Photo Gallery |Urbana & Central play season flag football opener

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Urbana hosted Champaign Central in a historic girls flag football season opener, with the Maroons earning the program’s first win on the road.

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Urbana's Just'Us Jones tries to throw a pass over Central's Juliana Balogh. The Tigers fell in their season opener 30-6 to the visiting Maroons. Jones, a sophomore, completed two passes for 17 yards and carried the ball five times for 41 yards.

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Londyn Grant runs the ball for the Maroons.

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Central's Sarah Donahoe grabs the flag of Tigers' Just'Us Jones during first-half action.

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Tigers' Honor Dillon tries to haul in a pass between Maroons' Shanley Davis and Halle Youse.

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Central junior Molly Kloeppel throws a pass during the first half of the Maroons' first flag football game in school history.

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Urbana's Baylee Russell and Azaiah Braxton celebrate a big play in the second half.

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Just'Us Jones tries to unload a pass before Samara McArthur can get in for the sack.

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Under heavy pressure from the Maroons' defense, Just'Us Jones looks to throw before Kara Ficek and Juliana Balogh close in.

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Urbana's Honor Dillon runs the ball between Central's Rita Grant and Halle Youse in the second half.

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Central junior Haley Helm concentrates on unloading a pass to move the ball downfield.

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Tiger's Honor Dillon leaps past a Central defender in the fourth quarter. Dillon carried 11 times for 117 yards.

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Urbana's Honor Dillon races downfield untouched for a first down on a 37-yard run.

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Central freshman Serenity Moore runs the ball in the fourth quarter.

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Maroon players celebrate the program's first flag football victory after defeating Urbana 30-6.

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Sentinel area softball scores for March 30

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After scooping up a ground ball, Adilynn Wilson throws a runner out at second in Unity's home softball game against Oakwood. The Rockets scored five runs in the second inning on the way to a 9-0 shutout on Monday. Want to see more photos from this game? Fill out our photo request form.

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Unity 9, Oakwood 0

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Unity	0	5	3	0	0	1	-	9	5	1
Oakwood	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2

GAME NOTES: Unity score five runs in the second inning in non-conference victory. Rockets' Reese Frye, Grace Bickers, Korina Finical, S Smith and Danika Eisenmenger finished with one hit each. Adilynn Wilson collected three RBI. Eisenmenger earned the win, striking out five batters and walking one.

Caydence Vermillion and Gracie Hanner combined for two hits for the visiting Comets. Vermillion threw 46 pitches in her two-inning appearance and Ashtyn Dailey unloaded 50 over the plate against the Rockets.

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Champaign Central 22, Hoopeston Area 1

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Champaign Central	10	5	3	4	-	-	-	22	24	1
Hoopeston Area	0	0	0	1	-	-	-	1	2	3

GAME NOTES: Champaign Central tallied 19 RBI with Haley Helm leading the way with six. Helm hit three triples in her four trips to the plate on Monday afternoon. Molly Kloeppel went 4-for-5 and drove in three runs, and classmate Emmy Pentti delivered three RBI on two hits. Helm, who pitched two innings, struck six batters. Freshman Avery Ellison faced nine hitters, striking out four.

Camilla Linder took the loss for the Cornjerkers. Offensively, Peyton Irons, who was 1-for-1 tallied Hoopeston's only hit.

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Fisher 12, BHRA 6

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Fisher	3	1	0	4	0	1	3	12	10	2
BHRA	0	0	5	0	0	1	0	6	8	5

GAME NOTES: BHRA scattered eight hits with eight different players. Junior Gentry Elson, who had two RBI, and Ella Acton delivered one double each in the loss. Eva Ronto gave up eight runs and six hit.

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Central Catholic 13, Mahomet-Seymour 1

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Central Catholic	8	0	2	0	3	-	-	13	9	0
Mahomet-Seymour	0	0	0	1	0	-	-	1	2	3

GAME NOTES: Central Catholic exploded with an eight-run outburst in the first inning. Saints' Mackenzie Owens her team's offensive charge with two hits on three trips to the plate, delivering four RBI on the day. Allowing two hits and striking out two, Maddi Welch earned the win after four innings for BCC.

Mahomet-Seymour's Kate Severns went 2-for-2 with Presley Cox crossing the plate for team's only run.

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TAGS: Unity softball team defeats Oakwood, Mahomet-Seymour suffers non-conference loss to BCC, Maroons win non-conference game on the road at Hoopeston

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.

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St. Joseph-Ogden 11, Fenton 4

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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