Softball: Lady Leafs Season Comes To An End In Regional Championship

May 30 - 3A Regional Championship - JFE
#1)Dunlap 8 #4)Lady Leafs 2

Top Performers
Avery Kennedy: 2-4, 2B, R, RBI
Kendyl Wassenhove: 1-4, RBI, 6 IP, 9 H, 2 ER, 4 K
Penny Kline: 2-3

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Final Overall Standings
1st: Rock Island (13-1, 24-10)
2nd: Lady Leafs (11-3, 24-9)
3rd: Sterling (10-4, 19-11)
4th: UTHS (9-5, 19-12-1)
5th: Moline (6-8, 12-18)
6th: Alleman (5-9, 11-20)
7th: Quincy (2-12, 12-21)
8th: Galesburg (0-14, 0-34)

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Congratulations To Seniors Madisyn Buysse, Avery Kennedy, Kyah Newell, & Katelyn Durnell!

AOTW: Jaylee Brudos Wins Village Home Stores Athlete Of The Week!

Congratulations To Jaylee Brudos On Winning The Village Home Stores Athlete Of The Week (5/19 - 5/24)! In the Lady Leafs 8-2 victory over Sterling, Jaylee went 1-3 with a homer plus 2 runs scored & 2 RBI!

2025 Lady Leaf AOTW Winners (left to right) McKenna Johnson, Kendyl Wassenhove, Avery Kennedy, Jaylee Brudos, Lillian Brown, & Mady Buysse

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Softball: Wassenhove Tosses No-Hitter! Lady Leafs Advance To Regional Championship!

May 27 - 3A Regional Semifinals - JFE
#4) Lady Leafs (24-8) 10
#7) Peoria Richwoods (5-18) 0

Top Performers
Kendyl Wassenhove: 6 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 11K
Avery Kennedy: 3-4, 2B, 2 R, RBI
McKenna Johnson: 2-3, 2 R, RBI
Lillian Brown: 1-2, 2B, 2 RBI

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Next Up
May 30 - 6:00pm - JFE
IHSA 3A Regional Championship
#1) Dunlap (27-5)
vs
#4) Lady Leafs (24-8)

Softball: Lady Leafs Take Down Sterling To Finish 2nd In WB6, Regionals At Home!

May 23 - JFE
Lady Leafs 8 Sterling 2

Top Performers
Avery Kennedy: 3-4, 3 H, HR, 2B, R, 3 RBI
Kendyl Wassenhove: 7 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 3 K, 2-3, R, RBI
Jaylee Brudos: 1-3, HR, R, 2 RBI
Kyah Newell: 2-3, RBI
Remlee Dwyer: 1-3, 2B, R, RBI

Underclass Score
JV Lady Leafs 12 Sterling 3
(King 3-4, 3B, 2 2B, 2 R, 3 RBI - State 2-3, 2 SB, R, 2 RBI - Strode 2-2, 2B, 2 R - Anderson 3 IP, 0 H, 1 ER, 7 K)

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Final WB6 Standings
1st: Rock Island (13-1)
2nd: Lady Leafs (11-3)
3rd: Sterling (10-4)
4th: UTHS (9-5)
5th: Moline (6-8)
6th: Alleman (5-9)
7th: Quincy (2-12)
8th: Galesburg (0-14)

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IHSA 3A Regional Semifinals - May 27 - JFE
4:30pm: #1 Dunlap vs #8 Galesburg
6:00pm: #4 Lady Leafs vs #7 Peoria Richwoods

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IHSA 3A Regional Championship - May 29 - JFE
Dunlap/Galesburg Winner vs Lady Leafs/Richwoods Winner

AOTW: Mady Buysse Wins Village Home Stores Athlete Of The Week!

Congratulations to Mady Buysse on winning Village Home Stores Athlete Of The Week (5/05 - 05/10)! Mady went 3-5 with a triple, three runs scored, & 3 RBI in the Lady Leafs 12-2 victory over Moline! The AOTW win marks the 5th straight award for Lady Leafs Softball!

