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18 HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS ROUNDUP Baseball
Erie-Prophetstown 9, Rockridge 3: The Panthers answered the Rockets’ threerun second inning with three runs in both the fourth and sixth innings in a Three Rivers East road win. Kolby Franks went 3 for 4 with a double, five RBIs and two runs scored for Erie-Prophetstown, and Mikey Biba drove in a pair of runs. Connor Sibley doubled and scored four times, Mason Misfeldt had a pair of hits and scored a run, and Reece Duncan doubled, drove in a run and scored one for the Panthers. Austin Cole allowed three earned runs and five hits in 6⅔ innings, striking out seven and walking three. Franks threw one pitch to get the final out. Fulton 7, Sterling 5: The Steamers built a 6-3 lead through five innings and held off a Golden Warriors rally for a nonconference win at Lumberkings Stadium in Clinton, Iowa. Ethan Price went 2 for 4 to lead Fulton at the plate. Ian Wiebenga, Davis Ludin and Brock Mason drove in one run apiece for the Steamers. Jacob Jones pitched five innings, striking out six and surrendering five hits and three runs. Erie-Prophetstown 6, Rockridge 4: The Panthers built a 5-1 lead through four innings and held off a late Rockets rally to win the Three Rivers West matchup. Kolby Franks went 2 for 2 with two RBIs, including a home run, to lead E-P at the plate. Conner Meadows pitched six innings for the win, allowing six hits, four runs (three earned) and five walks, while striking out two. Franks threw one inning in relief, allowing no hits, runs or walks.
Rockridge 4, Erie-Prophetstown 0: The Panthers matched zeroes for five innings with the top-ranked team in Class 2A, but the host Rockets scored four runs in the sixth in a Three Rivers East game. Aylah Jones, Jaylynn Hamilton and Jaiden Oleson had the only hits for Erie-Prophetstown. Jones allowed four unearned runs and eight hits in a complete game, striking out 11 without a walk. Kori Needham’s two-run homer highlighted Rockridge’s four-run sixth. Kendra Lewis struck out 15 without a walk in a three-hit shutout.
Drew Dykstra struck out 13 in a one-hitter, and the Steamers scored in the second and third innings to win an NUIC West contest on the road.
The Steamers scored seven runs over the first four innings, then held on to win an NUIC West road game after turning a home-to-first double play
Fulton 2, River Ridge-Scales Mound 0:
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Erie-Prophetstown’s Mikey Biba wipes sweat from his brow as he takes a breather on first base as Rockridge changes pitchers. Temperatures reached 90 degrees May 12.
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Kaylee Pruis is ready to hit the ball during a game against Newman on Saturday, May 14.
Ryan Eads went 3 for 3, and Ethan Price was 2 for 4 with a run for Fulton. Kannon Wynkoop had the Steamers’ lone RBI, and Davis Ludin also scored a run.
Softball
Fulton 8, River Ridge-Scales Mound 5:
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Morrison’s Troy Baker slides into the base to beat a tag by a Newman opponent May 14. with the bases loaded to end a threat in the bottom of the sixth inning. Leading 8-4 with one out in the sixth, Fulton reliever Brooklyn Brennan induced a groundout right back to the circle. She threw home for the
COLLEGE SPORTS
forceout, then catcher Emily Kane threw to first baseman Kelsey Crimmins to retire the batter and end the inning.
See ROUNDUP, page 22
Rockford softball player Emily Cox named Second Team All-NACC The Rockford University softball team had two players recognized May 9 when the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference released its 2022 postseason awards. Senior designated player Emily Cox and junior catcher Candace Kipp were both voted Second Team All-NACC by the conference’s 13 coaches. Cox, of Erie, earned the third postseason honor of her career from the conference. She also was named Second Team All-NACC in 2019 and NACC Honorable Mention in 2021. Cox had an outstanding senior sea-
son to conclude an amazing career in a Regents uniform. She hit .403 with a .507 on-base percentage and a .723 slugging percentage to become one of just four players in the NACC to reach .400/.500/.700 at the plate this year. Cox finished in the top 20 in the conference in 10 categories, including five top-10 rankings. She was second in the NACC in doubles (16) and walks (21), fourth in on-base percentage (.507), fifth in slugging percentage (.723), seventh in home runs (6), 13th in batting average (.403), 14th in hits (48), 17th in runs batted in (30) and triples (2) and 18th in runs
scored (28). She ranks 22nd in the country in doubles and 45th in doubles per game. Cox broke or tied four school records this year. She became Rockford’s all-time leader in home runs (18), tied the career doubles record (37), broke the school’s single-season walks record (21) and tied the single-game doubles record (3).
Emily Cox of Erie, who plays for Rockford University, was voted Second Team All-NACC. Photo provided
