The Sycamore softball team wrapped up its regular season with a home sweep of Sandwich, winning 8-7 and 13-3 on Saturday.
In the opener, Amanda Swedberg, Faith Reynolds and Tiana Begay each went 2 for 4, with Begay driving in a pair of runs.
Ally Versluys picked up the win for the Spartans (20-12).
In the second game, Reynolds gave up one earned run on five hits with 13 strikeouts. She was also 2 for 4. Haley Trela had three hits and two RBIs, Mia Richards was 3 for 4 and drove in four, and Gracyn Gabriel had three hits and four RBIs.
"It was nice to send our seniors off our home field with two wins today," Sycamore coach Jill Carpenter said. "I'm proud of the way the girls fought back in game 1 and carried that momentum over to Game 2. Ally battled throughout Game 1 and gave her team a chance there in the end to find a way to win it."
PREP BASEBALL
Barbs beat Elgin: DeKalb will take a three-game winning streak into the postseason after a 10-9 win.
The Barbs led 8-1 after two, but gave up eight in the third to fall behind. In the fourth, DeKalb took the lead on an infield single by Jackson Mertz, scoring Charles Roberts.
Mertz had two hits and Bryce Wheeler three for the Barbs. Eric Nelson pitched 1 1/3 innings of relief for the win.
COLLEGE BASEBALL
NIU wraps season with win: The Huskies used a three-run 11th inning to pull out a 6-3 win over host Eastern Michigan.
Although the Huskies (20-36, 9-18) saw their early 2-0 lead diminish and ultimately turn into a 3-2 deficit midway through the game, they responded in a big way with a game-tying run in the sixth and three in extras to earn their 20th win of the season. They end the year with a 20-36 overall record, and a 9-18 mark in the Mid-American Conference.
LATE FRIDAY
Newport wins IESA title: Clinton-Rosette's Riley Newport won the seventh-grade boys 1,600-meter run in the IESA Class AA State Tournament on Friday in Peoria.
Newport finished in 4:55.53 to win the crown.