Batavia wins postponed Kane County meet
Batavia scored 106 points to win the girls' team title at the Kane County Track and Field Meet. West Aurora was second with 91.5 points, Geneva third (91 points), Kaneland fifth (62), Rosary 7th (43) and Aurora Christian 10th (one point).
Natalie Tarter won the 100 and 300 hurdles in a time of 14.3 and 44.9 seconds, respectively, and also won the 100 (12.1). Alexis Simpson won the 800 for the Bulldogs in 2:19, Melissa Norville won the triple jump (34-7) and the Bulldogs also won the 1600 relay in 4:02.08.
Geneva won the 3200 relay (10:07.8), Kat Yelle the 400 (1:01.3) and Allie Pace finished first in the pole vault (11-0) for the Vikings.
West Aurora won two relays, the 400 (51.2) and 800 (1:48.8), with Shanice Andrews winning the long jump (17-4) and Jasmine Ranson the high jump (5-2). Lindsay Gierke won the 200 in a time of 25.8 for Kaneland.
St. Charles Tournament -- West Aurora went 2-1 on the day. Stephanie Becker pitched 13 scoreless innings and had 20 strikeouts on the day, while Devin Vaughn had four hits.
Kaneland 12-16, Oswego East 2-4 -- Maggie Yagen had a grand slam in the opener as Kaneland picked up the sweep.
Neuqua Valley 9-12, Rosary 0-3 -- Coleen Van Bogaert had a three-run homer for the Royals in the nightcap.
Chicago Christian 7-5, Aurora Christian 2-0 -- Shannah Morris had an RBI and then scored the other run for ACHS in game one.
Oswego 4, Ottawa 3 -- Ryan Prinzing had three hits and an RBI for Oswego, while Tyler Brooks had two doubles.
Plano 16-23, Indian Creek 6-12 -- Mike Kerr led Plano in game one with two homers and three RBIs, Kevin Day homered, Dan Peruski had four hits and an RBI, Brian Green drove in four runs and David Vargas three. Chris Martinez homered and had five RBIs in game two, while Day had three hits and drove in five runs, Kerr had three RBIs and Johnny Simmons two.
Wheaton Warrenville South 7-19, West Aurora 3-18 -- Chris Richter paced West in game two with a homer and six RBIs, Kyle McCradic had a homer and drove in three runs, Jeff Etter added four hits and three RBIs, Nate Strusz had a homer and two RBIs while Tony Gaffino had three hits and two RBIs.
Aurora Christian 15-16, Chicago Christian 9-2 -- Eric Anderson homered and had three RBIs for ACHS in the opener, while Mike Friend and David Zilke each homered and drove in three runs. Zilke also had three hits, including a three-run homer, in the nightcap.




