ARLINGTON HEIGHTS — The Urbana Uni High doubles team of Alex Mestre and Edo Roth advanced to the quarterfinals of the IHSA state tourney Friday before finally losing.

It took the top-seeded duo to end their winning ways. It took a tiebreaker to decide the first set, too, as the Illineks tandem refused to go down without a fight.

TUSCOLA — Sophomore Broc Smith, from Tuscola, left last week's News-Gazette Honor Roll meet as the winner of the 200-meter dash. A day later, he learned his time was a meet record.

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SCHLARMAN BOYS' TRACK AND FIELD

With 10 of 11 squad members who competed scoring points, Hilltoppers went from last in the Vermilion Valley Conference the past three years to first place. Jesse Hahne set a record in the 1,600 meters (4:30.9), and Andrew Kelly (high jump) and John O'Brien (3,200) were also triumphant.

Baseball

Unity 6, Monticello 4. AUSTIN FENDER outdueled Monticello's JACOB WILLIAMS, picking up the win in a three-hit, 10-strikeout effort while pitching around four errors. The Sages made three errors behind Williams, who allowed four hits and struck out 11. CONNOR GRACE had an RBI double for the Rockets.