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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.

Seneca avoids late collapse, rallies back to beat Streator 10-9

The Seneca baseball team weathered a late comeback effort and held off Streator in a tense back-and-forth, nonconference game Friday on the turf in Seneca, 10-9.Streator (6-11-1) erased a four-run deficit with a two-out, seven-run, fifth-inning rally, stringing together a mix of clutch base hits, walks and a key error to take the lead late.Despite the deflating comeback inning and suddenly being down three runs, Seneca (7-10) was not discouraged, answering in the bottom of the sixth and reclaiming the lead. After scoring two runs to cut the lead to 9-8 in the sixth, Fighting Irish first baseman Grady Hall delivered a go-ahead, two-run single.“We’ve had a lot of times where things unravel with this team, but the message today was, ‘If you get punched, you punch back,’ ” Seneca coach Tim Brungard said. “Our guys didn’t give up. They punched right back, and I’m proud of them.”Brungard credited his team’s ability to respond under pressure, with contributions from a mix of underclassmen and veterans.“We’ve got freshmen through seniors contributing,” he said. “They show up every day and play hard, no matter the score.”Specifically, Brungard highlighted his team’s defensive effort, pointing to Vinny Corrado’s impact in right field despite not being in the starting lineup. Corrado made a running catch at the fence in the first inning and later delivered a perfect throw home on a flyout to hold the runner with the bases loaded.“We’ve started to play better and better defensively as the season’s gone on, and Corrado made two huge plays for us out there. The catch against the fence was big, but even more important was the fly ball where he gunned it in and held the runner at third,” Brungard said. “You never know what happens if that run scores, especially in a one-run game.”Pitcher and shortstop Cam Shriey went 2 for 3 with a home run, three RBIs and a walk, while catcher Joey Arnold was 1 for 2 with a walk, a hit by pitch and two runs scored.Wyatt Holman earned the win in relief, allowing one hit over 1 1/3 scoreless innings. Brady Haines recorded the save. Shriey started for Seneca, allowing seven runs on 10 hits over 4 2/3 innings.Despite the loss, the Bulldogs’ at-bats seemed to get better and better as the game went on. It culminated with the seven-run fifth.Streator coach Beau Albert said his team showed growth offensively after focusing on situational hitting in practice recently.“We have been working on our two-strike approach this week, because we’ve had way too many empty at-bats with runners in scoring position,” Albert said. “We told our guys to hunt their pitch early and be aggressive today. Then with two strikes, battle. We did a much better job of that today. ...“It was a tough loss, but I told these guys that they should be proud of the way they took at-bats.”Center fielder Colin Byers went 2 for 4 with a home run, a walk and two RBIs, while third baseman Clay Christoff was 1 for 2 with three walks, a home run and an RBI.Keegan Gassman took the loss for Streator, surrendering five runs, two earned, across 3 1/3 innings. Starter Brennen Stillwell allowed five runs, though only two hits, while issuing five walks.

Seneca avoids late collapse, rallies back to beat Streator 10-9

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Seneca avoids late collapse, rallies back to beat Streator 10-9

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Seneca avoids late collapse, rallies back to beat Streator 10-9

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Seneca avoids late collapse, rallies back to beat Streator 10-9

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Seneca avoids late collapse, rallies back to beat Streator 10-9

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Seneca’s baseball club weathered a late surge and held off Streator for a 10-9 victory Friday in a tense back-and-forth game that ultimately ended up favoring the Fighting Irish.

Seneca avoids late collapse, rallies back to beat Streator 10-9

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