Nice try, but not this time

Photo: Sentinel/Clark Brooks

ST. JOSEPH - St. Joseph-Ogden's Will Haley tries to slide under a tag at third on a steal in the team's home game on Monday against Warrensburg-Latham. In a similar play in the first inning on a wild pitch, he was safe and later scored the Spartans' second run in the inning. This time, Cardinals' catcher Eastyn Mckenzie made the throw on the money to Brody Brown for the out. Haley finished the game with one hit, one run and one RBI in SJO's 8-1 home victory over the Cardinals. The Spartans (8-1) travel to Pleasant Plains today for another non-league game and face St. Thomas More on the road tomorrow for their first Illini Prairie game of the season.

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Ready to run, focused before the big race

Lyons' Sonia Slusarczyk prepares for her upcoming run at state track

Photo: PhotoNews Media/Clark Brooks

Charleston - Lyons' lead runner Sonia Slusarczyk focuses on her upcoming run before the starter's gun goes off for the Class 3A 4x400-Meter Relay championship race at the IHSA Girls Track and Field State Finals on Saturday, May 21, 2016. Slusarczyk, a sophomore, along with junior Maggie Caplice, Tara Schwarz, a sophomore, and senior Luci Lussier finished the race with a time of 4:03.09 in ninth place. The Lions finished tied for 58th place in the final team standing.

TAGS: Photo of the Day for April 8, Lyons track team competes at 2016 IHSA Girls State Track Meet, PhotoNews archive photos, Lions' track team at state, Sonia Slusarczyk runs at state track for the Lions

St. Joseph-Ogden post 8-1 win over Warrensburg-Latham

Tyler Wright throws a pitch for St. Joseph-Ogden

Photo: Sentinel/Clark Brooks

Spartans' Tyler Wright unloads a pitch in the top of the seventh inning for a waiting Warrensburg-Latham batter. Wright closed out the game, giving up one hit and no runs to help St. Joseph-Ogden pick up a home win over the Cardinals, 8-1. The Spartans (8-1) take the field again on Wednesday in a non-conference road showdown at Pleasant Plains. Want to see more photos from this game? Fill out our photo request form.

Area softball scores from Friday, April 3

One area team avoids opening-day loss at Rantoul Invite. Zoe Goodreau hits a home run for Central and SJO's Amelia Huckstat picks up a pitching win on Friday.

Daily Sentinel area softball scores

St. Joseph-Ogden 11, Fenton 4

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
St. Joseph-Ogden	1	3	1	6	0	-	-	11	9	1
Fenton	3	0	0	1	0	-	-	4	4	5

GAME NOTES: Isabella Delgado led Fenton's offensive effort with one triple and two RBI in the loss to the St. Joseph-Ogden. Pitcher Sophia Hollis struck out two of the 22 batters she faced, giving up nine hits over four innings.

Junior Brynn Ikemire and Emma McKinney, a senior, delivered two hits each at the annual Rantoul softball tournament. Brooklyn Stevens and Kellyn Irwin took one stolen base each. Amelia Huckstat earned the win despite giving up four hits and four runs. The senior threw 55 strikes out 88 pitches.

Photo: Sentinel/Clark Brooks

Zakiyah Primm throws out a Hoopeston Area batter at first in the Tigers' home game on Friday. Primm scored two runs in Urbana's first win of the season. The Tigers are back in action on Wednesday at Paxton-Buckley-Loda.

Urbana 15, Hoopeston Area 9

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Urbana	7	0	6	0	2	0	0	15	4	2
Hoopeston Area	1	0	4	2	1	1	0	9	12	4

GAME NOTES: Journey Porter and Ariana Coleman pushed three runs across the plate for the Tigers in their first win of the season. Porter, who also had two stolen bases, delivered two hits in her three trips to the plate, and Coleman, along with Arreola had one each. Kaya Hill, who earned the win in the circle, also nabbed a stolen bag to help the Tigers improve to 1-4 on the season.

Pitcher Camilla Linder took the loss for the loss for the Cornjerkers, throwing 48 strikes out of her 109 pitches on Friday. Kinzley Bailey went 3-for-4 at the plate for Hoopeston.

Pekin 3, Champaign Central 1

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Pekin	0	1	0	0	2	0	-	3	4	4
Champaign Central	0	0	1	0	0	0	-	1	3	1

GAME NOTES: Pekin freshman Kinley Arnold hit a flyball to right field scoring Abbie Walker in the bottom of the second inning. Lily Towery and Patience Toungett added go-ahead runs in the bottom of the fifth for the Dragons.

Grace Bandy, Mya de la Cruz, and Coryn Christ made it on base with one hit each. Christ notched an RBI, putting Haley Helm over the plate in the top of third inning. Helm suffered the loss, giving up three runs on four hits. The junior hurler struck out six batters in her 83 tosses at the Rantoul Invitational Softball Tournament.

