Champaign Central and SJO pick up wins on Thursday. Rantoul saw 18 digs from Aubrey Cann in their conference match against the Monticello Sages. Volleyball highlights from September 24.
Area volleyball scores
• St. Joseph-Ogden 2, Unity 0 25-22, 25-19 Vivian Smith and Hadley McDonald led the Spartan attack with six kills each to secure the team's first conference win.
• Champaign Central 2, Urbana 0
25-17, 25-19 The Tigers fought hard for two sets, but could not sustain enough momentum win either set against the Maroons. Janasia Dillon led the team's serving effort with four aces. Sophia Sheyko-Frailey led Urbana's offensive effort with four kills. Teilah Mbala and Mya Sessi added another three each in the conference loss to Central.
• Oakwood 2, Chrisman 0
25-21, 25-6 Leah Nicoson tallied nine kills for Oakwood in the two-set conference against the Cardinals. Ashtyn Dailey had 16 assists, eight digs and four aces. Amelia Brown led Comet defense with ten digs. Chrisman mustered just six kills with Emma Williamson and Gracie Smith delivering two each.
• Monticello 2, Rantoul 0
25-19, 25-18 The Sages held off the Eagles in both sets behind the attacks from Thea Keys and Hayden Curtis, who had eight kills each. Emma Lawhead had 11 digs and Macie Owen saved ten more in the Illini Prairie match. Rantoul was buoyed by 18 digs from Aubrey Cann, how also 14 of 42 serves to the Eagles.
• Villa Grove 2, Arcola 0
25-18, 25-22 Averi Kutz had four kills and four blocks in the conference loss the Blue Devils. Reese Miller led Arcola's defensive effort with seven digs. Mady Lyons finished with six digs.
• Fisher 2, Cerro Gordo 1
25-14, 21-25, 27-25 Fisher's Bella Kelsey buried 11 kills and served three aces in their Lincoln Prairie Conference match against the Broncos. Kierstyn Murphy and Avery Carelton delivered 30 of the teams 49 digs, 16 and 14 respectively. Bunnies' Brooklyn Kellems distributed 25 assists.
• Heritage 2, Blue Ridge 0
25-16, 25-21 Senior Brooklyn Powell notched seven kills and two blocks in the Hawks win over Blue Ridge. Piper Fields finished the game with 10 assists.
• Mahomet-Seymour 2, Charleston 0
25-16, 25-13 • Bloomington 2, Centennial 0
25-21, 25-18
Other scores from around the state
• Highland Park 2, Maine West 0 25-8, 25-18 • Tremont 2, Hartsburg-Emden 0
25-10, 26-24 • Rock Island 2, East Moline United 1
19-25, 25-23, 25-22 • Homewood-Flossmoor 2, Bradley-Bourbonnais 1
13-25, 25-23, 25-15 • Huntley 2, Crystal Lake Central 1
21-25, 25-17, 25-23 • Columbia 2, Centrailia 0
25-20, 25-20 • Coal City 2, Wilmington 1
26-24, 25-19, 25-15 • Civic Memorial 2, Jerseyville 0
25-14, 25-17 • McNamara 2, Chicago Christian 1
25-22, 21-25, 25-23 • Prairie Ridge 2, Cary-Grove 0
25-19, 25-21 • Carbondale 2, Cahokia 0
25-18, 25-17 • Iroquois West 2, Bismarck-Henning-Rossville-Alvin 0
25-23, 25-17 • Arthur-Lovington 2, Okaw Valley 0
25-7, 25-7 • Argenta-Oreana 2, Kansas 1
23-25, 25-15, 25-14 • Geneseo 2, Moline 0
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