in soccer
Prairie Central 49, Herrin 15. The Hawks (4-3) are now on the brink of the postseason, needing one win in the final two weeks of the regular season to clinch a playoff berth. Hudson Ault became Prairie Central’s all-time leading rusher with 64 rushing yards and a touchdown on 16 carries. He currently has 3,046 rushing yards, breaking the previous record set by Russell Taylor in 2001. Dalton Steidinger was effective as a quarterback, completing 10 of 14 passes to six different receivers for 161 yards and four touchdowns, adding 51 rushing yards on just two carries. did. Kaiden Schultz had five rushes for 58 yards and one score. Zach Bull and Will Scala combined for 98 receiving yards to lead the receiving core, with Scala reaching the end zone once.
Salt Fork 48, Georgetown Ridge Farm/Chrisman 0. The Storm (5-2) got their first shutout of the season against the Buffaloes (1-6) and officially punched their ticket to the playoffs. Jameson LeMore, Zyden Bromley and Cam Keller each had interceptions to lead the Salt Fork defense. LeMore caught 57 yards passing on offense and added a 25-yard touchdown run. Peyton Hageman made the most of his three carries, rushing for 51 yards and two touchdowns. Ian Church ran 61 times for 61 yards and two more touchdowns on six carries.
in volleyball
Paxton – Buckley – Rhoda Classic
Sages was the runner-up. Monticello (14-12), which went 2-1 at the Gold Pool, lost to Lexington 25-20, 26-24 in the championship game. Maddie Melton and Addison Finette earned Sages All-Tournament Team honors. Melton had 57 digs and eight aces, while Finette had 52 assists and seven aces. In the Blue Pool, Arthur Lavington Atwood Hammond (19-7) improved to 2-1, losing to Beecher 25-18, 25-16 in the repechage match and settling for fourth place. Alena Plank led the Knights with an all-tournament team performance with 54 assists and 18 digs. Gibson City vs. Melvin Sibley (14-9) also won two games of the day, and Macy Lindelof and Sophia Ray were named to the all-tournament team. Aubrey Basboom and Ellie Dirks were named to the Paxton Buckley-Rhoda (9-14) all-tournament team and won one game.
In youth soccer
jacksonville tournament
The Vikings finished with a win. After losses to Bloomington and Jacksonville, Danville (7-10-4) defeated Lincoln 2-1 to take third place in the two-day tournament. Addison Underwood and TJ Foreman scored, and Rylan Anderson and Mauricio Albizu had assists. Goaltender Gabe VanDeen made 37 saves in three games.
non-tournament
Centennial 7, Rantoul/Paxton-Buckley-Roda 1. The Chargers (10-7-2) were on a roll, scoring five goals in the first half against the Eagles (5-10-4). Isaac Ramos led the attack, scoring the first three goals of the game in the first 20 minutes. Charlie Wixon, Jake Geisler, Youthtouch Nakakula and Sakure Ngyaba also scored for Centennial. Lucas Pianfetti had two assists, and Tyler Ruczynski, Beni Kabungvula, Alexis Perez and Erwin Foglola each had one assist.
Watseka/Milford 1, Reed Custer 1. Trailing 1-0 after the first half, the scoring stopped there when David Bell scored the Warriors’ (16-4-1) only goal to tie the game. Jason Moore saved a season-high 10 shots to limit Reed Custer’s scoring.
Women’s swimming and diving
In Urbana. Mahomet Seymour continued its historic season by winning the nine-team Tiger Invitational and highlighted by four program records. Bella Almarod broke her own 1-meter diving record by 31 points with a score of 346.30. Taryn O’Donnell broke the 100-yard freestyle record by four-hundredths of a second, winning in 53.47 seconds. O’Donnell, Lainey Howard, Caroline Mills and Regan O’Donnell won with a time of 1:40.95, setting a new 200-second freestyle relay record. Carsyn Johnson replaced Howard on the record-setting and winning 400-meter freestyle relay team (3:43.93). Other event wins for the Bulldogs include Regan O’Donnell in the 50 freestyle (24.47) and 500 freestyle (5:17.23), Taryn O’Donnell in the 200 freestyle (1:58.53) and Taryn O’Donnell in the 100 freestyle (1:58.53). Johnson won the spinning backstroke (1:02.69). ). Centennial comfortably finished third as a team, followed by Uni High in fifth, Urbana in seventh, St. Thomas More in eighth and Danville in ninth. Sofia Marquez took first place in the 100 butterfly (1:01.50) for the Chargers, the only other event winner in the region.
in men’s cross country
At Metamora. Champaign Central’s Caleb Mathias and Mahomet Seymour’s Augustus Gaudio battled for the top spot at the Running Red Invitational. In the end, both finished behind Glenbard South’s Thomas Jochum, but Mathias took second with a time of 14:47.0 and Gaudio took third with a time of 14:58.4. However, the Bulldogs dominated as a team, earning Henry McMurray a sixth-place finish (15:03.7) for second overall and the Maroons in 13th place. Rantoul finished 15th out of 23 teams, led by Eli Neitzel in 53rd place (16:29.5).
in women’s cross country
At Metamora. Unity’s Emily Decker and Mackenzie Pound fared well from other area runners at the Running Red Invitational, finishing second and fourth with times of 17:25.1 and 17:54.1, respectively. However, the Rockets ended up in 7th place, 2 points behind Mahomet Seymour in 6th place. Leading the Bulldogs were Emily Annand in 16th (18:40.3) and Cecily Smith in 19th (19:00.4). Champaign Central finished 14th as a team with Maria Busing finishing 46th (19:57.7). Rantoul finished 23rd of 23rd, led by 91st place Olivia Hunt (21:04.7).
in women’s tennis
The Vikings are second in the Big 12 Tournament. Following her Big 12 Conference title in No. 1 doubles with partner Reece Randle on Friday, Danville’s Anna Houpt also won the No. 1 singles title. Randle is just one win away from matching Hoop’s feat and earning No. 2 singles honors. Aliyah Morgan, Samantha Brown, Maya Town, and Lexi Foley placed third in their respective brackets. As a team, the Vikings finished in second place, just five points behind Normal Community.
