Central wins first flag football game, Maroons play again at home on Monday

Photo: Sentinel/Clark Brooks

URBANA - Champaign Central flag football coach Chris Kloeppel reacts after a celebratory cooler dump by players. In the program's first flag football game in school history, the Maroons rose to the occassion with a 30-6 win at Urbana McKinley Field. Flag football is now in its second year as an IHSA-sanction sport. Central is back in action on Monday at Champaign McKinley Field hosting the Kays from Kankakee. Kickoff is slated for 6:15 p.m.

It's really great to come out of this game with a win. I'm proud to come out of here with a W. I'm really excited for the girls.

Central Head Coach Chris Kloeppel

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Centennial tennis bounces back with 6-3 win over Urbana

Centennial topped Urbana 6-3 at Blair Park Thursday, rebounding from a loss to Mahomet-Seymour with key singles and doubles wins.

Ria Modi hits the ball in her tennis match

Photo: Sentinel/Clark Brooks

Chargers' Ria Modi keeps the ball in play during Centennial's home match against Mahomet-Seymour. Modi, who lost that match, pulled off a commanding win over Urbana's Elianna Lee to reset her win streak.

URBANA - Coming off a loss to local emerging girls tennis powerhouse Mahomet-Seymour, Centennial put another mark in the win column Thursday with a 6-3 road victory over Big Twelve Conference opponent Urbana.

The Chargers (2-4) leaned on their top players to lead the way. No. 1 singles standout Ria Modi and No. 2 Taylor Diep, both looking to rebound from Labor Day setbacks, did just that by sweeping their singles matches and later teaming up with partners to take doubles wins as well. Modi paired with Romi Sagiv to win at No. 2 doubles, while Diep joined forces with Krisha Patel to claim No. 1 doubles.

Patel also delivered a dramatic win in singles at the No. 3 spot, outlasting Urbana’s Ananyah Tangmunarunkit in a tense third-set tiebreaker, 14-12. Sagiv added a straight-set victory at No. 4 singles to give Centennial a strong showing across the middle of the lineup.

Centennial will return home Thursday to host crosstown rival Champaign Central at Lindsay Courts, looking to secure bragging rights among Champaign-Urbana’s three large school programs.

Complete Match Results

Champaign Centennial 6, Urbana 3

Singles

No. 1 – Ria Modi (Centennial) def. Elianna Lee (Urbana), 6-1, 6-3
No. 2 – Taylor Diep (Centennial) def. Catherine Bretl (Urbana), 6-0, 6-0
No. 3 – Krisha Patel (Centennial) def. Ananyah Tangmunarunkit (Urbana), 6-4, 2-6, 14-12
No. 4 – Romi Sagiv (Centennial) def. Anyssa Tangmunarunkit (Urbana), 6-1, 6-3
No. 5 – Gwen McLean (Urbana) def. Asma Cheema (Centennial), 6-2, 6-2
No. 6 – Simone Marshall (Urbana) def. D. Patel (Centennial), 7-5, 6-4

Doubles

No. 1 – Diep/Patel (Centennial) def. Lee/Tangmunarunkit (Urbana), 7-5, 5-2 (ret.)
No. 2 – Modi/Sagiv (Centennial) def. McLean/Bretl (Urbana), 6-2, 6-2
No. 3 – Tangmunarunkit/Aksimentyeva (Urbana) def. Patel/Cheema (Centennial), 7-6 (6), 6-0