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Mahomet-Seymour, Centennial compete at IHSA cross country state finals

PEORIA - In a showcase of endurance and determination, 15 local athletes competed in the Illinois High School Association's Class 2A Girls' Cross Country State Finals at Detweiller Park on Saturday. Among 243 runners, representatives from Mahomet-Seymour and Centennial made their way around the three-mile course on the heels and hip-to-hip with the top harriers from all corners of Illinois. Also with them was Marley Yau, representing Urbana in the season finale.

Centennial and Mahomet-Seymour battle through competitive field
The Bulldogs finished the season ranked 20th overall in the team standings at this year's meet, while the Chargers finished 29th. For both teams, reaching the state finals was a significant accomplishment after advancing from the sectional meet at Olney Central College on November 2, where Mahomet-Seymour was fourth, and Centennial clinched the sixth and final qualifying spot.

The Chargers' top runners hurried along the course at competitive paces. Sophomore Farah Scott led the Chargers with an 18:42.28 finish, placing 65th. Sophomore Brenna Hooper followed, clocking in at 19:52.89 and finishing 160th.

Junior Molly Pate trailed close behind in 162nd with a time of 19:53.85. Senior Kaylee Sweikar rounded out notable performances, finishing in 188th at 20:08.38. Lauren Kleber rounded out the top five scoring runners in 234th place at 21:27.94.

Meanwhile, the Bulldogs were led by junior Emily Anand, who posted the best time for Mahomet-Seymour, finishing in 18:12.46 to secure 45th place. Freshman Cecily Smith ended her race in 79th place, clocking in at 18:51.97.

Sophomore Taylor Mills notched 104th place with a time of 19:07.02. Kennedy Ashby was not far behind, crossing over at 19:59.86. Seniors Chloe Bundren and Morgan Waisath rounded out the team's state run, finishing 185th and 240th, respectively, with Finley Smith wedged between them, coming in 212th at 20:40.89.

Urbana’s Yau returns to state
Sophomore Marley Yau finished the season strong for Urbana with a second trip to state. The lone Tiger to qualify from Urbana, Yau finished 136th with a time of 19:28.17, capping her journey after a strong sectional performance where she set a personal record at 19:18.7, ten seconds under her best time from the 2023 state meet.

Top Contenders and Final Standings
In a field of fierce competition, St. Ignatius College Prep emerged victorious with a team score of 76, securing first place. DePaul College Prep took second with 177 points, followed by Glenwood in third with 217 points. These teams demonstrated exceptional depth, with St. Ignatius' Annika Swan finishing second individually and contributing to her team's victory.

The top three individual finishers established a remarkable standard for Illinois high school cross country. Sundara Weber from Sandwich High School won the race with an impressive time of 16:11.27. Following her was Swan from St. Ignatius, who finished with a time of 16:27.80. Zoe Carter from Normal University secured third place, crossing the finish line at 16:49.50.

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KEYWORDS: State cross country, IHSA girls state finals, Mahomet-Seymour cross country, Centennial cross country, Urbana state cross country qualifiers
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Sentinel area regional soccer scores

Arnau Sanchez-Marin
Photo: Sentinel/Clark Brooks

URBANA - Urbana's Arnau Sanchez-Marin celebrates his second-half goal against Danville on Tuesday. The Tigers rolled to 7-0 shutout over the visiting Vikings, advancing to Friday's 4 pm regional title match on their home field. Urbana will square off against Mahomet-Seymour, who won their match over Mt. Zion 3-2 (2OT). Below are the other regional semifinal results for our area teams.

Urbana - 7
Danville - 0
Next: Regional Championship - Friday 4pm @ Urbana vs Mahomet-Seymour

Champaign Central - 2
Mattoon - 1
Next: Regional Championship - Friday 4pm @ Charleston vs Centennial

Champaign Centennial - 5
Charleston - 0
Next: Regional Championship - Friday 4pm @ Charleston vs Central

Mahomet-Seymour - 3 (2 OT)
Mt. Zion - 2
Next: Regional Championship - Friday 4pm @ Urbana vs Urbana

Regional Championship Results:
Oakwood - 6
Georgetown-Ridge Farm - 0
Next: Sectional Semifinal - Saturday 10am @ Monticello vs Fisher

