By Drake Skleba
For the Bugle
Team of the Week- Downers Grove South- The Mustangs bounced back from two heart-breaking West Suburban Gold losses to state-ranked Willowbrook (22-5, 16-1) last week, by going 5-0 this week to claim the Voyager Media’s Week 8 Team of the Week Award.
On Friday in Downers Grove, the Mustangs salvaged the third game of their crucial WSC Gold series, handing the Warriors their only WSC Gold loss, 3-1.
Player of the Week Brandon Micetich Plainfield Central- All the Wildcat second baseman did was drive home 14 runs and hit three home runs for the week, leading the Wildcats to a 4- 1 week.
Pitcher of the Week-Zach Rana Plainfield Central- With season-ending injuries to the top two Wildcat pitcher’s, Zach Rana has put the Wildcats on his back. On Monday, Rana fired a three-hitter with nine strikeouts at Joliet West. On Saturday, Rana fired a five-hitter at Minooka to win the Week 8 Pitcher of the Week Award, the second of the season for the new Wildcat ace. Rana was the Week 6 Pitcher of the Week.
Terrific Ten Area Rankings
1 Joliet Catholic 23-7 Greg Ziegler leads Hilltoppers past Marist in ESCC South.
2 Plainfield South 22-6 Plainfield Civil War Monday and Friday.
3 Plainfield North 15-7 The Tigers have won an even dozen in a row.
4 Notre Dame 13-9 Dons wrap up ESCC North title, No. 1 next?
5 Plainfield Central 21-9 Another 20-win season, for Wildcat coach Rosner.
6 DG South 16-10 Team of the Week, 5-0, beat state-ranked Willowbrook.
7 Plainfield East 18-10 Bengals suffer three one-run losses, in SPC.
8 Lockport 19-10 Porters suffer through 0-3 week.
9 Maine South 18-12 New Trier sweeps Hawks 2-0 and 2-1.
10 Niles West 14-13 Pabst, Wolves stun CSL South, leading GB South.
On the Bubble– Joliet West 15-16; Westmont 20-10, Lisle 16-11.
CENTRAL SUBURBAN NORTH
MAINE EAST (1-18, 1-13)
8-0 CSL loss to Maine South “The Battle of Park Ridge” went to the Hawks. The Blue Demons were only able to muster two hits on Monday.
14-2 CSL North loss to Deerfield The Blue Demons scored two runs on just one hit against the Warriors.
11-0 CSL North loss to Glenbrook North
12-1 CSL North loss to Deerfield
10-0 CSL loss to Glenbrook South Demons picked up only one hit against CSL South leaders.
CENTRAL SUBURBAN SOUTH
MAINE SOUTH
8-0 CSL win over Maine East The Hawks won “The Battle of Park Ridge” behind Zach Buchan and Bobby Rinaldi, who each had two RBI. Timmy O’Brien’s assault on the baseball continued with three more hits, while Ethan Sus struck out eight and fired 5 1/3 shutout innings, allowing just two hits to get the win.
2-0 CSL loss to New Trier Timmy O’Brien had the lone hit for the Hawks.
2-1 CSL win over Evanston- Bobby Inserra and Mike Yager combined to fire a four-hitter at the Wildkits. Inserra stuck out six in his four innings on the mound. Yager struck out five in his three shutout innings, to nail down the save. Ben Sacor and Mike Altman had a pair of hits, each for the Hawks and Inserra helped himself with an RBI.
2-1 CSL South loss to New Trier Brandon Sacor had a hit and drove home the lone Hawk run.
10-1 CSL loss to Glenbrook North Connor Leyden led the Hawks with two hits.
NILES WEST (14-13, 4-10)
13-9 CSL South loss to Glenbrook South Bradley Pawlow drove home a pair of Wolves’ RBI, while Brendan Som picked up a pair of hits.
8-2 CSL South loss to New Trier Brad Pawlow and Mike Daratzis drove home the two Wolves’ runs.
3-2 CSL win over Glenbrook South Andy Pabst singled home the Wolves game winner in the top of the seventh in Glenview. Kyle Gibson had two hits while Alex Cherian picked up a big RBI for the Wolves.
6-3 CSL South win over Maine West Myles Derbigny drove home two runs for the Wolves. Brad Pawlow and Jack Lochner chipped in with two hits a piece and Themi Kastrnakis fired a six-hitter at the Warriors.
