Softball
Saturday's prep highlights: Centennial's Martin tosses gem
In baseball
■ Rantoul 4-10, Kankakee 1-4. CORD CHURCH (two hits, RBI) and CHRIS DEAVILLE (two RBI) lifted the Eagles in Game 1. KOLTON VERMILLION had three doubles and five RBI in Game 2, TANNER McLAIN adding two hits and two RBI.
Friday's prep highlights: Stewart, Acklin lift SJ-O
In baseball
■ SJ-O 9, PBL 4. Jake Stewart went 3 for 3 with two runs and three RBI for visiting St. Joseph-Ogden, which received two doubles and one triple from Louis Acklin. Jonah Wilson had three hits for Paxton-Buckley-Loda.
Thursday's prep highlights: Centennial baseball tops Urbana
In baseball
■ Centennial 13, Urbana 3. Centennial took advantage of defensive struggles by Urbana to dart out to a 10-0 lead after two innings thanks to a nine-run second inning and never looked back in a Big 12 road win during Centennial’s conference opener at Prairie Park that lasted six innings.
Wednesday's highlights: Tabb shines for A-L/A-H
In softball
■ A-L/A-H 16, Martinsville 1. Ashley Tabb (double, RBI) went 4 for 5 and struck out eight, leading Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond in a five-inning game against host Martinsville.
Tuesday's highlights: Tarrant pitches in for M-S
In baseball
■ St. Joseph-Ogden 1, PBL 0. Hunter Hart struck out 14 while throwing a no-hitter, outdueling freshman Jonathon Walder to lead the Spartans to a home win. SJ-O scored the game’s lone run in the third when Josh Poulter stole two bases and reached home on Jordan Buhs’ single.
Teams of the Week: Salt Fork softball enjoys 5-0 week
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SALT FORK SOFTBALL
The Storm (5-1) enjoyed a 5-0 week thanks to an offensive attack that generated 75 hits — Camaryn Todd had more than 10 — including home runs by Lea Hall (three) and Emilie McFadden (two). Peyton Meade won three of the games, one by shutout.
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G-RF/CHRISMAN BOYS’ TRACK AND FIELD
AOTW: M-S' Roney, Heritage's Sanderson
Andrew Roney
Mahomet-Seymour, Senior
Track and field
Recently: Became the seventh area athlete in history to clear 15 feet in the pole vault, winning the Harold Jester Meet at that height.
In your own words: “I don’t feel like it’s that high yet. I feel like I’m going low. I’m definitely not satisfied — 15 feet is not where I want to be yet.”
Monday's highlights: Chalifoux paces Central soccer
In baseball
■ Urbana 14, Kankakee 4. Michael Thompson drove in five runs and Brian Summers had three hits, three runs and two RBI for the Tigers in a road victory.
Friday's prep highlights: Bloch-Jones breaks mark in high jump
In track & field
■ At Arthur. In the 11-team girls’ meet, KANDIE BLOCH-JONES of Argenta-Oreana won the high jump with a leap of 5 feet, 11 inches.
That mark ties the third highest in state history and sets an area record in the event that had stood for 27 years.
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