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Week 8 area football scores

IVC's Bryce Ratcliff gets tackled
Photo: Sentinel/Clark Brooks

Unity's Andrew King puts the initial hit on Illinois Valley Central quarterback Bryce Ratcliff during their Illini Prairie Conference home game on September 13. The Rockets (6-2), who won 48-6, host Monticello (7-1) in the regular season finale at Hicks Field on Friday. Below are results for Friday's contest and this week's upcoming games.
Champaign Central 63
@ Normal West (5-3) 7
Next week: Central hosts Manual (1-7)
Champaign Centennial (4-3) 6
Normal Community (#6 7A) (6-1) 49
Next week: Centennial @ Bloomington (#10 6A) (6-2)
Urbana (0-8) 14
@ Manual (1-7) 58
Next week: Urbana host Normal West (5-3)
Unity (6-2) 56
Paxton-Buckley-Loda (6-2) 6
Next week: Unity host Monticello (#8 3A) (7-1)
St. Joseph-Ogden (#4 3A) (8-0) 53
Rantoul (1-7) 0
Next week: SJO host Paxton-Buckley-Loda (6-2)
Oakwood (5-3) 42
Salt Fork 33
Next week: Oakwood hosts Bismarck-Henning (#3 2A) (8-0) *
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Week 7 area football scores

Photo: Sentinel/Clark Brooks

St. Joseph-Ogden quarterback Kodey McKinney hands the ball of to running back Wyatt Wertz during their game against visiting Pontiac. The #3-ranked Class 3A Spartans scored seven times in the first half on their way to a 59-8 Homecoming win on Friday. Below are Sentinel area game scores for Friday, October 11.
Peoria (#6 5A) (6-1) 44
Champaign Central (2-5) 2
Next week: Central at Normal West (4-2)
Lincoln-Way West (4-3) 64
Champaign Centennial (4-3) 0
Next week: Centennial hosts Normal Community (#6 7A) (6-1)
Richwoods (2-5) 46
Urbana (0-7) 6
Next week: Urbana at Manual (0-6)
Unity (4-3) 51
Rantoul (1-6) 12
Next week: Unity at Paxton-Buckley-Loda (#7 3A) (6-1)
St. Joseph-Ogden (#3 3A) (7-0) 59
Pontiac (0-7) 8
Next week: SJO at Rantoul (1-6)
Oakwood (4-3) 54
Hoopeston Area (2-5) 16
Next week: Oakwood at Salt Fork (4-2)
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Shin, Clampitt notch wins at Centennial tennis invitational

Madison Clampitt
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St. Joseph-Ogden's Lilly Rice stretches to return a volley during the Spartans' tennis match against Urbana on September 3. Rice, along with partner MaKennah Hamilton, went 1-2 in the doubles division competition at the annual Charger Invite in August.
CHAMPAIGN - Central's Estell Shin and St. Joseph-Ogden's Madison Clampitt won one match and lost two to lead the area's girls at last month's Charger Invite.

In her first match, Shin defeated Urbana's Lillian Hall, 6-2, 6-1. She then lost her next two matches, falling to O'Fallon's Natalie Spihlman, 6-0, 6-0, and Conant's Elyssa Rojas Kantcheva by the same score.

Clampitt lost her tournament opener to Warrenville South's Anna Ittersagen, 6-0, 6-0. Recovering from the loss, she earned a convincing win over Central's Mary Kim, 6-2, 6-3.

In her final match of the day, Clampitt took the first set off Danville's Samantha Brown, 6-3. Brown won the second set without dropping a game, 6-0, forcing a third-set tie-break. Clampitt battled for every point but came up short in the breaker, 10-4.

SINGLES RESULTS:

  • Raina Maranan, Hoffman Estates (Conant) def. Ria Modi, Champaign (Centennial), 6-0 , 6-0
  • Nia Harris, Belleville (West) def. Ria Modi, Champaign (Centennial), 6-4 , 6-2
  • Lily Stortzum, Teutopolis def. Amani Brown, Urbana, 6-0 , 6-0
  • AnnMarie Wojcik, Darien (Hinsdale South) def. Amani Brown, Urbana, 7-5 , 7-5
  • Anna Greene, Effingham (St. Anthony) def. Samantha Kelso, St. Joseph-Ogden, 6-1 , 6-3
  • Chloe Goins, Darien (Hinsdale South) def. Samantha Kelso, St. Joseph-Ogden, 6-0 , 6-0
  • Elyssa Rojas Kantcheva, Hoffman Estates (Conant) def. Estelle Shin, Champaign (Central), 6-0 , 6-0
  • Natalie Spihlman, O'Fallon def. Estelle Shin, Champaign (Central), 6-0 , 6-0
  • Estelle Shin, Champaign (Central) def. Lillian Hall, Urbana, 6-2, 6-1
  • Anna Houpt, Danville def. Lillian Hall, Urbana, 6-0, 6-0
  • Taylor Jones, Frankfort (Lincoln-Way East) def. Taylor Diep, Champaign (Centennial), 6-0, 6-0
  • Brooke Ittersagen, Wheaton (W. Warrenville South) def. Taylor Diep, Champaign (Centennial), 6-0, 6-0
  • Ivy Daiber, Effingham (St. Anthony) def. Mary Kim, Champaign (Central), 6-0, 6-0
  • Madison Clampitt, St. Joseph-Ogden def. Mary Kim, Champaign (Central), 6-2, 6-3
  • Samantha Brown, Danville def. Madison Clampitt, St. Joseph-Ogden 3-6, 6-0 , 10-4
  • Anna Ittersagen, Wheaton (W. Warrenville South) def. Madison Clampitt, St. Joseph-Ogden, 6-0, 6-0