EAST SUBURBAN CATHOLIC NORTH
NOTRE DAME (13-9, 10-3)
10-0 ESCC North win over Carmel- The ESCC North leaders opened up a 1 ½ game lead over the Corsairs with the win. Pat Ambrose fired a two-hit shutout at Carmel with four strikeouts. Nick Loizzi and Cole Manley led the Dons’ attack with two hits and two RBI each. Kyle Schuster drove home a pair and Bryan Broecker chipped in with two hits.
2-1 ESCC North loss to Carmel- The Dons could only muster three hits against the Corsairs. Matt Salmonson drove home the lone Don run.
8-2 ESCC win over Marian Catholic- Cole Manley and Kyle Shuster each drove home a pair of runs for the Dona, as ND wrapped up the ESCC North championship. Matt Murphy chipped in with two hits while Matt Salmonson and Nick Loizzi combined on a six-hitter against the Spartans.
5-0 loss to Lyons Township Dons could only two hits against the West Suburban Silver leaders.
EAST SUBURBAN CATHOLIC SOUTH
JOLIET CATHOLIC (23-7, 9-3)
9-4 ESCC win over Benet– Greg Ziegler drove home a pair of Hilltopper runs, while Tony Fleischauer and Chris Knapczyk had two more hits. Dan Wuestenfeld picked up an RBI and Zak Gould picked up the win on the mound for JCA.
4-2 (9 innings) ESCC South win over Marist (See Game Story)
1-0 loss to Lincoln-Way East
2-1 (8 inning) win over Lincoln-Way West (See Game Story)
BENET ACADEMY (9-19, 2-10)
12-10 ESCC South loss to Nazareth Nick Hoeppel drove home three runs for the Redwings.
9-4 ESCC loss to Joliet Catholic- Jared Novak had three hits and Aaron Staehely drove home three Redwing runs.
6-4 ESCC South loss to Marist Connor Hincks had three hits and drove home a Redwing run.
8-7 loss to Hinsdale Central Jared Novak led the Redwings’ attack with two hits and three RBI, while Aaron Staehely added three hits with a pair of RBI. Dylan Glasgow chipped in with three hits for the Redwings.
INTERSTATE 8 NORTH
WESTMONT (20-10, 6-5)
1-0 I-8 North win (12 innings) over Lisle (See Game Story)
4-3 I-8 win over Peotone- Riley Basit blasts a two-run bomb and Alex Marotta triples home a Sentinel run. Zac Fisher picks up the win on the mound and singles home a Sentinel run.
6-1 I-8 North loss to Lisle (See Game Story)
LISLE (16-11, 6-6)
1-0 12 inning I-8 North loss to Westmont (See Game Story)
5-1 I-8 win over Reed-Custer
6-1 I-8 North win over Westmont (See Game Story)
SOUTHWEST PRAIRIE
PLAINFIELD SOUTH (22-6, 10-4)
4-3 SPC loss to Plainfield East- Griffin Lapp (4-1) suffered his first loss of the season on the mound. Lapp had two hits while Dylan Miller and Jonny Hernandez drove home Cougar runs.
5-4 SPC win over Plainfield East (See Game Story)
5-3 win over Lockport- Cougars scored five times in third inning to erase 2-0 Porter lead. Zach Pawlak singled, doubled and drove home a Cougar run. Griffin Lapp had a single and an RBI and Ryan Pawlak drove home a pair of Cougar runs without the benefit of a hit. Tylor Phommachanhom (3-0) allowed a run and two hits in his four innings of relief to pick up the win and Lapp picked up the save, pitching a scoreless seventh.
PLAINFIELD NORTH (15-7, 11-2)
6-0 SPC win over Joliet Central Jake Goss allowed one Steelmen hit and struck out eight in his stellar six shutout innings to pick up the win. Noah Mazza, Cam Kissel and Garret Cook all had two hits for the Tigers. Mazza, Kissel and Aiden Campbell all drove home a Tiger run.
2-1 SPC win over Oswego East Dylan Szajkovics improved to 5-0 for the season with the four-hit shutout over the Wolves. Noah Mazza drove home an important Tiger run, as the SPC leaders opened up a 1 ½ lead over Plainfield South in the SPC.
5-3 SPC win over Joliet Central Greg Budig and Aidan Flynn each had two hits and drove home a Tiger run against the Steelmen. Sammy Valdez picked up the win on the mound and Brandon Hutson nailed down his second save, as the defending Class 4A State champs won their 12th consecutive game.
