Photo of the Day | Dishin' the licks, McDonald can hit

Urbana's Tyreece McDonald flattens Central's Tyriss Hines while returning a kickoff during their regular season game on Friday, September 22. The Tigers (0-9) lost their Homecoming game, 58-6.
Photo: PhotoNews Media/Clark Brooks

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Box Score

MacArthur 51 - Urbana 10

  1 2 3 4 F
Urbana  2  2  3  3 10
MacArthur 15 18 11  7 51

Urbana --
Harper 0(0)-12-2--2, Reid 2(0)-5-2--4, Culpepper 0(0)-0-0--0, Smith 0(0)-0-0--0, Hall 4(0)-0-0--4, Shade 0(0)-0-0--0, Blanden 0(0)-0-0--0, Recio 0(0)-0-0--0.

MacArthur --
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