    • DOUBLES RESULTS:

  • Reese Lepsi, Wheaton (W. Warrenville South) - Riley Lepsi, Wheaton (W. Warrenville South) def. Anna Williams, Champaign (Centennial) - Rachel Hartmann, Champaign (Centennial), 6-0, 6-0
  • Melaina Humbles, Dunlap - Maya Baman, Dunlap def. Rylin Zumwalt, Champaign (Centennial) - Krisha Patel, Champaign (Centennial), 6-0, 6-0
  • Hailey Goins, Darien (Hinsdale South) - Teodora Savic, Darien (Hinsdale South) def. Ananyah Tangmunarunkit, Urbana - Elianna Lee, Urbana, 6-0, 6-0
  • Thea Krachmarov, Hoffman Estates (Conant) - Noelle Koh, Hoffman Estates (Conant) def. Sara Kearney, St. Joseph (S.J.-Ogden) - Olivia Getty, St. Joseph-Ogden, 6-0, 6-0
  • Annie Rogers, Frankfort (Lincoln-Way East) - Noelani Hill, Frankfort (Lincoln-Way East) def. Lily Kant, Champaign (Central) - Sophia Kalantzis-Cope, Champaign (Central), 6-2, 6-2
  • Kara Charney, Champaign (Central) - Fiona Leakey, Champaign (Central) def. Maya Towne, Danville - Lexi Foley, Danville, 6-2, 6-0
  • Ella Wermert, Teutopolis - Allie Ruholl, Teutopolis def. Gwen McLean, Urbana - Citlali Cotes-Alvarez, Urbana, 6-0, 6-0
  • Mia Kinkelaar, Effingham (St. Anthony) - Ellie Link, Effingham (St. Anthony) def. MaKennah Hamilton, St. Joseph-Ogden - Lily Rice, St. Joseph-Ogden, 6-1, 6-2
  • Annabelle Brunner, Belleville (West) - Abby Treadway, Belleville (West) def. Kara Charney, Champaign (Central) - Fiona Leakey, Champaign (Central), 7-6 (0), 6-2
  • Khloe Phillips-Dancer, Belleville (East) - Randi Bleich, Belleville (East) def. Anna Williams, Champaign (Centennial) - Rachel Hartmann, Champaign (Centennial), 6-0, 6-2
  • Anna Bath, Frankfort (Lincoln-Way East) - Melody Graham, Frankfort (Lincoln-Way East) def. Ananyah Tangmunarunkit, Urbana - Elianna Lee, Urbana, 6-0, 6-0
  • MaKennah Hamilton, St. Joseph-Ogden - Lily Rice, St. Joseph-Ogden def. Marisa Clark, Watseka - Skyla Buwalda, Watseka, 6-2, 6-3
  • Kara Charney, Champaign (Central) - Fiona Leakey, Champaign (Central) def. Anna Bath, Frankfort (Lincoln-Way East) - Melody Graham, Frankfort (Lincoln-Way East), 6-4, 6-1
  • Morgan Bridgeman, O'Fallon - Loren Hoefle, O'Fallon def. MaKennah Hamilton, St. Joseph-Ogden - Lily Rice, St. Joseph-Ogden, 6-1, 6-1
  • Mia Kinkelaar, Effingham (St. Anthony) - Ellie Link, Effingham (St. Anthony) def. Kara Charney, Champaign (Central) - Fiona Leakey, Champaign (Central), 6-1, 4-6, 10-4
  • Lily Kant, Champaign (Central) - Sophia Kalantzis-Cope, Champaign (Central) def. Sarah Parsons, Watseka - Kiaria Wright, Watseka, 6-3, 6-1
  • Blair Bisso, Belleville (East) - Kimberly Irwin, Belleville (East) def. Gwen McLean, Urbana - Citlali Cotes-Alvarez, Urbana, 6-0, 6-2
  • Morgan Seagle, Belleville (West) - Gabrielle Patterson, Belleville (West) def. Sara Kearney, St. Joseph (S.J.-Ogden) - Olivia Getty, St. Joseph-Ogden, 6-1, 6-0
  • Aliya Morgan, Danville - Olivia Scaggs, Danville def. Rylin Zumwalt, Champaign (Centennial) - Krisha Patel, Champaign (Centennial), 6-0, 6-0
  • Riley Pitts, O'Fallon - Claire Riepe, O'Fallon def. Lily Kant, Champaign (Central) - Sophia Kalantzis-Cope, Champaign (Central), 6-2, 6-2
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