Nazareth baseball wins thriller with Hope Academy to improve to 13-0: Thursday’s Suburban Life sports roundup

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Baseball

Nazareth 2, Hope Academy 1

LSU recruit Jayden Fauske threw out the tying runner at home on a base hit on the game-ending play as the host Roadrunners (13-0) remained unbeaten.

Winning pitcher Connor McKay (2-0) struck out eight over six innings, allowing one hit and walking two. Brooks Kooken earned the save. Drew Hyland and Bobby Labuda had RBIs and Kam Alikhan scored a run.

Downers Grove North 4, Hinsdale Central 3

Jimmy Reilly struck out four over six innings, allowing two earned runs, and Sean Cabaj was 2 for 3 with an RBI as the Trojans (10-1, 3-0) swept the three-game series.

Brady Schallmoser was 2 for 4 with a double and JD Cumbee, Emilio Gandarilla and Edgar Santos each had a hit and an RBI for the Trojans.

Wheaton Academy 3, Schaumburg 1

Lincoln Park struck out 12 in a complete-game three-hitter for the Warriors (5-7). Eli Tate had an RBI and a walk.

Riverside-Brookfield 10, Elgin 0 (6 innings)

Michael Oppegard struck out seven in a two-hit shutout, Ethan Smith was 4 for 4 with three runs scored and an RBI and Zach Ryzewski was 2 for 3 with three RBIs for the Bulldogs.

Glenbard East 2, Bartlett 0

Jayden Phistry struck out four over six shutout innings, allowing five hits and Josh Ziemer was 2 for 3 with a double and run scored for the Rams.

Oak Park-River Forest 7, Glenbard West 4

Max Hetlet was 2 for 4 with two doubles and two RBIs for the Hilltoppers.

Lemont 4, Richards 2

Shea Glotzbach struck out nine and allowed just two unearned runs on two hits over six strong innings for Lemont (5-2-1).

Willowbrook 4, Hinsdale South 1

Bobby Biggs struck out eight in a complete-game three-hitter for the Warriors (7-3).

York 17, Proviso West 1

The Dukes (8-0) scored 14 runs in the fourth inning to remain unbeaten. Jack Bodach was 2 for 3 with a triple, two runs scored and an RBI.

Softball

Montini 1, Resurrection 0

Kat Filkowski singled with two outs in the bottom of the sixth and Aubry Raffen doubled her in for the game-winning run for Montini. Cameron Fox struck out 10 in the circle.

Benet 2, Fenwick 0

Sophia Rosner fired a no-hitter with six strikeouts and Sophia Kowal homered for the Redwings.

Hinsdale Central 7, Morton 0

Malia Kuo struck out nine in a three-hit shutout and went 2 for 3 with a double and two RBIs at the plate for the Red Devils (2-0).

IC Catholic Prep 16, Trinity 2

Lucy Russ was 2 for 3 with a double, two runs scored and RBIs and Ari Zito 3 for 4 with three runs scored for the Knights (5-4).

Boys Volleyball

Benet d. Hinsdale Central 25-18, 25-15

Aris Maurukas had nine kills and Jacob Olejnik seven 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.