PLAINFIELD EAST (18-10, 8-7)
4-3 SPC win over Plainfield South- Trailing 3-0 after 3 ½ innings of play, the Bengals scored two runs in the fourth to pull within 3-2. In the bottom of the sixth, Dylan Sullivan singled and drove home his second and third RBI of the game, driving home the eventual game-winning runs. Brandon Ruehle (5-2) fired a four-hitter at the Cougars and Riley Morris had three hits for East.
5-4 SPC loss to Plainfield South (See Game Story)
5-4 SPC loss to Joliet West Sean Blanchard and Andrew Hillm both had three hits and drove home a run for the Bengals.
7-1 SPC win over Joliet West Jack Crowder struck out 13 Tigers and fired a seven-hitter at West. At the plate, Crowder helped himself with two hits and three RBI. Riley Morris chipped in with two RBI for the Bengals
5-4 SPC loss to Romeoville Jack Crowder had two hits and drove home three Bengal runs while Nick Pratscher and Riley Morris added three hits each for the Bengals.
JOLIET WEST (15-16, 6-9)
8-4 SPC loss to Romeoville- Mason Kasprisin drove home a pair of Tiger runs. Mark Garcia, Jr. chipped in with two hits.
10-0 SPC loss to Plainfield Central The Tigers could only muster three hits in the SPC loss.
14-6 SPC loss to Plainfield Central Ty Batusich drove home three Tiger runs.
3-2 SPC win over Minooka- Mark Garcia Jr, sent Tiger fans dancing onto Oneida, when he belted a walk-off two-run homer to stun the Indians. Lefty Dylan Wolf went the distance for West, firing a four-hitter at the Indians. Cam Hayden had two hits and drove home a Tiger run while Tyler Pransk had three hits for West.
5-4 SPC win over Plainfield East- Tigers explode for four runs in the bottom of the sixth to stun Bengals.
7-1 SPC loss to Plainfield East Dylan Johnstone had three hits for the Tigers while Lucas Pirc added a pair of hits. Tyler Batusich drove home the lone Tiger run.
9-3 loss to Providence Matt Garcia Jr. led the Tigers with three hits.
MINOOKA (8-16, 4-11)
7-4 SPC loss to Romeoville-
4-3 SPC win over Plainfield Central- Indians rally for two in the seventh to deal Plainfield Central devastating SPC loss behind Zach Stoner and Nate Cochran, who each had two hits. Nate Gough, Jake Allgeyer and Nick Serr, drove home the big Indian runs.
3-2 SPC loss to Joliet West Nate Cochran had a pair of hits for the Indians.
8-5 SPC win over Romeoville Pedro Martinez led the Indians past the Spartans with 3 hits and 3 RBI while Colin Olkiewicz had three hits and drove home two Indian runs.
6-1 SPC loss to Plainfield Central Cooper Herold led the Indians with two hits.
ROMEOVILLE (10-18, 6-9)
7-4 SPC win over Minooka AJ Cappalletti and Kevin Murphy each had three hits, while Luis Delgado added two hits and two RBI in the win over the Indians. Dylan Scafurri chipped in with two hits and Spartan ace Ullyss Munoz (5-4) picked up the win on the mound.
3-1 SPC win over Oswego Hunter Frost gave up a first-inning run to the Panthers and then slammed the door, scattering seven hits to go the distance and hand Oswego a crushing SPC defeat. Joey Selby continued his hot hitting with two more hits and Tyler Gallegos drove home a Spartan run.
12-2 SPC loss to Oswego
8-5 SPC loss to Minooka Dylan Scafuri led the Spartans, driving home four of their five runs.
5-4 SPC win over Plainfield East Anthony Perez went the distance for the Spartans as they held off the Bengals on Saturday.
9-8 win over Machesney Park Harlem Hunter Frost drove home three Spartan runs, including the walk-off hit that gave the Spartans the win over their guests from the Rockford-area. Julian Jimenez chipped in with two hits.
PLAINFIELD CENTRAL (21-9, 9-6)
10-0 SPC win over Joliet West Brandon Micetich had two hits, including another home run and drove home five Wildcat runs in the five-inning victory over the Tigers. Zach Rana (5-4) fired a three hitter at the Tigers and the red-hot Charlie Bischoff drove home two more ‘Cat runs. Ryan Daly chipped in with a pair of hits.
4-3 SPC loss to Minooka – Jac Lindish had three hits in the Wildcats devastating SPC loss to the Indians.
15-6 SPC win over Joliet West Justin Divelbiss led the 17-hit Wildcat attack, with three hits and four RBI, while Brandon Micetich drove home three more runs. The red-hot Charlie Bischoff and Josh Cunniff chipped in with three hits.
