Barrington Crushes Palatine

A pair of tape-measure home runs by Oscar Contreras and NickFrancese powered host Barrington to a 9-1 Mid-Suburban League Northvictory over Palatine Friday.

Barrington, which has won the MSL North division seven times inthe last nine years, improved to 2-0 in conference. Ryan Archibald,who earned a save in the Broncos' league opener against WheelingThursday, scattered eight hits and five walks to earn the victory.Archibald had seven strikeouts.

Contreras, who has four home runs, and Francese (2) eachconnected with a runner on base.

"There are things we'd like to be doing better, but at thispoint a number of kids are putting the bat on the ball," Barringtoncoach Kirby Smith said. "We're hitting pretty good up and down theorder."

Palatine (7-8-1) dropped to 1-1 in the MSL. GLENBARD EAST 4, WHEATON-WARRENVILLE SOUTH 2: Brian Rock (3-0)earned the victory and Scott Seipp earned his fourth save forGlenbard East (10-1-1, 2-0) in the Du Page Valley. Mark Ruge was2-for-3, including a two-run double in the fourth inning that gavethe Rams a 3-0 lead over No. 2 Wheaton-Warrenville South. It was theTigers' second conference loss in as many days. ST. RITA 7, DE LA SALLE 4: In an 11-inning game, a bases-loaded walkforced in Mike Bubacz with the winning run, and Greg Zaber's(4-for-6, three RBI) single added insurance for St. Rita (9-4, 1-1 inthe Catholic League). Mike Burgos (1-1) was the winning pitcher inrelief. He threw 4 1/5 innings and struck out six and did not allowa hit. YORK 6, PROVISO WEST 3: Jay O'Malley was 3-for-4 with a home run.He scored twice and drove in two runs for No. 4 York (12-3, 3-2 inthe West Suburban Silver). Larry Skidmore (4-0) was the winningpitcher. LYONS TOWNSHIP 6, HINSDALE CENTRAL 3: Bob Klapperich (5-0)struck out five and allowed just two hits for No. 7 Lyons (9-3, 3-2)against No. 23 Hinsdale Central in the West Suburban Silver.

Ed Caveney (2-for-3) hit a home run and drove in two runs forLyons. PROVIDENCE 2, LOCKPORT 0: Craig Derrig (2-1) struck out eight,walked three and pitched a one-hitter for No. 11 Providence (6-1).Providence scored on a two-out, RBI single by Pat McDermott in thethird inning and a sacrifice fly by Joe Schley in the fourth. ST. LAURENCE 12, LEO 0: Randy Fiore (4-0) pitched a five-inningone-hitter with eight strikeouts for No. 25 St. Laurence (10-4, 1-0)in the Catholic League.

Jim DiPasquale (3-for-3, triple, four RBI), Ken Benson (2-for-4,two runs, RBI), and Bob Rowell (2-for-3, RBI) sparked the St.Laurence attack. WHEELING 9, HERSEY 8: Wheeling came back from an early 6-0 deficitfor its first victory. Winning pitcher Mark Welch (1-0) scored thewinning run in the bottom of the seventh for Wheeling (1-5, 1-1 inthe Mid-Suburban North). TAFT 13, ST. GREGORY 0: John Pearson (1-1) pitched a one-hitter andstruck out five for Taft (7-4-1).

Taft took advantage of 11 walks and hit St. Gregory pitching fora six-run third inning. In that inning Chris Akers had abases-loaded triple and Marcos Mercado drove in two runs with asingle. NILES NORTH 7, EVANSTON 2: Junior Brad Brown (2-2) went allseven innings, pitching a four-hitter with seven strikeouts.

