Downers Grove North baseball beats Hinsdale Central: Wednesday’s Suburban Life sports roundup

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Baseball

Downers Grove North 10, Hinsdale Central 3

Winning pitcher Colin Doyle struck out seven over six innings and Russ Oros was 2 for 3 with three RBIs as the Trojans (9-1, 2-0) took the second game of a three-game series to clinch the series win.

Emilio Gandarilla was 2 for 2 with a double and an RBI, JD Cumbee was 3 for 4 and Jack Romsey had two RBIs for Downers Grove North.

Glenbard East 15, Fenton 4

Devin Kraft had a double, triple, two runs scored and three RBIs and the Rams scored seven runs in the fourth and went on to the Upstate Eight Conference win.

Montini 10, St. Rita 6

Drew Church was 3 for 4 with two runs scored and an RBI, Jackson Simek 2 for 4 with two runs scored and Nick Sheeran 2 for 4 with three RBIs for Montini.

Softball

Wheaton North 12, Oak Park-River Forest 10

Alyssa Savenok’s two-run single with two outs in the top of the seventh drove in the go-ahead runs to cap a four-run rally for the Falcons (9-1). Savenok was 3 for 5 with a run scored and Reagan Crosthwaite homered for Wheaton North.

Hinsdale Central 8, Nazareth 7 (Tuesday’s result)

Emersyn Willits hit a solo home run in the top of the seventh to tie it, Kaleigh Kozlowski doubled with two outs and Malia Kuo drove her in with a walk-off hit for the Red Devils.

Boys Volleyball

Downers Grove North d. Benet 25-27, 25-20, 25-21

Jacob Olejnik had 12 kills, Vince Cabay eight kills and Aris Maurukas and Reed Hefley seven each for Benet.

Joshua  Welge

Joshua Welge

I am the Sports Editor for Kendall County Newspapers, the Kane County Chronicle and Suburban Life Media, covering primarily sports in Kendall, Kane, DuPage and western Cook counties. I've been covering high school sports for 24 years. I also assist with our news coverage.