Saturday (Baseball)
Rochelle at Plano (DH) (Postponed due to rain and wet field conditions)
Somonauk 11 AFC 1 (6)
Aurora Marmion 5 Stillman Valley 4 (8)
Chillicothe IVC 11 Rockford Lutheran 2
Hononegah 3 Huntley 0
Marengo 7 Lakes (Lake Villa) 4
Antioch 8 Richmond-Burton 7
Streator 3 Reed Custer 2
Rock Falls 6 Sterling 1 (At Sycamore)
Sycamore 2 Sterling 0
Sycamore 3 Rock Falls 1
Geneseo 2 9 Sterling Newman 0 3
Girls Softball
Byron 6 Winnebago 0
Harlem Tournament: Stillman Valley 6 McHenry 1
Stillman Valley 6 Harlem 4
Rock Island Alleman 8 Stillman Valley 4
Durand 6 Pecatonica 5
Sterling Newman 19 Dixon 0 (5)
Morrison 3 Sterling 2 (Elmhurst Tournament)
Morrison 10 Immaculate Conception 2 (Elmhurst Tournament)
Sterling 11 Burlington Central 6 (Elmhurst Tournament)
Durand 6 Pecatonica 5
NIU Baseball
The NIU baseball team (22-33, 10-17 MAC) closed its 2015 season Saturday afternoon at Ball State (30-23, 14-13 MAC), accounting for seven hits, including home runs by Carl Russell (Grayslake, Ill./Grayslake North) and Nate Ruzich (Joliet, Ill./South Suburban College). It wasn't enough however, as the Huskies fell to the Cardinals, 9-3.
Both of Northern Illinois University's homers came in the top of the sixth inning and were solo home runs, marking the first time March 1 at Tennessee Tech that NIU hit two home runs in the same inning.
Head Coach Mike Kunigonis closes his first season at the helm of the program with a 22-33 record and a 10-17 record in the Mid-American Conference. The Huskies 22 wins in 2015 were the fifth-most under a first year head coach in program history.
Micah McCulloch of Rochelle played his final game for NIU yesterday at 1st base. He went 0-4 at the plate.
For the season, Micah batted .252 with 3 home runs and 16 RBI. He also had 5 doubles.
McCulloch played in 37 games. He started in 35 of those games at 1st base, right field, and a designated hitter.
He also pitched 14 1/3 innings for the Huskies. He threw in 6 games, 2 as a starter.
Micah had a (1-1) record and an ERA of 3.77. He had 10 strikeouts and 9 walks.
This was the 1st season McCulloch pitched at NIU.