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Tatge blasts 3 homers in Eagles' rout

CENTRALIA, Ill. - Kayla Tatge blasted three home runs, including a grand slam, to lead Kirkwood to a 13-6 win over Kankakee on Friday in junior college softball.

Kirkwood (2-1) banged out 20 hits. Tatge drove in six runs.

Leah Duffe had two hits and also swatted a grand slam. She drove in four runs.

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Kirkwood sweeps twinbill in St. Louis

ST. LOUIS - The Kirkwood baseball team swept a doubleheader from St. Louis-Meramec Thursday afternoon, 5-0 and 4-3, with good pitching and timely hitting.

Collin Belk and Michael Amador combined on a five-hit shutout in the opener. Belk (2-0) pitched the first five innings and allowed four singles.

Wilfredo Feliz, Roly Hernandez, Angel Merced and Eric Schenck-Joblinske had two hits apiece for the Eagles (4-0) in the first game.

Kirkwood rallied for two runs in the top of the seventh inning to win the nightcap. Feliz led off the seventh with a double, went to third on a sacrifice bunt and tied the game, 3-3, on an RBI double by Dairo Gonzalez.

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Semler's hot streak stopped by torn ACL

Kasey Semler was enjoying one of the best games of his life last Saturday for the Kirkwood Eagles against DMACC.

He had scored a career-high 27 points and the Eagles were a few minutes away from securing a 96-86 victory when he felt a sharp pain in his left knee.

"It gave out," he said Wednesday night. "It popped."

That popping sound was the ACL in his knee.

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Kirkwood's 'Fab 9' top NIACC in OT

Their roster keeps shrinking, but the Kirkwood men's basketball team keeps battling and plugging away.

The Eagles did it in grand style Wednesday night.

Kirkwood outlasted NIACC in overtime, 89-83, in the opening round of the Region XI tournament at Johnson Hall with Kasey Semler sitting on the bench with a torn ACL.

Semler is Kirkwood's leading scorer and top 3-point artist, but the Eagles found a way to outslug NIACC without him in a highly entertaining ballgame.

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