7-3 SPC win over Oswego East Brandon Micetich continued his all out assault on the baseball as he singled, homered and drove home four Wildcat runs. Jake Donahue added two hits and two RBI while Anthony Noble scattered eight hits in his 6.2 innings on the mound to pick up the win.
6-1 SPC win over Minooka – Brandon Micetich hit his third home run of the week and drove home two more Wildcat runs against the Indians. That’s 14 RBI for the week to wrap up the Voyager Media Publications Week 8 Player of the Week. Jake Donahue added a hit and an RBI and Zak Rana (6-4) won for the second time this week, this time throwing a five-hitter at the Indians
JOLIET CENTRAL (9-19, 2-13)
6-0 SPC loss to Plainfield North The Steelmen had but one hit against the SPC leaders from Plainfield North.
6-0 SPC loss to Lincoln-Way West Sebastian Pantoja and Alex Rocha had the two Steelmen hits.
5-3 SPC loss to Plainfield North Jared King drove home a pair of runs for the Steelmen. Alex Gregurich and Jim Zdanwic each had two hits, while Noah Riley drove home a run against the defending Class 4A state champion Tigers.
8-4 SPC loss to Oswego Ethan Darley led the Tigers with three hits and two RBI. Osvaldo Lopez added two hits for the Steelmen while Alex Gregurich drove home a Steelmen run.
8-2 win over Argo James Zdanwic led the Steelmen with three RBI, while Ethan Darley drove home a pair in the win over the Argonauts.
SOUTHWEST SUBURBAN BLUE
LOCKPORT (19-11, 3-5)
6-5 SWSC Blue loss to Sandburg Josh Bentley and Jack Mladic each singled and drove home a Porter run.
7-2 SWSC Blue loss to Sandburg Nolan Weis and sophomore Ryan Moerman each had two hits for the Porters.
5-3 loss to Plainfield South- Joe Fiorell had two singles and an RBI while Nolan Weis each singled and drove home a Porter run.
BOLINGBROOK (8-18, 1-7)
12-3 SWSC Blue loss to HF Ben Mottlow drove home a pair of Raider runs while Hunter Hrycyk chipped in with two hits.
9-3 SWSC Blue loss to HF Sophomore David Underdonk hammered out four hits for the Raiders in the SWSC Blue loss to the Vikings.
WEST SUBURBAN GOLD
DOWNERS GROVE SOUTH (16-10, 13-3)
3-2 WSC GOLD win over Hinsdale South– Kyle Vogt picked up the win and Joe Galvin nailed down the save, as the duo combined on a five-hitter. Jake Pileggi had two hits and an RBI, while Chris Gory had two RBI. Keegan Garland chipped in with a pair of hits for the Mustangs.
11-0 WSC Gold win over Morton Chris Gory and Jack Blazevich each had two hits and three RBI to lead the Mustangs. Sophomore Joe Consenza drove home two runs and Keegan Garland chipped in with three hits. Mike Hoes fired a one-hitter with six strikeouts at the Morton Mustangs.
9-2 WSC Gold win over Hinsdale South Jake Pileggi led the rampaging Mustangs with two hits and three RBI. Mike Hoes and Chris Gory each picked up an RBI and Keegan Garland had two more hits. Gino Cozzi struck out six in his solid five innings on the mound to pick up the win.
3-1 WSC Gold win over Willowbrook Chris Gory pitched and hit himself and the Mustangs past WSC Gold leader Wiilowbrook on Friday. Gory, at the plate had two hits and drove home a run. On the mound, Gory struck out 10 Warrior batters in his five innings of work. Andy Alfini slammed the door on the Warriors in the sixth and seventh innings, to nail down the save.
6-2 WSC Gold win over Hinsdale South Andy Alfini and Jake Pileggi each had two hits and two RBI to complete the Mustangs WSC Gold sweep of their archrivals from Hinsdale South.
Joe Galvin fired a three-hitter at the Hornets.
WEST SUBURBAN SILVER
DOWNERS GROVE NORTH (5-23, 4-14)
8-1 WSC SILVER loss to Glenbard West– Elijah Carter had a pair of hits for the Trojans.
6-5 WSC Silver loss to Glenbard West Elijah Carter continued to crush the baseball with three hits for the Trojans. Joey Stellato also had three hits while Cal Brossard drove home a DGN run.
4-0 WSC Silver loss to Lyons Township The Trojans could only muster two hits against the WSC Silver-leading Lions.
13-4 WSC Silver loss to Glenbard West Ryan Schindler had three hits to lead the Trojans.