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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Maroons stay perfect with four-inning rout over Peoria Lions

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Champaign Central's first-inning outburst rocks host Peoria in conference softball win.

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by Ben Robertson
The Sentinel

PEORIA — Champaign Central kept its unbeaten streak alive on Saturday afternoon, overpowering host Peoria 21-0 in a four-inning victory to improve to 8-0 on the season.

The Maroons set the tone early, scoring 10 runs in the opening frame and piling on six more in the second before closing out their scoring with five in the third. Central tallied 19 hits and 16 RBIs in the win, while eight players combined for eight stolen bases.

Senior shortstop Kaitlyn Helm led the offensive effort with a perfect 4-for-4 day at the plate, recording two triples and driving in multiple runs. Helm also crossed the plate four times.

Molly Kloeppel delivered a standout performance, driving in four runs on three hits, including a triple in the first inning and a two-run home run to center in the third. Kloeppel also tripled during the opening frame, contributing to the Maroons' early scoring burst.

Grace Bandy added a triple and a double, scoring multiple runs, while Maisie Bowers went 2-for-3 with a double and three RBIs. Bowers also earned the win in the circle, tossing three hitless innings and striking out five. Peoria was held without a hit across the abbreviated contest.

The Maroons’ first-inning outburst featured extra-base hits from Bandy, Helm, and Kloeppel, a walk drawn by Mya de la Cruz to bring in a run, and an RBI double from Bandy in her second at-bat of the inning. Central continued its production in the second inning with RBIs from Jaila Davis, Kennedy Hedrick, Helm, and Bowers.

Central sealed the win in the third with a six-hit inning, highlighted by Kloeppel’s homer and Bowers’ two-run double.

Champaign Central returns to action on Monday at Mattoon against the Green Wave to extend its perfect start to 9-0.

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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