In baseball
LeRoy 6, St. Anne 5. Down by three runs in the bottom of the seventh inning, the Panthers (12-4) rallied for four runs to win it. Braeden Fox and Brock Owens each had clutch RBI singles, which brought up Gannon Pinkerton, who won the game with an RBI ground ball.
Rantoul 10, Urbana 1. A big offensive showing for the Eagles (8-8) saw Levi Duitsman and Yovanny Solorzano notch two hits apiece while Dayton Wilson and Holden Cargo combined for five RBI. Duitsman and Spencer Stockwill turned in a solid day on the mound. Dylan Pettit collected a pair of hits for the Tigers (5-11).
St. Joseph-Ogden 4/6, Chillicothe IVC 3/0. The Spartans (20-2) solidified their spot atop the Illini Prairie Conference standings with a doubleheader sweep of a talented IVC team. The first game went into extra innings, but SJ-O was able to win it with a run in the eighth. Nolan Earley pitched six shutout innings with eight strikeouts, and Bryson Houchens had two hits at the plate. Game two saw Parker Fitch go the full seven innings on the mound for the shutout. Earley paced the offense with two hits and three RBI, and Trevor Ames hit a double and a triple.
Sullivan 1, Tuscola 0. All it took was one run, and the Redskins (6-12) scored it in the top of the seventh inning, with Cameron Crowe driving in Fallon Rose. Caden Saul and Schafer Ogle combined for the shutout on the mound, besting Jon Pettry‘s one-run effort for the Warriors (6-15). Ogle added two hits at the plate, as did Tuscola’s Kingston Wheeler.
In softball
Champaign Central 2, Bloomington 0. A nine-inning pitchers’ duel ended in favor of Haley Helm and the Maroons (13-1) after she struck out 21 batters and only let six others reach base. Helm was also responsible for driving in one of Central’s runs in the top of the ninth inning, joining Molly Kloeppel with RBI doubles.
St. Joseph-Ogden 15, Arthur-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond 1. Timera Blackburn-Kelley didn’t give the Knights (8-12) many chances, pitching a complete-game two-hitter with 11 strikeouts to lead the Spartans (15-7) to the win. Grace Osterbur‘s three hits and three runs, Emma McKinney‘s three hits and three RBI, Ashlyn Miller‘s two hits and Hayden Dahl‘s four runs led SJ-O’s offense.
In girls’ track and field
At Champaign. Area schools dominated the seven-team Central Invite at McKinley Field, with Centennial taking first place with 199.5 team points, Champaign Central finishing second with 125 and Mahomet-Seymour placing third with 101. Event winners for the Chargers included Alaina Kimble in the 800-meter run (2:21.8), Sofia Tziraki in the 1,600 (5:33.7), Farah Scott in the 3,200 (11:51.0), Lidia Feliciana in the shot put (35-11 3/4) and discus (114-0) — her discus throw set a new facility record — Avery Benson in the high jump (4-9 3/4) and Noelle Hunt in the long jump (17-9 3/4). Centennial also won the 400- and 800-meter relays with Flora Louise, Ciaune’ Bibb, Rochelle Ngwayah, Nina Brown and Na’Zarah Walker. The Maroons got wins from Londyn Grant in the 100-meter dash (12.6), Audrey Allender in the pole vault (10-6) and Julia Bilsbury in the triple jump (37-0 3/4). Central also won the 1,600 relay with Grant, Milka Bwandundu, Sarah Donahoe and Bilsbury as well as the 3,200 relay with Reese Baumann, Emma Konstanty, Keely Richmond and Brooklyn Yasunaga. Madalyn Marx won the 200 (25.57) and 400 (55.8) for the Bulldogs, with her 400 time breaking a facility record. M-S also got a 300 hurdles win from Kara Carney (47.5).
In boys’ track and field
At Monticello. The Sages hosted the Monticello Freshman-Sophomore Invitational at Dwight B. Wilkey Sports Complex and came away with all three team victories among six teams, which included the likes of St. Joseph-Ogden, Unity, Mahomet-Seymour and Sullivan.
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