Urbana hosted Champaign Central in a historic girls flag football season opener, with the Maroons earning the program’s first win on the road.
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Urbana's Just'Us Jones tries to throw a pass over Central's Juliana Balogh. The Tigers fell in their season opener 30-6 to the visiting Maroons. Jones, a sophomore, completed two passes for 17 yards and carried the ball five times for 41 yards.
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Londyn Grant runs the ball for the Maroons.
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Central's Sarah Donahoe grabs the flag of Tigers' Just'Us Jones during first-half action.
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Tigers' Honor Dillon tries to haul in a pass between Maroons' Shanley Davis and Halle Youse.
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Central junior Molly Kloeppel throws a pass during the first half of the Maroons' first flag football game in school history.
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Urbana's Baylee Russell and Azaiah Braxton celebrate a big play in the second half.
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Just'Us Jones tries to unload a pass before Samara McArthur can get in for the sack.
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Under heavy pressure from the Maroons' defense, Just'Us Jones looks to throw before Kara Ficek and Juliana Balogh close in.
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Urbana's Honor Dillon runs the ball between Central's Rita Grant and Halle Youse in the second half.
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Central junior Haley Helm concentrates on unloading a pass to move the ball downfield.
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Tiger's Honor Dillon leaps past a Central defender in the fourth quarter. Dillon carried 11 times for 117 yards.
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Urbana's Honor Dillon races downfield untouched for a first down on a 37-yard run.
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Central freshman Serenity Moore runs the ball in the fourth quarter.
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Maroon players celebrate the program's first flag football victory after defeating Urbana 30-6.
