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Sycamore 8, DeKalb 0: At Sycamore, Addison Dierschow, Ellison Hallahan and Brighton Snodgrass combined to allow just two hits while striking out nine from the circle for the Spartans. At the plate, it was the Addison McLaughlin show. She homered and doubled as part of a four-hit, three-RBI game to lead the Spartan offense. Addison Armstrong drove in a pair of runs for Sycamore (4-0). Ayka Baty-Gould and Hazel Montavon had singles for DeKalb (2-4).

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ROCK FALLS – In a back-and-forth Rock River rivalry game between Sterling and Rock Falls, a single inning changed the outcome. The Golden Warriors, who trailed by one run after four innings, took control with a six-run fifth inning and never looked back in an 8-5 nonconference win over the host Rockets on Friday. [ Photos: Sterling vs Rock Falls baseball ]“Our hitting was pretty good. It’s probably the best we’ve hit so far this year,” Sterling senior first baseman Mason Smithee said.

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Seneca 8, Herscher 0: At Seneca, the host Fighting Irish shut out the Tigers on Friday in a matchup of old conference rivals, with Aidan Vilcek (6 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 3 BB, 10 K) and reliever Casey Clennon (1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 BB, 0 K) combining on a one-hitter. Clennon also had two hits and three runs batted in for Seneca (7-2), which took control with a six-run fourth inning.

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Contractors are continuing their storm sewer separation work on Ottawa’s South Side. The project includes street excavations, installation of storm sewer lines and roadway restoration and will require street closures. The 400 block of West Van Buren Street between Guthrie and Cornell streets will be closed for about on week beginning Tuesday, April 2. Thee 100 block of East Van Buren Street between State and Catherine streets will remain closed until the end of the day Friday, April 6.

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Romeoville 2-4, Moline 1-3: At Romeoville, the Spartans swept a doubleheader from the Maroons. In game one, Jeremy Thompson lined a single to center field to drive home Nolan Holgado for the game-winning run in the last of the seventh. Game two saw the Spartans push across the go ahead run off of a balk then add to the margin later in the inning with an RBI single from Karlos Otero. Romeoville improves to 3-4 on the season.