Monday's prep highlights: Rantoul baseball, Fisher softball, Central soccer win big
Mar. 25—In baseball
Three hits from — including a triple — helped the Chargers secure a road win over the Panthers (2-2) in nonconference play, with adding a double among two hits of his own to help the winning cause. racked up eight strikeouts in four innings on the bump for the Chargers (1-3), with 's three-hit effort leading the Panthers.
Two hits apiece from , and helped the Maroons (4-2) tackle the Cornjerkers (1-3) in a nonconference game, with adding a double and seven strikouts in five innings of work on the mound.
and teamed up to shut down the Vikings (0-1) as the Bulldogs (2-1) collected an emphatic road victory. Leading the charge among Mahomet-Seymour's 12-hit effort were and , who each collected doubles among two hits apiece.
's two-run, two-hit, three-RBI effort included a home run as the Eagles (2-0) secured a road win over the Blue Devils (1-2), with chipping in three runs and two hits and adding two runs and two hits to help the winning cause. Reichenbach fanned seven batters in six innings of work on the mound, while had the lone hit for the Blue Devils.
's three-inning, two-strikeout, two-walk effort on the mound led the Rockets (2-1) to a nonconference win agains the host Comets (1-3), with Brayden Henry collecting two hits and swiping a pair of bases and driving in a pair of runs to lead Unity's offense. struck out six batters in five innings of work for Oakwood.
The Tigers (2-0) went on the road and combined for 18 hits before returning home with a nonconference win, with hitting a home run and a double to lead the offensive charge. , and added two hits apiece to help the winning cause.
In softball
Fifteen hits helped the Maroons (1-0) cruise to a nonconference win in Decatur, with hitting a double and a triple and adding a double to lead the offensive charge. Ten different Maroons collected hits over the course of the victory.
had a triple among four hits and hit a home run as part of a three-hit, four-RBI effort to lead the Bunnies (1-1) past the Panthers in a nonconference game. had the lone hit for Paxton-Buckley-Loda (1-2).
fanned 10 batters in seven innings of work in the circle, yielding just six hits throughout a comfortable nonconference win for the Buffaloes (2-3) over the Titans (0-3).
Five strikeouts from over the course of a complete game led the Spartans (1-3) past the Comets (2-3), while and had two hits apiece and drove in three runs to round out the winning effort. led Oakwood with three hits.
Home field advantage worked in favor of the Tigers (4-0), who downed the Hawks (0-2) thanks to a seven-run first inning and six runs in the second frame. and hit doubles for Westville, which also received four innings of eight-strikeout ball from .
In girls' soccer
A commanding win for the Maroons (1-0) was keyed by three goals from , two scores apiece from and and additional strikes from and . Schulze added three assists for the host Maroons, while chipped in a pair of assists of her own.
A penalty kick goal from and a score from off an assist from Schroeder made the difference for Urbana (1-0), which relied on 15 saves from en route to a nonconference win against the Conquering Riders (2-2). scored the lone goal for the Conquering Riders.
In boys' track and field
A four-team meet hosted by Hoopeston Area went in favor of Bismarck-Henning/Rossville-Alvin, which scored 80 points to best the Cornjerkers (43), Heritage (12) and Armstrong-Potomac (11). BHRA's individual winners were (100 meter dash, 11.68 seconds and 200 dash, 23.79), (high hump, 1.58 meters), (long jump, 6.01), (shot put, 13.07 and discus, 38.99). Hoopeston Area's winners included (400 dash, 53.05), (800 run, 2:12.82 and 1600 run, 5:25.22) and (3200 run, 11:47.91).
In girls' track and field
Bismarck-Henning/Rossville-Alvin scored 80 points to win a four-team meet against host Hoopeston Area (20), Heritage (20) and Armstrong-Potomac (19), with winning the 200 meter dash (30.74 seconds), winning the 400 dash (1:08.29) and long jump (4.67 meter), Aleah Potter winning the 1600 run (5:54.24) and 3200 run (12:34.86), winning the 100 hurdles (18.88) and 300 hurdles (1:00.36) and winning the shot put (7.85 meters). Heritage scored individual wins in the 100 dash (, 13.77) and triple jump (, 9.46).
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