AOTW Winners (left to right): McKenna Johnson, Lillian Brown, Mady Buysse, Avery Kennedy, & Kendyl Wassenhove

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Softball: Lady Leafs Rout Moline, Drop A Heartbreaker To Rock Island

May 6 - Moline High School
Lady Leafs 12 Moline 2

Top Performers
Mady Buysse: 3-5, 3B, 3 R, 3 RBI
Penny Kline: 3-5, 3 R, 2 SB, RBI
Kendyl Wassenhove: 7 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 8 K, 3-4, 2B, 3 RBI
Avery Kennedy: 2-4, 2 R, 3B, SB

Underclass Score
JV Lady Leafs 11 Ridgewood 5 (May 5)
(Juarez 3-3, 2 2B, 3 RBI - Clementz 2-3, 2 3B, R, 2 RBI - Air 1-3, 3B, R)

JV Lady Leafs 10 Moline 2
(Falk 3-4, HR, 4 RBI - Juarez 3-5, R, 3 RBI - State 2-3, 2B, SB, 2 R, 2 RBI - King 1-2, 3 SB, 4 R - Anderson 4 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 7 K)

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May 8 - JFE
Rock Island 6 Lady Leafs 5

Top Performers
Penny Kline: 2-4, 2B, R
Lauren Piquard: 1-3, HR
Remlee Dwyer: 1-4, 2B, R, RBI
Mady Buysse: 1-3, 2B, RBI

Underclass Score
JV Lady Leafs 9 Rock Island 8
(Air 1-2, R, RBI - Clementz 1-3, 3B, R 2 RBI - Juarez 1-4, 2 RBI)

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May 10 - Morrison JV Round Robin Tournament - Morrison High School
JV Lady Leafs 6 Sterling 3
(Hursman 2-2, 2B, 2, SB, R, 2 RBI - Cherry 1-3, 2B, SB, R, RBI - State 1-3, 2B, SB, R)

JV Lady Leafs 18 Poplar Grove North Boone 10
(King 2-2, HR, 3B, R, 2 RBI - Strode 3-3, 2 2B, R, 5 RBI - State 2-3, 2B, 2 R, RBI - Anderson 3-4, 3 R, 3 RBI - Juarez 3-4, R, RBI)

Morrison 7 JV Lady Leafs 4
(Falk 1-3, SB, 2 RBI )

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Next Up (Lady Leafs)
05/13 - 4:30pm: at Sterling
05/15 - 4:30pm: at Quincy

Next Up (JV Lady Leafs)
05/13 - 4:30pm: at Sterling
05/15 - 6:30pm: at Quincy

AOTW: Avery Kennedy Wins Village Home Stores Athlete Of The Week!

Congratulations to Avery Kennedy on winning Village Home Stores Athlete Of The Week (4/28 - 05/03)! In victories over Erie-Prophetstown & Galesburg, Avery went 6-7 with a double, triple, 5 runs scored, 3 stolen bases, and 4 RBI.

AOTW Winners (left to right) McKenna Johnson, Lillian Brown, Avery Kennedy, & Kendyl Wassenhove

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Softball: Lady Leafs Rebound With Dominant Wins Over EP & Galesburg, JV Wins Tourney

April 29 - JFE
UTHS 13 Lady Leafs 3

Top Performers
Kolby Causemaker 1-2, 2B, RBI
Avery Kennedy 1-2, 2 R

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Underclass Score
JV Lady Leafs 24 UTHS 0
(Piquard 2-2, HR, 2B, 4 RBI - King 2-2, HR, 3 R - Minnaert 2-3, 3 R, 4 RBI 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R - Falk 2-2, 2B, RBI - Anderson 2-3, R - Air 2-2, RBI)

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April 30 - JFE - Strike Out Hunger Charity Game
Lady Leafs 14 Erie-Prophetstown 1

Top Performers
Kendyl Wassenhove: 5 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 5 K (100th Career K)
Mady Buysse: 2-3, 2 R, 4 RBI
Lillian Brown: 2-3, 2 R, 2 RBI
Avery Kennedy: 2-3, 3 R, SB, RBI
Lauren Piquard: 2-3, 2B, 2 R
Jaylee Brudos: 1-3, HR
Penny Kline: 1-2, 2B, R, RBI

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Underclass Score
JV Lady Leafs 14 Erie-Prophetstown 9
(State 3-4, 2B, 2 R, 4 RBI - Juarez 3-3, SB, R, 3 RBI - King 3-3, 2B, 3 R, 3 IP, 2 H, 2 ER, 7 K - Falk 1-4, 2B, R, RBI)

