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Hayden Pfeifer hurls shutout, tags two homers for 21-0 Seneca softball: The Times Friday roundup

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Hayden Pfeifer hurls shutout, tags two homers for 21-0 Seneca softball: The Times Friday roundup

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Seneca and Somonauk/Leland softball, Fieldcrest baseball and girls track and field standouts Lila Coleman, Abbi Armstrong and Isabella Markey are among the winners in The Times Friday Roundup.

Hayden Pfeifer hurls shutout, tags two homers for 21-0 Seneca softball: The Times Friday roundup

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Hayden Pfeifer hurls shutout, tags two homers for 21-0 Seneca softball: The Times Friday roundup

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Hayden Pfeifer hurls shutout, tags two homers for 21-0 Seneca softball: The Times Friday roundup

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Hayden Pfeifer hurls shutout, tags two homers for 21-0 Seneca softball: The Times Friday roundup

Seneca 12, Streator 0 (5 inn.): At Seneca on Friday, the host Fighting Irish (21-0) recorded their sixth consecutive shutout with the win over the visiting Bulldogs (4-15).Hayden Pfeifer (5 IP, 0 R, 10 K) pitched the two-hit shutout, walking none, and helped her cause with two home runs and four runs batted in. Camryn Stecken (two hits, two RBIs), Emma Mino (one hit, one RBI) and Tessa Krull (two hits, one RBI) also hit homers for Seneca.Maddie Campbell (3.1 IP, 8 ER, 1 K) suffered the pitching loss for Streator. Natalya Solis singled and doubled for the Bulldogs’ two hits.Pontiac 12, Dwight 3: At Pontiac, the visiting Trojans (6-11) were limited to three hits, including a two-run double off the bat of Elizabeth Hansen.Madi Ely (6 IP, 4 ER, 6 K) took the pitching defeat.GCMS 16, Fieldcrest 1 (4 inn.): At Gibson City, the visiting Knights (0-10) remained winless on the season with the Heart of Illinois loss.Lexi Watkins recorded both Fieldcrest hits in support of Jersey Modro (2 IP, 13 ER, 1 K).Somonauk/Leland 12, Plano 3: At Plano, the visiting Bobcats (8-6) notched the nonconference win led by a 4-for-4, two-double, five-RBI hitting display from third baseman MacKenna McMahan.Kayla Anderson also doubled twice, driving home two runs, while Brooke Bahrey provided three hits with two RBIs. Brielle Deacon (7 IP, 2 ER, 6 K) earned the win in the circle.St. Francis 9, Serena 3: At Wheaton, the visiting Huskers (7-7) fell to .500.Cassie Walsh (5 IP, 3 ER, 4 K) suffered the pitching loss, Brynley Glade notched two of Serena’s five hits and Kaity Johnson had the visitors’ lone RBI.Fieldcrest 3, GCMS 2: At Gibson City, the visiting Knights (7-9 overall, 4-3 Heart of Illinois) scored all the runs they’d need with three in the top of the first inning of the HOIC triumph.Zach Overocker (win, 5 IP, 0 ER, 2 K) and Noah Anson (save, 2 IP, 0 R, 1 K) handled the mound work for Fieldcrest. Lucas May provided a pair of hits and an RBI, with Zach Overocker and Drew Overocker also driving in runs.Plano 11, Somonauk/Leland 8: At Plano, the visiting Bobcats (10-4) took the lead with a five-run top of the fifth, but surrendered it allowing the Reapers a four-run home half of the sixth. Connor Knutson (two hits, two RBIs) and Landon Johnson (one hit, two RBIs) led the offense. Luke Hartsell (2.1 IP, 5 ER, 1 K) suffered the pitching loss in relief of starter Johnson (2.1 IP, 3 ER, 2 K).Pirates runners-up at Geneseo Invite: At the Geneseo Invitational on Friday, Ottawa‘s girls finished second to the host Maple Leafs in a seven-team meet.Event winners for the Pirates included Trinity Casas (12.5 seconds in the 100-meter dash), Isabella Markey (16.1 in the 100 hurdles) and the 4x100 relay team of Karsyn Moore, Savannah Markey, Daisy Rabadan and Casas (51.3 seconds).Lila Coleman wins twice at Titanomachy!: At El Paso-Gridley’s Titanomachy! event, Seneca received a pair of event victories courtesy of Lila Coleman (12.68 in the 100; 5.03 meters in the long jump).Abbi Armstrong wins 2 events at GCMS: At Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley’s Lady Falcon Invitational, Flanagan-Cornell/Woodland placed ninth in the team standings of the 17-team event.FCW’s Abbi Armstrong won both the 200-meter dash (26.48 seconds) and the long jump (5.15 meters).Ottawa 7th at Metamora: At the Metamora ABC Meet, Ottawa placed seventh in a dozen-team field.Max Maubach (17.93 in the C 110 hurdles), Joey Liebhart (39.37 in the A 300 hurdles), Manuel Saucedo-Garcia (46.31 in the C 300 hurdles), Michael Polich (38.39 in the C discus) and Kaleb Hunt (6.32 meters in the long jump) recorded event victories for the Pirates.Seneca competes in El Paso: At El Paso-Gridley’s Titanomachy! event, Seneca’s Jesus Govea (46.88 meters in the discus) and Matt Stach (6.44 in the long jump) won events.Ottawa 4, Princeton 2: In nonconference play, the Pirates earned the victory.