North Boone 13, Centennial 1

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
North Boone	3	0	10	0	-	-	-	13	9	0
Centennial	1	0	0	0	-	-	-	1	2	10

GAME NOTES: Zoe Goodreau hit a solo, inside-the-park home run for the Chargers in opening inning. After that, North Boone pitcher Courtney Troutt dominated in the circle, allowing just one more hit while striking out ten Charger sluggers in the rout.

Arthur-Okaw Christian 4, Rantoul 1

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Arthur-Okaw Christian	1	0	2	1	0	-	-	4	2	1
Rantoul	0	0	0	1	0	-	-	1	4	1

GAME NOTES: Airiana Bell hit a triple and eventually scored Rantoul's only run in their tournament loss on Friday, finishing the opener with two hits. Addy Sherrick threw 77 pitches, striking out six of the Conquering Riders she faced on Friday.

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TAGS: St. Joseph-Ogden beats Fenton at Rantoul tournament, Airiana Bell has two hits for Rantoul Eagles, Champaign Central drops softball tournament game to Pekin, Urbana softball team beats Hoopeston for first win, Tigers score 15 runs on Cornjerkers in non-conference game

Sentinel area baseball scores for April 4

Rain and drizzle canceled all area baseball games except one. The Urbana Tigers traveled to Westville, hoping for a win. Unfortunately, they returned home empty-handed.

Westville 27, Urbana 0

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Westville	11	6	10	-	-	-	-	27	19	1
Urbana	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0	1	5

GAME NOTES: Corey Johnson gave Urbana a glimmer of hope with the team's only hit. The team cycled through five pitchers, hoping to find an arm strong enough to shutdown Westville's offense. Jaiden Anindo gave up 11 runs on nine hits for UHS.

Westville's Ben Johnson went 4-for-4, Kiptyn Appl 4-for-5, and Ean Jones finished 3-for-3 in non-conference win for the Tigers.

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TAGS: Westville Tiger beat Urbana Tigers in 27-0 shutout, Urbana's Corey Johnson musters Urbana's only hit

Area baseball scores and results for April 3

Chargers fall Dundee-Crown in heartbreaker. Will Haley delivered three of St. Joseph-Ogden's six RBI and Cam Schluter added two more in the team's 7-2 victory Friday afternoon.

St. Joseph-Ogden 7, Rockridge 2

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
St. Joseph-Ogden	0	1	0	3	0	3	-	7	5	0
Rockridge	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	2	1

GAME NOTES: Finn Miller had two hits and scored one run in SJO's non-conference game against Rockridge at the Rantoul Family Sports Complex in Rantoul on Friday. Will Haley delivered three of the team's six RBI and Cam Schluter added two more for the Spartans who improved to 7-1. Seniors Kodey McKinney and Logan Rosenthal stole one base each. Parker Fitch earned the win striking out five Rockets across six innings.

Ryan Oelke took the loss for the Rockets, giving up three runs and one hit after relieving Cullen Schwigen and relinquishing the mound in the fourth inning to Mitch Boney. Tanner Dye and Payten Downing produced one hit and RBI run each for Rockridge. Schwigen and Kainin Mumma scored the team's two runs.

Dundee-Crown 2, Centennial 1

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Dundee-Crown	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	4	1
Centennial	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	4

GAME NOTES: Madden Ritter pitched four innings, giving up three hits and a pair of runs to the visiting Chargers. Throwing 70 pitches, the junior struck out three Dundee-Crown batters in the loss. Senior Isaiah Allen chalked up two stolen bases and score the team's solo run. Paysen Dacanay, Chris Miller, Karl Olson, Tate Sauer and Allen had one hit each for Centennial.

Dundee-Crown's Kaden Klancnik earned the pitching win. Max Backaus had two hits with Cole Pearson and Ikey Grzynkowicz scoring the team's two runs.

Rantoul 10, Arthur-Okawa Christian 0

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Rantoul	2	0	6	0	2	-	-	10	8	1
Arthur-Okawa Christian	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	0	0	3

GAME NOTES: Eagles' sophomore Aiden Cheek threw 77 pitches, securing the non-conference victory striking out 12 of the 18 batters he faced in a little over four innings. Owen Johnson had two hits, two RBI, and scored two runs to help the Rantoul improve to a 4-3 early-season record.

Ian Herschberger suffered the loss after seeing 14 batters at the plate, striking out one and walking to others. The senior gave up six hits and seven run to the Eagles.

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TAGS: SJO baseball team post seven runs on Rockridge, St. Joseph-Ogden improves record to 7-1,

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Unity softball team defeats Oakwood at home

Photo: Sentinel/Clark Brooks

TOLONO - Danika Eisenmenger gives Shelby Smith a high-five before the start of the third inning in the Rockets' home game against Oakwood. Eisenmenger earned the win, helping Unity defeat the Comets 9-0. She finished game 1-for-2 at bat with two RBI. Here are more photos from last weeks game at Unity High School.