Senior second baseman Chris Selejan (2-for-3) hit a three-runhome run in the second inning for Niles North. CLEMENTE 15, ROOSEVELT 5: Gilberto Acevedo went 2-for-2 with six RBIand Miguel Mueses hit a home run to lead Clemente (5-5, 4-0) in theFar North. Lefty Velez (1-0) was the winning pitcher. CVS 14, BOWEN 0: Reginald McCoy (3-1) struck out six in a one-hitterfor Chicago Vocational (7-3, 3-0 in the Southeast). He also hit agrand slam and had five RBI. Michael Davis added a two-run home runfor CVS in the five-inning game. BREMEN 7, THORNTON 2: Jason Becker (1-2) pitched six innings,allowed five hits and struck out seven for Bremen. Tim Flanigan was3-for-4 with a double and two RBI, and Jamie Landgraf hit a leadoffsolo home run for Bremen (6-6). It was his second homer of theseason. BATAVIA 6, AURORA CENTRAL 2: Ben Duck was 2-for-3 with a double andtwo RBI for Batavia. GIRLS SOFTBALL GIRLS SOFTBALL OAK FOREST 5, RICHARDS 2: Pitcher KrisDugan (3-5) got the victory, allowing just three hits. Oak Forest's(5-8) Becky Williamson was 3-for-4 with a triple, run scored and runbatted in, and Cherie Keske was 2-for-4 with a run scored and a run batted in. HINSDALE SOUTH 13, BOLINGBROOK 3: Kristen Parsons (5-0) pitched aseven-hitter, struck out seven, walked one and allowed one earned runin a five-inning game for Hinsdale South (8-1).

Hinsdale South buried Bolingbrook with a 12-hit, 11 RBI attackled by Parsons (3-for-3, triple, four RBI), Glynda Davidson (2-for-2,two RBI), Cheryl Poindexter (2-for-3, two RBI), Kathleen Musial(2-for-4), Jen Price (2-for-2, RBI). DOWNERS GROVE NORTH 4, NAPERVILLE NORTH 3: A single by KariKavanaugh (2-for-3) drove in Kathy Cummane (3-for-3) with DownersGrove North's (5-2) fourth and decisive run in the fifth inning.Lucy Mandros had a two-run single in the fourth inning for theTrojans. Beth Fields (2-1) was the winning pitcher. She struck outseven hitters. MAINE EAST 12, NILES WEST 1: In a five-inning game, Cari Poznansky(2-1) struck out nine hitters and allowed just one unearned run onfour hits to earn the victory. Katie Corrigan and Poznansky each hadtwo hits and an RBI for Maine East (3-2, 2-0 in the Central SuburbanNorth). MUNDELEIN 11, McHENRY 1: In a five-inning game, freshman ChristyWard was the winning pitcher. She gave up two hits and struck outsix. Mundelein's Mandi Miller was 3-for-3, scored two runs and drovein four. Tiffany Campbell was 2-for-2 with two runs scored. MARIA 4, MARILLAC 0: Jaime Smith pitched a three-hitter, struck out10 and walked no one in Maria's (12-6) victory over Marillac (6-1).Smith had a two-run single in Maria's three-run fourth inning. HERSEY 3, SCHAUMBURG 2: Jessica Causero (5-0) struck out five,walked two and pitched an eight-hitter for Hersey (6-0, 3-0) in aneight-inning Mid-Suburban crossover game. Karen Stewart (2-for-3)scored the winning run on an error in the eighth. Hersey's JanGoodman was 2-for-3 with an RBI. LISLE 6, REED-CUSTER 5: Lisle (11-0, 3-0 in the Interstate Eight)scored two runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to pull out thevictory over the defending conference champions. CRYSTAL LAKE CENTRAL 13, GRAYSLAKE 10: Jennifer Watson (3-for-3,three RBI, three runs), and Mandi Rosenberg (3-for-4, two runs) pacedCrystal Lake Central (4-1) MADONNA 20, ST. IGNATIUS 10: In a five-inning game, Donella Mangiahad three hits and five RBI. She also struck out eight and was thewinning pitcher to go 3-1 for Madonna (5-1). JOHNSBURG 11, GRANT 0: Katie Parker (5-0) struck out four, pitched afour-hitter and did not walk a batter for Johnsburg (5-0, 3-0) in aNorthwest Suburban game.

