Antioch grad and College of Lake County pitching star David Meade joined the Kenosha Kingfish late this summer.
But the Illinois State University-bound pitcher still was a contributor as the Kingfish won the Northwoods League championship with a two-game sweep of the St. Cloud (Minn.) Rox in the best-of-three playoff finals.
Meade made six appearances with the Kingfish during the second half of the regular season, going 1-1 with 2.03 ERA. He made three starts.
His seventh appearance with the Kingfish came in relief last weekend when Kenosha clinched the title with an 8-1 victory in St. Cloud.
Kenosha won Game 1 6-4 and then dominated in Game 2 to win the title in the summer league for college all-star teams. This was Kenosha’s second year in the league.
In the decisive game, the Kingfish struck first in the second inning on Alex Dunlap’s sacrifice fly.
The Kingfish got four more runs in the fourth inning, many of which with the help of Rox defensive miscues, and the champs had add-on runs in the seventh, eighth and ninth innings.
E.J. Trapino started and threw five innings of one-run baseball. He allowed five hits and two walks while fanning six.
Meade threw the next three innings for the Kingfish, and picked up right where he left off a week earlier when he dominated the Rox through eight innings during a regular-season game.
After Meade’s three shutout innings, Ryan Orr pitched the ninth.
With the win, the Kingfish finished the summer with an overall record of 52-24.
Eight teams made the playoffs. The Kingfish and Rox each won two, one-game playoffs to advance to the finals.
Gurnee Days 10K run results: Local runners dominated the competition in the 6.2-mile race that started and ended at Warren High School on O’Plaine Road. Warren senior Dustin Macuiba won the race in 33:33 and 33-year-old Keith Hormel of Grayslake was second in 36:08.
Among women, Dustin’s older sister, Amanda Macuiba, finished first in 40:31. She runs at Illinois Wesleyan University and graduated from Warren.
In the 14-under age group, Ryan DeVries won among boys in 48:19, and Kelli Tosic of Lake Villa won among girls in 48:28.
Jack Taylor of Waukegan finished the 10K race in 56:50. He’s 82 years old.
Golf prodigy: Christian Kim of Vernon Hills shot 76 at Lake Bluff Golf Course last week and won the Illinois Junior Golf Association’s Player of the Year Championship for boys age 10-11. The course played 5,019 yards.
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In the boys 12-13 division, Aidan Devlin of Mundelein shot 80-80—160 and finished tied for fifth. The course played 6,092 yards.
In the boys 14-16 age group, Jackson Bussell of Lincolnshire topped the summer point standings. He had seven victories. Lake Forest High School’s Scott Frevert finished first in the IJGA’s Player of the Year Championship.
In the girls 16-18 age group, Libertyville High School’s Mean Sturonas took third in the summer point standings.