R-B walks away with 2 wins

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ROCKFORD – Early in the season, hitters want to get to the plate and swing the bat instead of being patient.

During Saturday’s non-conference softball doubleheader against Rockford Lutheran, Richmond-Burton’s bats didn’t leave the players’ shoulders much, but the Rockets scored 34 runs on 14 hits, winning, 18-0 and 16-0. Each game went four innings.

The Rockets drew 16 walks in the first game and 10 in the second game.

“We were very patient at the plate, stole a lot of bases, and we were being smart on the basepaths,” R-B coach Melanie Hinz said. “It was good to see instead of getting into bad habits.”

Bree Roberts had two hits in each game for R-B (4-2).

Huntley 10-6, South Elgin 4-4: At South Elgin, Jenna Mychko had four hits and knocked in two runs in the first game of the Red Raiders’ non-conference doubleheader sweep of the Storm. Randi Peterson doubled and had two RBIs in the second game for Huntley (3-0).

McHenry 11-4, Grant 7-8: At McHenry, Rachael Arns went 5 for 7 with four doubles and two RBIs to lead McHenry (2-1) in its split with the Bulldogs.

Alden-Hebron 4-2, Kirkland Hiawatha 3-28: At Hebron, Taylor Hack had three hits, scored twice and had two RBIs in the opener for A-H (1-3), which split a non-conference doubleheader.

Streamwood 7-10, Dundee-Crown 4-3: At Carpentersville, D-C’s Melany Love tripled in both games, but the Chargers (0-3) lost a non-conference doubleheader.

Harvard 8, Quincy Notre Dame 5: At Quincy, the Hornets (5-2) came away with a non-conference road win.

SOCCER

Dundee-Crown 1, Jacobs 0: At Algonquin, Brittney Gantz scored the only goal of the game in the second half to give the Chargers the Fox Valley Conference Valley Division win against the Golden Eagles (1-4, 0-2).

Deanna Libricz made nine saves for D-C (2-0-1, 1-0).

Schaumburg 2, CL South 0: At Schaumburg, Elizabeth Quinn made four saves, but the Gators (2-2) lost in non-conference play.

Harvard Tournament: Harvard went 2-0-1, with wins against Richmond-Burton’s JV, 1-0, and Jefferson, 2-0, and a tie against Byron, 0-0, to claim first place in the four-team, round-robin tournament. Victoria Goad recorded 16 saves during the three games and preserved shutouts in each game.

South Elgin Tournament: Hampshire went 1-1 on the day, defeating Elgin 7-1 and losing to Rolling Meadows 2-1.
Cassie Dumoulin scored three times in the win over Elgin while Paige Palibicki had the lone goal in the loss against Rolling Meadows for the Whip-Purs (1-4).

INDOOR TRACK

Illinois Prep Top Times Class 2A Meet: At Bloomington, Woodstock’s Kayla Beattie took second in the 3,200-meter run with a time of 10:34, and Hampshire’s Holly Plichta (11:33) took fourth. Hampshire’s 1,600 relay team also placed fourth (10:01).

Ashley Conway finished fifth (5-2) for McHenry in the high jump.

BADMINTON

Hersey Invitational: At Arlington Heights, McHenry’s Angela Hsu defeated Lincoln-Way West’s Lacey Pederson at No. 3 singles for the only win for the Warriors, who finished sixth.

• Mike Kolton and Andy Schmidt contributed to this report.