Baseball Recap: Naperville North Comes Up Short

If Naperville North was riding high fresh off their 12-0 takedown of Metea Valley on Thursday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Huskies fell just short of the Benet Academy Redwings by a score of 2-1 on Friday. The Huskies were not able to make up for their loss to the Redwings from their previous meeting back in April of 2024.

Naperville North got a good showing from Brandon Person, who didn't allow a single earned run over four innings pitched. The dominant performance also gave Person a new career-low in earned runs (zero).

On the hitting side, Naperville North saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Charlie Madzinski, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with one run. Trey Stade also deserves some recognition as he brought in his first RBI of the season.

Naperville North's defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 10-11. As for Benet Academy, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games. That's provided a nice bump to their 13-7 record this season.

Naperville North will square off against Waubonsie Valley at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. As for Benet Academy, they will take on Carmel at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday.