Saturday’s preseason highlights: Ault storms into Prairie Central’s record books | sport

In football

Prairie Central 49, Mistress 15. The Hawks (4-3) are now heading into the postseason and need a win in the final two weeks of the regular season to remain eligible for the playoffs. Hudson Ault posted 64 rushing yards and a touchdown on 16 carries, becoming Prairie Central’s all-time leading rusher. He currently has 3,046 rushing yards, a record Russell TaylorRecord from 2001. Dalton Steidinger was efficient as a quarterback, completing 10 of 14 passes to six different receivers for 161 yards and four touchdowns, adding 51 rushing yards on just two carries. Caiden Schultz ran five times for 58 yards and a score. Zach Bull And Want scale Combined, they led the receiving core with 98 yards rushing, with skala reaching the end zone once.

Salt Fork 48, Georgetown-Ridge Farm/Chrisman 0. The Storm (5:2) officially punched their ticket to the playoffs after their first shutout of the season against the Buffaloes (1:6). Jameson Remole, Zayden Bromley And Came Keller Each came away with an interception and led the Salt Fork defensive effort. Remole passed for 57 yards on offense and added a 25-yard touchdown run. Payton Hageman made the most of his three runs, rushing for 51 yards and two touchdowns. Ian Church added 61 rushing yards and two more touchdowns on six carries.

In volleyball

Paxton-Buckley-Loda classic

The wise men come second. After winning the Gold Pool with a record of 2-1, Monticello (14-12) fell to Lexington 25-20, 26-24 in a competitive championship game. Mady Melton And Addison Finet earned the Sages All-Tournament Team honors. Melton had 57 digs and eight aces and Finet had 52 assists and seven aces. Arthur-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond (19-7) took a 2-1 lead in the Blue Pool and settled for fourth place after losing the consolation game to Beecher 25-18, 25-16. Alayna Plank led the Knights with their all-tournament team performance of 54 assists and 18 digs. Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley (14-9) also won two games on the day, with Macie Lindelof And Sophia Ray Formed the All-Tournament Team. Aubrey Busboom And Ellie Dirks made the All-Tournament team for Paxton-Buckley-Loda (9-14), winning a game.

In boys soccer

Jacksonville Tournament

The Vikings end with a win. After losses to Bloomington and Jacksonville, Danville (7-10-4) edged Lincoln 2-1 to take third place in the two-day tournament. Addison Underwood And TJ Foreman scored in victory, with Rylan Anderson And Mauricio Arvizu Recording aids. goalie Gabe Bandeen made 37 saves in three games.

Non-tournament

Centennial 7, Rantoul/Paxton-Buckley-Loda 1. The Chargers (10-7-2) were strong, scoring five goals in the first half against the Eagles (5-10-4). Isaac Ramos scored the first three goals of the game in the first 20 minutes, leading the offensive attack. There were also points for Centennial Charlie Wixson, Jake Geissler, Eustach Nakakula And Sacre Ngyaba. Lucas Pianfetti scored two assists, followed by Tyler Luchinski, Beni Kavunvula, Alexis Perez And Erwin Fogurora with one per piece.

Watseka/Milford 1, Reed Custer 1. Lost 1-0 after the first half, David Bell scored the Warriors’ (16-4-1) only goal, tying the game. Jason Moore saved a season-high 10 shots to limit Reed-Custer’s scoring output.

In girls swimming and diving

At Urbana. Mahomet-Seymour continued his historic season with victory in the nine-team Tiger Invite, highlighted by four program records. Bella Almaroad beat her own 1-meter diving record by 31 points with a score of 346.30. Talynn O’Donnell improved her 100-yard freestyle record by four hundredths of a second, winning with a time of 53.47 seconds. O’Donnell, Lainey Howard, Caroline Mills And Raegan O’Donnell set a new 200 freestyle relay mark of 1:40.95 to secure the win. Karsyn Johnson replaced Howard on the record-setting and winning 400-meter freestyle relay team (3:43.93). Other wins for the Bulldogs included Raegan O’Donnell in the 50m freestyle (24.47) and 500m freestyle (5:17.23), Talynn O’Donnell in the 200m freestyle (1:58.53) and Johnson over 100m backstroke (1:02.69). ). Centennial finished comfortably in third place as a team, followed by Uni High in fifth, Urbana in seventh, St. Thomas More in eighth and Danville in ninth. Sofia Marquez took first place for the Chargers in the 100 butterfly (1:01.50), making him the region’s only other event winner.

In boys’ cross-country skiing

At Metamora. Champaign Central Caleb Mathias and Mahomet-Seymours Augustus Gaudio fought for the top spot at the Runnin’ Red Invitational. They both ended up behind Glenbard South Thomas Jochumbut Mathias grabbed second place with a time of 14 minutes and 47.0 seconds and Gaudio’s 14:58.4 was enough for third place. But the Bulldogs were able to prevail as a team and also finished in sixth place Henry McMurry (15:03.7) placed second overall, while the Maroons placed 13th. Rantoul finished 15th out of 23 teams, led by Eli Neitzel in the 53rd (16:29.5).

In girls cross country

At Metamora. Unit Emily Decker And Mackenzie pounds With times of 17:25.1 and 17:54.1, they placed second and fourth, well ahead of all other area runners at the Runnin’ Red Invitational. However, the Rockets settled for seventh place, two placement points behind Mahomet-Seymour in sixth place. The Bulldogs were at the top Emily Anand in the 16th (18:40.3) and Cecily Smith in the 19th (19:00.4). Champaign Central placed 14th as a team Maria Buzing46th place (19:57.7) led the way. Rantoul finished 23rd of 23, led by Olivia Hunt in the 91st (21:04.7).

In girls’ tennis

Vikings runner-up in Big 12 Tournament. After her Big 12 Conference championship, she ranked No. 1 in partnered doubles Reese Rundle on Friday, Danville’s Anna Houpt captured another No. 1 singles title. Rundle was one win away from matching Houpt’s achievement and took second place in the individual. Aliya Morgan, Samantha Brown, Maya Towne And Lexi Foley Each took third place in their respective class. The Vikings finished second as a team, just five points behind Normal Community.