Parker also drove in two runs and teammate Caryn White was2-for-3 with an RBI. ST. EDWARD 10, CARY-GROVE 4: Julie Payton had a two-run single andJill Nimmo had a triple for St. Edward (3-0). NILES NORTH 19, HIGHLAND PARK 2: In a five-inning game, PitcherSarah Rocchi (2-1) had 11 strikeouts and allowed two hits for NilesNorth (2-2). Maureen Mizell added three hits and three RBI. ST. CHARLES 6, EAST AURORA 2: Kristin Guidish (2-for-3) scored tworuns and drove in three to lead St. Charles in the Upstate Eight.Pitcher Liz Unger (1-3) struck out seven and gave up one walk to earnthe victory over East Aurora's Krissy Clingan. LIBERTYVILLE 6, FENTON 2: Marsha Fletcher (3-1) was the winningpitcher for Libertyville (6-1, 2-0 in the North Suburban). BOYS TENNIS BOYS TENNIS MAINE SOUTH 6, MAINE EAST 1: Eung Won Shim beat Maine South's TimPhein in first singles, 6-0, 6-4, but that was the only match MaineEast could win. Tom Loukas and Chuck Kaufman won the first doublesmatch for Maine South over Tom Chweh and Mike Marinar of Maine East,6-4, 6-3. SHEPARD 5, HILLCREST 0: Nick Gryafakis beat John Hicks, 6-1, 6-0, infirst singles, and the team of Jon Walsh and Ken Oliver topped BrianSmith and Calvin DuBose by matching 6-3, 6-3 scores as Shepardshutout Hillcrest. BOLINGBROOK 5, PLAINFIELD 0: Bolingbrook (6-0, 1-0) kept its recordperfect by winning its first SICA West match of the season. AlanMcConnell defeated Plainfield's Christian Summer 7-5, 6-0 in firstsingles and the team of Justin Brumbaugh and Jason Cudabec beatPlainfield's first doubles team of Dopale Shah and Rob Stein, 6-4,6-3. GIRLS SOCCER GIRLS SOCCER NAPERVILLE CENTRAL 8, GLENBARD SOUTH 0:Ashleigh Lacher scored three goals and Jessica Smith added two as No.3 Naperville Central (5-1-1, 2-0) pounded its Du Page Valley rival.Goalkeepers Debbie Welsh and Shelley Krueger combined for theshutout. The Redhawks play No. 2 Downers Grove South today. LIBERTYVILLE 2, MAINE SOUTH 1: Kelly Karl's second half goal broke a1-1 tie in favor of No. 5 Libertyville. OAK FOREST 4, TINLEY PARK 1: Janet Flood scored two minutes into thegame to give Oak Forest the early lead. Jackie Slawierak addedanother first half goal, and Linda Peterson scored twice in thesecond half for Oak Forest (5-1-1, 3-0 in the SICA Central).

Leeanne Menshing of Tinley Park (2-4-3, 1-2-1) broke up theshutout bid with nine minutes left in the game. ARGO 7, MARIA 0: Argo (5-0) got hat tricks from Mary Chapello andMarina Troche to cruise past Maria. Kathy Belmares added anothergoal. Goalkeeper Theresa Chapello earned her third shutout by makingnine saves. REGINA 2, GLENBROOK NORTH 0: Magdelena Ruiz and Julie Martin eachscored a goal and Jenny Froehlich earned her fourth shutout in goalfor Regina (3-0-1). LOCKPORT 2, ROMEOVILLE 1: Michelle Stec and Megan cqKauffunger eachscored to lead Lockport (3-3, 1-2) to the SICA West victory. BOYS VOLLEYBALL BOYS VOLLEYBALL ANDREW d. STAGG 18-16, 15-4: JasonMinner had five kills, one block and 10 service points. Andy Beltzadded eight points and John Krejczyk had 13 kills and three soloblocks for No. 3 Andrew (11-0). LAKE FOREST d. STEVENSON 14-16, 15-7, 15-7: Senior George You had 44assists and 11 service points, junior Sean Douglas had 16 kills andsenior Jed Peters added 14 kills as Lake Forest (7-0, 2-0 in theNorth Suburban) upset No. 10 Stevenson (6-2, 1-1). ILLIANA CHRISTIAN d. ST. FRANCIS DE SALES 15-3, 15-11: Dan Colemanhad nine kills, Ray Vander Molen added seven kills and Adam Clark hadseven points and 13 assists for Illiana Christian (8-1).

Contributing: Orrin Schwarz.