in each of the final three innings to top Rock Falls 3-2.
There weren’t too many zeroes put up on the scoreboard Monday when Rock Falls hosted Oregon in a Big Northern Conference softball clash.The teams combined for 32 runs, 31 hits and 26 RBIs as the Hawks avenged a loss earlier this season with a 21-11 win in six innings.
Richmond-Burton faces Marengo in a Kishwaukee River Conference softball game on Monday, May 6, 2024, at Marengo High School.
In yet another tight game between longtime Three Rivers rivals Newman and Morrison, the Fillies answered the Comets' comeback with a clutch hit by Emery Brewer in the 10th inning to pick up a 7-5 win on Friday afternoon in Sterling.
Princeton freshman Avah Oertel had a game to remember Monday against Newman. In a 10-2 Three Rivers East win over the rival Comets, she went 2 for 2 with a pair of two-run home runs and two walks.
Huntley faces Prairie Ridge in a Fox Valley Conference softball game on Monday, April 29, 2024, at Prairie Ridge High School in Crystal Lake.
Sauk Valley area softball teams have shown signs of potential in the first month-and-a-half of the season. Sterling and Fulton have emerged as top teams in the region, while Morrison and Dixon are trending upward.
Burlington Central faces Cary-Grove in a Fox Valley Conference softball game on April 22, 2024 at Cary-Grove High School.
Harvard faces Marengo in a Kishwaukee River Conference softball game on Thursday, April 11, 2024, at Marengo High School.
In a Thursday nonconference game at Reynolds Field, Newman and Dixon battled each other and the rain. After three innings of play in the downpour, the game was called off with the Comets ahead 3-0.
Senior first baseman Ady Waldschmidt doubled and came around to score on an error as Sterling pulled off a 3-2, nine-inning win over Rockridge on Wednesday.
Rock Falls came out swinging in the first two innings Tuesday against Dixon at Reynolds Field. With an eight-run cushion after the first two frames, the Rockets had room for error. They took full advantage in a 13-6 win over the Duchesses.