In Baseball
The Ottawa Pirates lost on the road to Morris 9-5.
Evan Evola, Luke Cushing and Adam Weitzel each had two hits and an RBI for the Pirates
Streator won at home over Coal City 11-4 in their series opener.
The Bulldogs Mason Telford pitched six and two thirds innings with one earned run and eight strikeouts.
LP outscored Plano 8-7 in Oglesby.
The Cavaliers starting pitcher Drake Weber went four and a third innings with three earned runs and seven strikeouts.
Over in softball
The Lady Pirates celebrated senior night by defeating Sandwich 7-1 at King Field.
Pitcher Abby Bukantis finished with eight strikeouts in the Pirates win.
The LP Lady Cavaliers won at home over Sycamore 2-0.
Chloe Mitchell struck out nine batters for the Cavaliers
The Lady Irish of Seneca were winners at Hall 15-9
The winning pitcher for Seneca was Taya Roe going seven innings with five strikeouts.
Ottawa defeated the LP Cavaliers in varsity tennis.
For the Pirates: Adam Gross was a winner in singles.
Daniel Reinhardt and Zachary Swart, Partners Logan Goetsch and Tanner Ditchfield and Regan Linde and Sam Walker were all winners in doubles for Ottawa.
The JV tennis team defeated their host Rochelle 4-1 and LP 5-0 in a triangular matchup
Pirate winners on the day: Sebastian Cabrera and Owen Phillips each won in singles.
In doubles the teams of Taegeon Eom/Ethan Cela Landen Thorsen/Rylan Salas Ethan Hancock/Zander Houk and LandenThorsen/ Owen Phillips were all match winners.
Congratulations goes to Marquette Crusader Vic Mullen for being selected by the High School Football Coaches Association 2021 All-State 1A Football team.
Elsewhere in sports
Last night on WCMY, Lance Lynn allowed just one run on three hits over seven innings as the White Sox beat the Cardinals 5-1 at Guaranteed Rate Field. Andrew Vaughn had a two-run homer and Tim Anderson also drove in a pair for the South-Siders which snapped a three-game skid. St. Louis’ lone run came on a Paul Goldschmidt single in the sixth.
Keep the radio on tonight for the White Sox when they continue their series with the Cardinals at Guaranteed Rate Field. Lucas Giolito will take the mound for the Sox to face former high school teammate Jack Flaherty and the Cards. Pre-game begins at 6:30 with the first pitch at 7:10pm. Don’t miss any of the action on the air at 1430AM WCMY.
The Cubs visit Pittsburgh tonight to face the Pirates. Jake Arrieta takes the mound for the North-Siders. The Cubs are coming off a series win over the Cardinals.
The Chicago Sky will host the Atlanta Dream tonight in the WNBA.