PREP BASEBALL: Matt Self strong in North Boone's 11-1 win over Winnebago

POPLAR GROVE, Ill. — Matt Self certainly came to the ballfield on Monday afternoon raring to go.

The North Boone senior went 4-for-4 from the plate with three RBI while earning the win from the mound after throwing five strong innings to help the Vikings beat Winnebago 11-1 in Big Northern action.

RBI singles from Quinn Danner, Gage Vermett and Self helped North Boone (21-8, 11-5) build a 4-0 lead in the first. And it was the work of run-scoring singles from Vermett and Self that helped the Vikings score six more in the third.

Self added two more singles to his four-hit day while RJ Wolski and Vermett each finished with two. The Indians (4-21, 1-14) committed three errors and were limited to just three singles as Self struck out seven and walked two while allowing the unearned run in the complete game.

• FORRESTON/POLO 15, SOUTH BELOIT 1: The Cardinals put up eight runs in the fifth inning to put the game to an early end as it rolled to a big victory over the SoBos.

JT Sanders walked to start the bottom of the first for South Beloit (5-12) before stealing second and scoring on Richard Carlson’s single to right field.

But that was all the hosting SoBos could manage as Forreston/Polo racked up 11 total hits and took advantage of five errors. The Cardinals scored four runs in the third and three in the fourth.

Carlson finished 2-for-2 for South Beloit while taking the loss from the mound as he allowed nine runs (three earned) on seven hits with nine strikeouts.

• STOUGHTON 11, BRODHEAD/JUDA 1: The Vikings jumped out to a 7-0 lead in the first inning and never looked back in the strong non-conference win in five innings over the Cardinals on Monday.

Brodhead/Juda (7-8) brought its lone run across in the fifth off David Masloske’s double play. Sam Searls had a double while Evan Senobe, Gabe Bockhop and Clayton Elliott added singles as the Cardinals finished with four hits.

But Stoughton (6-9) racked up nine hits and 10 walks while Casey Quam smacked a two-run homer in the third innings to help with the double-digit victory.

BADGER 13, BELOIT MEMORIAL 1: The Purple Knights’ Brenin Pearson smacked an RBI single in the fifth but it wasn’t enough to stop the Badgers from putting the mercy rule into effect with the big Southern Lakes Conference win.

Badger (13-2, 7-2) scored four runs in the first and five in the fourth as it racked up 11 hits. Matthew O’Grady had a double and a triple while Sam Polyock went 2-for-3 with three RBI.

Ruddy Ramirez had a double for Beloit (1-10, 1-8) while Dustin Foss added a single in the Knights’ three-hit performance. Foss took the loss after allowing seven hits, four walks and eight runs (five earned) with two strikeouts.

• LINESCORES:

NORTH BOONE 11, WINNEBAGO 1 (5)

Winn 001 00 — 1 3 3

NB 046 01 — 11 9 1

Leading hitters: Winn, Benney 1x2, 1 Run; Wishop 1x1, 1 Run. NB, Self 4x4, 3 RBI; Wolski 2x3, 1 Run; Vermett 2x2, 2 Runs, 3 RBI Danner 1x3, 2 Runs, 1 RBI; Ford 0x1, 2 Runs.

Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so): Winn, Ginger (L) 2.0-5-4-4-0-1, Larson 1.0-3-6-0-3-2, Kelly 1.1-1-1-0-1-0. NB, Self (W) 5.0-3-1-0-2-7.

FORRESTON/POLO 15, SOUTH BELOIT 1 (5)

FP 004 38 — 15 11 0

SB 100 00 — 1 2 5

Leading hitters: FP, Hahn 3x4, 1 Run, 2 RBI; Foster 2x4, 1 Run, 2 RBI; Mumford 2x4, 2 Runs, 3 RBI. SB, Carlson 2x2, 1 RBI; Sanders 0x2, 1 Run.

Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so): FP, Hahn (W) 5.0-2-1-1-2-14. SB, Carlson (L) 4.1-7-9-3-1-9, Pasiecznik 0.2-4-6-1-1-1.

STOUGHTON 11, BRODHEAD/JUDA 1 (5)

B/J 000 01— 1 4 3

Sto 702 02 — 11 9 1

Leading hitters: B/J, Senobe 1x3; Bockhop 1x2; Elliott 1x3; Searls 1x2. Sto, Iverson 2x3, 1 Run, 2 RBI; Nelsen 2x3, 2 Runs, 1 RBI; Sperle 2x2, 3 Runs, 1 RBI; Quam 1x2, 2 Runs, 3 RBI; Muchka 1x3, 1 Run, 2 RBI.

Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so): B/J, Vanderpahl (L) 0.2-3-7-7-5-1, Elliott 3.1-5-4-2-5-2, Sawle 0.0-1-0-0-0-0. Sto, Armstrong (W) 5.0-4-1-0-4-4.

BADGER 13, BELOIT MEMORIAL 1 (5)

BM;000;01;—;1;3;3

Bad;422;5;—;13;11;0

Leading hitters: BM, Foss 1x2; Ramirez 1x2, 1 Run; Pearson 1x2, 1 RBI. Bad, Walton 2x3, 2 Runs, 1 RBI; O’Grady 2x2, 2 Runs, 1 RBI; Polyock 2x3, 1 Run, 3 RBI; Schanz 2x2, 1 Run; Blakely 1x3, 2 Runs, 2 RBI.

Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so): BM, Foss (L) 3.0-7-8-5-4-2, Ramirez 0.1-4-5-5-3-0, Cates 0.2-0-0-0-0-0. Bad, Stewart 4.0-3-1-1-1-7.