Kelso picks up win at Urbana, Spartans drop road match

Photo: Sentinel/Clark Brooks

URBANA - Pushed back to fence on a deep lob from Urbana's Elianna Lee, St. Joseph-Ogden's Sami Kelso returns the ball during their #1 Singles match. Kelso, a senior, picked up her first victory of the season after defeating Lee 6-4, 7-5 at Blair Park. The Spartans also enjoyed singles wins from Lily Rice and Kenley Ray, tying the match at 3-all going into the doubles matches. The Tigers held their ground winning all three doubles bouts to take the match, 6-3.

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Friday Night Forecast |Week 2 Big Twelve football predictions

URBANA - This week's prediction poll for the Friday Night Forecast is closed. Here are this week's picks from area sports soothsayers.

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Champaign Central vs Centennial

GAME-of-the-WEEK!
Alan: Centennial .::. 33-20
Clark: Central .::. 28-21

Bloomington vs Normal University

Alan: Bloomington .::. 28-14
Clark: Normal University .::. 42-21

Urbana @ Danville

Alan: Danville .::. 42-6
Clark: Danville .::. 21-14

Normal Community @ Normal West

Alan: Normal Community .::. 27-24
Clark: Normal Community .::. 35-26

Peoria vs Peoria Notre Dame

Alan: Peoria .::. 38-25
Clark: Peoria Notre Dame .::. 24-13

Peoria Mannual @ Richwoods

Alan: Richwoods .::. 30-12
Clark: Richwoods .::. 35-21

Boasting a nearly perfect prediction, Alan is our Big Twelve winner from Week 1, guessing six of seven outcomes correctly. Below are the results from Week 1 of the Sentinel’s inaugural Friday Night Forecast.

Week 1 Results

Rank	Name	Record	Notes
1	Alan	6-1	Week 1 winner
2	Clark	5-2	His crystal ball may be cracked

Cumulative Standings

Rank	Name	Total Record	Wins	Notes
1	Alan	6-1	1	Week 1 winner
2	Clark	5-2	0

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Week 1 Results

Champaign Central vs Springfield

Alan: Champaign Central .::. 36-14
Clark: Springfield H.S. .::. 27-14

Springfield 51, Champaign Central 41

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Danville @ Bloomington

Alan: Bloomington .::. 38-20
Clark: Danville .::. 28-21

Bloomington 40, Danville 7

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Richwoods @ Normal Community

Alan: Normal Community .::. 45-13
Clark: Normal Community .::. 14-7

Normal Community 40, Richwoods 6

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Peoria Manual vs Normal University

Alan: Normal University .::. 42-18
Clark: Normal University .::. 21-14

Normal University 71, Peoria Manual 22

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Normal West @ Peoria Notre Dame

Alan: Normal West .::. 41-28
Clark: Peoria Notre Dame .::. 28-24

Normal West 34, Peoria Notre Dame 14

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Centennial vs Peoria

Alan: Peoria .::. 46-21
Clark: Peoria .::. 24-21

Peoria 42, Centennial 0

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Urbana vs St. Teresa

Alan: St. Teresa .::. 40-8
Clark: St. Teresa .::. 35-14

St. Teresa 29, Urbana 7

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