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Larson Pitches Red Raiders to Home Finale Victory

The senior gives up just three hits as Huntley wins 5-0 against Grayslake Central.

In their final home game of the 2011 season, things looked bleak for the first two and a third innings for Huntley Friday at home against Grayslake Central.

The bats however came alive after that and the Red Raiders won their home finale 5-0 in the Fox Valley Conference play. Nikki DeMarco broke the hitless string with a single in the third inning followed by another single from Meagan Flynn. After Brittany Koss bunted the runners into scoring position, Tara Lycos singled in DeMarco to give Huntley a 1-0 lead.

Kelsey Hagan followed with a RBI single to score Flynn and Randi Peterson finished the hit parade with a line two-run double to score Lycos and Hagan to make it a 4-0 game.

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Huntley (15-16, 9-7) added their final run in the fifth inning on a home run to center field by Koss. Taylor Larson pitched a complete game for Huntley, striking out four while giving up just three hits and allowing no runners to get past second base. At one point, Larson retired 12 straight Rams hitters between the second and fifth innings.

The Red Raiders finished their season on Saturday with a tripleheader of games at the Freeport Tournament. Huntley played against LaSalle-Peru, Rochelle and the host Pretzels. The Red Raiders went 1-2 at the tournament with a 10-3 win over Freeport along with a 4-1 loss to LaSalle-Peru and a 5-4 loss to Rochelle to finish their season 16-18 overall.

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Huntley will begin regional play on Wednesday afternoon at the Class 3A Rockford Guilford Regional against Crystal Lake South at 4:30 p.m. If the Red Raiders win, they would play in the regional championship game on Friday, May 27 at 4:30 p.m.

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