Melson strikes out 19 in Hornets’ victory

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POPLAR GROVE – Harvard’s Lindsay Melson struck out so many batters Tuesday that her teammates were bragging about the outs they helped her get.

Melson struck out 19 of the 21 total outs to lead the Hornets to a 12-3, Big Northern Conference East Division win against North Boone.

Harvard coach Connie Weathersby said the wind was blowing hard at the pitcher’s back, which only helped Melson’s natural speed on her fastball.

“You could actually watch the (pitched) ball speed up,” Weathersby said. “That also helped [Melson], who already throws 63 (mph).”

Melson, who broke the Hornets’ season strikeout record last year with 169, has 129 in 11 games this year. At that pace, she could finish with more than 400.

Harvard (9-2 overall, 1-0 BNC East) was led at the plate by Chelsea Homola, who doubled and drove in three runs, and Brittany Finke, who doubled, tripled and drove in two runs.

Huntley 9, McHenry 5: At McHenry, Jenna Mychko went 2 for 4 and hit her fourth home run of the season in a Fox Valley Conference Valley Division win for the Red Raiders (7-4, 1-1 FVC Valley) against McHenry (5-3, 1-1).

Johnsburg 5, Woodstock 3: At Johnsburg, Sam Schrader (2-1) struck out eight and drove in two runs in an FVC Fox win for Johnsburg against Woodstock.

Abby Haubold was 3 for 4 and homered for the Blue Streaks.

CL South 2, Dundee-Crown 1: At Carpentersville, Shannon McGinnis doubled in an FVC Valley win for the Gators (5-6, 3-2).

Melany Love doubled for the Chargers (0-7, 0-2).

Prairie Ridge 11, Grayslake North 1: At Grayslake, Johanna Turner did not give up a run in her four innings of work in an FVC Fox win for the Wolves (4-5, 1-1).

Cary-Grove 6, Jacobs 4: At Cary, freshman Lindsay Efflandt (7-1) struck out five and tripled in a run in an FVC Valley win for the Trojans (8-3, 2-0).

Kara Arceneaux went 2 for 4 for the Golden Eagles (4-6, 2-3).

CL Central 9, Grayslake Central 8 (8 inn.): At Crystal Lake, Amber Dyson doubled and homered in an FVC Fox win for the Tigers (5-3, 2-0).

IMSA 9, Alden-Hebron 2: At Aurora, Shannon Madson tripled and homered in a Northeastern Athletic Conference loss for the Giants (5-6, 0-1 NAC).

SOCCER

Marengo 2, Harvard 1 (2OT): At Harvard, Alexa Torman scored two goals, including the winning goal in the second overtime, as the Indians (6-4, 1-0) picked up a BNC East win against Harvard (2-2-1, 0-1).

Huntley 5, Dundee-Crown 0: At Dundee-Crown, Emily Konior scored three goals in an FVC Valley win for the Red Raiders (13-0, 3-0). Kelly Creager and Aimee Wronski each added a goal for Huntley. Dundee-Crown fell to 4-4-2 overall, 1-2 in the Valley Division.

Cori Wronski, Bre Burry and Rachel Chapuis contributed with one assist apiece for Huntley.

Prairie Ridge 5, Johnsburg 2: At Prairie Ridge, Erin Kehoe and Maggie Olsen scored 2 goals each in an FVC Fox win for the Wolves (6-1-1, 4-0) against the Skyhawks (3-7, 1-2).

Jacobs 5, McHenry 1: At Algonquin, Cassidy Sherman scored two goals to lead the Golden Eagles (3-4-1, 1-2) to an FVC Valley win.

Molly Machometa scored for the Warriors (5-2, 0-2).

Burlington Central 2, Richmond-Burton 1: At Richmond, Hannah Condit scored in a BNC East win for Richmond-Burton (3-1-2, 1-1).

Marian Central 6, Montini 0: At Woodstock, Laura LeFevour and Harmony Kendzora each scored two goals for the Hurricanes (7-1, 3-1) in a Suburban Christian Conference win.

Hampshire 9, North Boone 0: At Poplar Grove, Paige Palubicki scored three goals for the Whip-Purs (5-5, 1-0) in a BNC East win.

TRACK

Marengo 107, Hampshire 73, Rock Falls 46.5, North Boone 44.5: At Marengo, Hampshire won the 3,200-, 800- and 1,600-meter relays, while Marengo won the 400-meter relay.

Marengo’s Katie Adams won the 3,200 (11:56.4), while teammate Katie Sprague finished second. The Indians’ Shawney Damitsch won the 800 (2:24.84), and Allison Rogutich won the 200 dash (28.19) and the triple jump (32 feet 3 inches).

WInnebago Meet: Harvard’s Brittany Carr, Kassie Wallner, Kirsten Widmayer and Shawn Widmayer won the 4x400 relay for the Hornets, who finished fourth in the five-team meet.

• Ken Kozel, Rob Smith, Joe Stevenson Maureen Lynch contributed to this report.