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May 1 - JFE - Senior Night
Lady Leafs 21 Galesburg 2

Top Performers
Avery Kennedy 4-4, 2B, 2 SB, 2 R, 3 RBI
Mady Buysse 3-3, 2B, 3 R, 4 RBI
Jaylee Brudos 3-3, HR, 2B, 3 R, 3 RBI
Katelyn Durnell 2-3, R, 2 RBI
Kolby Causemaker 2-3, 2B, 2 RBI
McKenna Johnson H, 3 R, 2 RBI
Kendyl Wassenhove 4 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 5 K

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Underclass Score
JV Lady Leafs 16 Galesburg 4
(King 3-3, 2 HR, 3 R, 3 RBI - Strode 2-3, 2B, 2 R, 5 RBI - Piquard 2-2, 2B, 3B, 2 SB, 2 R, 2 RBI - State 2-2, 2B, 2 SB, 3 R, RBI - Air 2B, R, 4 IP, 7 H, 4 ER, 5 K)

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May 3 - Washington F/S Tournament
JV Lady Leafs - Tournament Champions!
JV Lady Leafs 8 Normal West 7
(Hursman 2-3, 3 R, RBI - Anderson 3B, R, Walk-Off RBI - 2 IP, H, 5 K)

JV Lady Leafs 14 Pekin 3
(Hursman 2-3, 3B, R, 3 RBI - Anderson 2-3, 2B, 3B, R, 3 RBI)

JV Lady Leafs 10 Washington 9
(Air 2-3, 2 2B, 3 RBI, Walk-Off 2B - Kline 2-4, 3B, 2 R, RBI - State 2-4, 2 2B, 2 R, 2 RBI)

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Next Up (Lady Leafs)
05/06 - 4:30pm: at Moline
05/08 - 4:30pm: vs Rock Island
05/09 - 4:30pm: vs Riverdale

Next Up (JV Lady Leafs)
05/05 - 4:30pm: vs Ridgewood
05/06 - 4:30pm: at Moline
05/08 - 4:30pm: vs Rock Island
05/09 - 4:30pm: vs Riverdale
05/10 - 9:00am: at Morrison Round Robin Tournament

Next Up (Freshmen Lady Leafs)
05/07 - 4:30pm: vs LaSalle-Peru

AOTW: Kendyl Wassenhove Wins Village Home Stores Athlete Of The Week!

Congratulations to Kendyl Wassenhove on winning the Village Home Stores Athlete Of The Week (04/21 - 04/26)! Kendyl gave up just 10 hits & 5 runs while striking out 15 in 17 innings pitched in wins over Quincy, Alleman, & Newark.

Kendyl With Fellow AOTW Winners Lillian Brown (left) & McKenna Johnson (right)

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Softball: Lady Leafs Cap Off Perfect Week With 5th Straight Win, Strike Out Hunger & Senior Night Coming Up

April 22 - JFE
Lady Leafs 12 Quincy 1

Top Performers
Mady Buysse: 3-4, HR, 2B, 3 R, 3 RBI
Jaylee Brudos: 3-3, HR, SB, 4 RBI
Lillian Brown: 4-4, 2 R, RBI
Kendyl Wassenhove: 2B, 5 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 7 K
Lauren Piquard: 1-3, 2B, 2 RBI

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Underclass Score
JV Lady Leafs 7 Quincy 1
(Causemaker 3-3, 2B, 3B, HR, 4 RBI - King & Anderson combined 7 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 15K)

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April 24 - Alleman Athletic Complex
Lady Leafs 5 Alleman 3

Top Performers
Penny Kline: 3-3, 2 RBI, 1 R
Remlee Dwyer: 2-3, 2 R, RBI

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Underclass Score
JV Lady Leafs vs Alleman (Cancelled - Rain)

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April 26 - Newark High School
Lady Leafs 7 Newark 1

Top Performers
Lillian Brown: 3-4, 2B, RBI
Remlee Dwyer: 2-4, 1 R, RBI
Mady Buysse: 1-3, HR, RBI
McKenna Johnson: 1-3, 2 RBI
Kendyl Wassenhove: 7 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 3 K
Penny Kline: 2-4, 1 R

