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Weekly Sportscast: Baseball, Softball & Soccer Playoffs and Glory Days
Top-ranked Providence advances to Neuqua Valley baseball sectional. H-F scores big on soccer, softball fronts.
As the school year draws to a close, the IHSA playoffs heat up.
Matt Trowbridge tossed 6.1 innings of shutout ball in Providence Catholic's 3-0 regional championship baseball victory over Benet Academy. The Celtics utilized some heads-up baserunning to push across a couple of runs.
Eric Chmielewski's one-hit pitching gem powered Sandburg to a 6-0 regional championship baseball victory over T.F. South. He struck out seven.
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Kelly Christner smacked a two-run homer, and Brooke Hofer fired a four-hit shutout in Andrew's 2-0 regional championship softball victory over Lincoln-Way East. Kaitlyn Shereyk hit two homers and drove in three runs in Homewood-Flossmoor's 4-1 upset of Stagg.
H-F's Kelly Lewers scored two goals in a 3-0 sectional soccer title match victory over Sandburg. The Vikings avenged one of their two regular-season setbacks and advanced to the Normal Supersectional.
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Finally, Oak Lawn native and Brother Rice graduate Mark Donahue is the subject of our Glory Days feature. He played for a legend at Michigan.
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