Hayden Pfeifer hurls shutout, tags two homers for 21-0 Seneca softball: The Times Friday roundup

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Elise House leads Bureau Valley to title at Rock Falls Invite: Friday’s NewsTribune roundup

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Elise House leads Bureau Valley to title at Rock Falls Invite: Friday’s NewsTribune roundup

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Elise House leads Bureau Valley to title at Rock Falls Invite: Friday’s NewsTribune roundup

At Rock Falls: Elise House placed top three in three individual events and ran on a winning relay to lead Bureau Valley to the title at the Rock Falls Rocket Invite on Friday.House won the 400 meters in a personal best 58.69 seconds, placed second in the long jump with a personal best leap of 4.86 meters and took third in the 200 in 26.06 seconds.House also ran with Gemma Moore, Abby Stabler and Mya Shipp to win the 4x400 relay in 4:17.12.Carly Wiggim won the pole vault for the Storm, who scored 119 points to beat Riverdale (111). St. Bede placed seventh among the eight teams.St. Bede’s Lily Bosnich swept the hurdles with times of 15.6 seconds in the 100s and 45.98 in the 300s. She also finished second in the 100 in 12.92 seconds.In the boys meet, Rochelle won with 163.5 points, Amboy co-op (52) was fifth, Bureau Valley (45) was sixth and St. Bede (33) was eighth among the nine teams.Ian Hassler swept the throws for the Clippers with tosses of 14.5 meters in the shot put and 48.56 meters in the discus.Andrew Roth led the Storm as he won the 110 hurdles in 15.77 seconds. The Bruins’ top finisher was Will Sramek, who took second in the discus with a toss of 41.53 meters.At Erie: Hall’s Haven Rossi was runner-up in the 100 (13.48 seconds) and the 200 (27.85) at Erie-Propehtstown’s Ed Schmidt Invite.The Red Devils placed fifth among five teams. Natalia Zamora finished second in the 100 hurdles (17.95) for Hall.In the boys meet, Hall was seventh in the seven-team field. The Red Devils had fourth-place finishes from Gabe Wamhoff in the 200 (24.53) and Joseph Perez in the high jump (1.78m).At Geneseo: Princeton had two third-place finishers as the Tigresses placed sixth in the seven-team Geneseo Invite.Annie Thompson cleared 2.36 meters to take third in the pole vault, and the foursome of Lenora Hopkins, Leila Acker, Alexandra Waca and Jocelyn Strouss took third in the 4x800 (11:14.7).At Metamora: Landen Hoffman placed second in the A flight of the discus as Princeton finished 12th in the 12-team Metamora ABC Meet.Hoffman threw the discus 45.43 meters.Mendota 9, Orion 8: The Trojans scored three runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to pull out a Three Rivers Conference crossover victory in Mendota.Quinn Eddy and Cal Doyle scored on an error before Dane Doyle hit a triple to bring in Brody Hartt for the winning run.Dane Doyle finished 3 for 4 with a triple, a double, a run and an RBI for Mendota (8-6), while Eddy was 3 for 4 with a double and scored two runs.Aden Tillman earned the win in relief as he allowed one earned run on two hits in three innings.Fieldcrest 3, Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley 2: Lucas May went 2 for 3 with a double, a run and an RBI to help the Knights to a Heart of Illinois Conference game in Gibson City.Layten Gerdes doubled and scored a run for Fieldcrest (7-9, 4-3 HOIC), while Zach Overocker doubled and drove in a run.Zach Overocker was the winning pitcher as he gave up two unearned runs on two hits with two strikeouts and four walks in five innings.Riverdale 14, Princeton 3: Stihl Brokaw was 2 for 2 with a double and a run as the Tigers lost a Three Rivers Conference crossover game in Princeton.Hayden Sayler doubled and drove in two runs for Princeton (5-8), while Braden Shaw took the loss on the mound.St. Bede 7, Rochelle 0: Ava Balestri went 3 for 4 with a double, three RBIs and a run as the Bruins earned a nonconference victory in Peru.Macy Strauch was 2 for 2 with a double and an RBI for St. Bede (18-4), while Emma Slingsby and Hannah Heiberger each had a hit and scored two runs.Strauch also threw a two-hit shutout, striking out five and walking one.Orion 21, Mendota 15: The Trojans lost a Three Rivers Conference crossover game in Mendota that featured 36 runs and 42 hits, including 10 extra-base hits.Emily Diaz went 3 for 4 with two home runs, three RBIs and three runs for Mendota (6-11), while Eva Beetz was 4 for 6 with a double, four RBIs and two runs, and Leah Henkel was 3 for 4 with two runs and an RBI.Averie Hazelwood was the losing pitcher.Riverdale 9, Princeton 8: The Tigresses scored five runs in the bottom of the seventh inning, but their comeback came up short in a Three Rivers Conference crossover game in Princeton.Avah Oertel went 4 for 4 and hit for the cycle, driving in three runs and scoring twice for Princeton (12-5), while Izzy Gibson was 2 for 4 with a home run, two RBIs and a run. Caroline Keutzer went 3 for 4 with a double and three runs.Reese Reviglio was the losing pitcher as she gave up nine runs (three earned) on 10 hits with two strikeouts and a walk in a complete game.IVC 12, Hall 1 (5 inn.): Leah Burkart tripled and scored the Red Devils’ only run in a nonconference loss in Spring Valley.Madison Krewer was the losing pitcher for Hall (4-14).Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley 16, Fieldcrest 1 (4 inn.): Lexi Watkins went 2 for 2 and drove in the lone run for the Knights in a Heart of Illinois Conference loss in Gibson City.Jersey Modro was the losing pitcher for Fieldcrest (0-10, 0-7 HOIC).Ottawa 4, Princeton 2: Bella Clevenger and Ava Kyle each scored a goal as the Tigresses lost a game in Ottawa.

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