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Underclass Score
JV Lady Leafs 13 Newark
(State 4-5, 2B, 2 SB, 2 RBI - Falk 3-3, 2B, 2 RBI - King 3-5, 2B RBI - Clementz 2-4, 2 SB, RBI)

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Next Up (Lady Leafs)
04/29 - 4:30pm vs UTHS
04/30 - 4:30pm vs Erie-Prophetstown (Strike Out Hunger Charity Game)
05/01 - 4:30pm vs Galesburg (Senior Night)

Next Up (JV/Freshmen)
04/29 - 4:30pm: vs UTHS
04/30 - 4:30pm: vs Erie-Prophetstown
05/01 - 4:30pm: vs Galesburg
05/03 - TBA at Washington F/S Round Robin Tournament

AOTW: Lillian Brown Wins Village Home Stores Athlete Of The Week (4/12-4/19)!

Congratulations to Lillian Brown on winning the Village Home Stores Athlete Of The Week (4/14 - 4/19)! Lillian was 6 for 8 with 3 doubles, 2 homers, & 6 RBI at the Panther Classic in Washington.

Lillian Brown With Fellow AOTW Winner McKenna Johnson

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Softball: Rocks Hold Off Lady Leafs, GHS Win Streak Stopped At Nine

April 15 - Rock Island High School
Rock Island 3 Lady Leafs 1

Down 3-0 in the 7th, the Lady Leafs managed to load the bases and push across a run on a Kyah Newell walk to score Madisyn Buysse but the Rocks held firm to hand GHS their first setback since March 27. Penny Kline collected a couple hits while Kendyl Wassenhove gave up just six hits and three runs in the loss.

Underclass Scores
Rock Island 10 JV Lady Leafs 6
Freshmen Lady Leafs 12 Rock Island 9 (April 14)

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April 17 - JFE
Lady Leafs vs Sterling (V & JV Postponed To May 23)

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Next Up (Varsity)
04/18 - 4:45pm: vs Williamsville (at Washington Tournament - Washington High School)
04/18 - 8:00pm: vs Washington (at Washington Tournament - Washington High School)
04/19 - 9:00am: vs West Aurora (at Washington Tournament - Washington High School)
04/19 - TBA: vs TBD

AOTW: McKenna Johnson Wins Village Home Stores Athlete Of The Week!

Congratulations To McKenna Johnson on winning Village Home Stores Athlete Of The Week (4/7 - 4/12)! McKenna hit a walk-off two run single to complete the Lady Leafs 6-5 comeback win over Moline on Thursday April 10!

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Softball: Lady Leafs Win 9th Straight, Rally Late Over Kewanee

April 12 - JFE
Lady Leafs 12 Kewanee 10

Another day, another rally for the Lady Leafs. Lillian Brown smacked three doubles and scored three runs with Madisyn Buysse collecting a couple hits while driving in three as the Lady Leafs rallied late for the second consecutive game to defeat Kewanee 12-10. Avery Kennedy and McKenna Johnson each doubled and Mackenzie Air gave up a pair of hits and a single run over four plus innings in relief. The Lady Leafs ninth straight win improves their record to 11-4 overall.

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Next Up (Varsity)
04/15 - 4:30pm: at Rock Island
04/17 - 4:30pm: at Sterling
04/18 - 4:45pm: vs Williamsville (at Washington Tournament - Washington High School)
04/18 - 8:00pm: vs Washington (at Washington Tournament - Washington High School)
04/19 - 9:00am: vs West Aurora (at Washington Tournament - Washington High School)

Next Up (JV)
04/15 - 4:30pm: at Rock Island
04/17 - 4:30pm: at Sterling

Softball: Lady Leafs Walk It Off To Stun Moline

April 10 - JFE
Lady Leafs 6 Moline 5

A two run walk-off single by McKenna Johnson scored Penny Kline and Avery Kennedy to complete a late Lady Leaf rally 6-5. Madisyn Buysse homered in the fourth to get GHS on the board and Kennedy & Lillian Brown each smacked a double. Jaylee Brudos knocked in a pair of runs and Kendyl Wassenhove gave up just six hits while striking out seven in the win.

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Underclass Score
JV Lady Leafs 12 Moline 6
(State 3B, 4 RBI - Strode 2B, 2 RBI - King 3 H, 1 RBI)

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Next Up (Varsity)
04/12 - 11:00am: vs Kewanee