SATURDAY’S RESULTS
Boys Basketball
IHSAA Semi-State
Class 1A
Lafayette Jefferson: North Vermillion 63, Monroe Central 55
Lafayette Jefferson: Triton 51, North Vermillion 45 (Championship)
Class 2A
Southport: Parke Heritage 44, Triton Central 38
Southport: Parke Heritage 66, Linton-Stockton 53 (Championship)
Baseball
Arcola 5, Oakwood 4
Robinson 11, Westville 2
Westville 11, Carmi-White County 9
Rantoul 5, Danville 1
Softball
Oakwood-Schlarman 7, Armstrong-Potomac 3
Oakwood-Schlarman 7, Georgetown-Ridge Farm 4
Armstrong-Potomac 6, Georgetown-Ridge Farm 3
Meridian 4, BHRA 3
Charleston 8, BHRA 7
Danville 4, Salt Fork 0
Donovan 8, Hoopeston Area 7
Rantoul 9, GCMS 3
St. Joseph-Ogden 7, Marion 3
Belleville East 9, St. Joseph-Ogden 2
Bruceton 10, Unity 3
Stewart County 3, Unity 1
Track & Field
Urbana Gene Armer Invitational (at U of I)
Boys: 1. Olney 50.5, T10. Danville 21, 18. BHRA 14, 26. Unity 7, T30. Salt Fork 4, 34. Oakwood 2
Girls: 1. Belleville East 57, 4. Danville 41.33, 17. Villa Grove 15, T21. Salt Fork 8, 23. Oakwood 6
(Area Top 5 Finishers)
Girls 60m Hurdles: 4. Jhe’Nyi Parker (Danville) 7.87
Girls 800m: 3. Taylor Wells (Oakwood) 2:28.84
Girls 4x200m Relay: 2. Danville (Esther, Brown, Shaw, Parker) 1:43.97
Boys 4x200m Relay: 2. Danville (Jackson, Little, Anderson, Littlepaige) 1:32.96, 5. BHRA (Davis, Cunningham, High, Cahill)
Girls 1600m: 2. Callie Richardson (Salt fork) 5:32.62
Boys 1600m: 4. Camden Fairbanks (Unity) 4:32.67
Girls 200m: 1. Jamia Esther (Danville) 24.71
Boys 200m: 1. D’Mario Jackson (Danville) 21.91, 4. Mason Cunningham (BHRA) 23.05
Girls Pole Vault: 1. Samantha Brown (Danville) 3.75m
Boys Shot Put: 4. Conner Powell (BHRA) 15.11m, 5. Maddax Stine (Salt Fork) 15.10m
Girls Long Jump: 4. Baylee Martin (Villa Grove) 5.14m
Girls High Jump: 2. Evalice Callison (Villa Grove) 1.60m
Girls Triple Jump: 2. Samantha Brown (Danville) 10.43m
Paris, Rantoul at Mt. Zion Indoor Meet (Area Top 5 Finishers)
Girls 60m Hurdles: 3. Aubreyanna Thompson (Rantoul) 9.26, 5. Abby Clodfelder (Paris) 10.08
Boys 200m: 3. Matthew Hardwell (Rantoul) 23.55
Boys 1600m: 4. Harrison Hays (Paris) 4:36.65
Boys 3200m: 1. Harrison Hays (Paris) 9:43.12
Boys High Jump: 1. Dawson Rogers (Paris) 2.01m
Girls High Jump: 1. Keagan Noel (Paris) 1.68m, 5. Laniece Johnson (Rantoul) 1.55m
Boys Long Jump: 4. Trey’Veonte Mendoza-Chapple (Rantoul) 6.37m
Girls Long Jump: 4. Ahliya Cosby-Smith (Rantoul) 5.09m
Boys Shot Put: 1. Drake East (Paris) 15.75m
Girls Shot Put: 2. Sadie Sallee (Paris) 11.01m
Girls 4x800m Relay: 4. Paris (Barrett, Clodfelder, Lankster, Rogers) 12:15.21
Bloomington Girls Indoor Invitational (St. Joseph-Ogden Varsity Top 5 Finishers)
Girls 800m: 5. Grace Bressner 2:26.15
PBL at Clinton (at Illinois Wesleyan) (Girls) (No Results Reported as of 12:15 a.m. CDT on 03/22/26)
Boys Tennis
Triad Tournament (Incomplete Results Reported as of 12:15 a.m. CDT on 03/22/26)
Triad JV 3, Paris 2
Girls Soccer
Illinois Valley Central 8, Rantoul 0
Charleston def. Danville via forfeit (St. Teresa Tournament)
Men’s College Basketball
Illinois 76, Virginia Commonwealth 55 (NCAA Tournament)
NJCAA Tournament
7th Place: Lansing 104, Johnson County 93
5th Place: Pima 98, Des Moines Area 81
3rd Place: Danville Area 75, Iowa Central 63
Championship: Parkland 76, Ellsworth 68
Women’s College Basketball
Illinois 66, Colorado 57 (NCAA Tournament)
College Baseball
Illinois 12, Rutgers 6
Purdue 2, Penn State 1
John Wood 9, Danville Area 4
Danville Area 13, John Wood 4
College Softball
Northwestern 19, Illinois 5 F/5
Purdue 7, Oregon 4
Parkland 6, Danville Area 3
Parkland 8, Danville Area 5
College Track & Field
USF Alumni Invitational (Purdue Top 5 Finishers)
Men’s High Jump: 3. Bode Gilkerson 2.10m
Women’s Triple Jump: 2. Blessing Gideon 12.83m
Men’s Discus Throw: 2. Seamus Malaski 54.97m, 3. Joel Gates 54.29m
Women’s High Jump: 2. Amarianna Lofton 1.75m
Women’s 4×100 Relay: 3. Purdue (Wilson, Palmer, Odiase, Cooper, Dace) 43.99
Women’s 100 Dash: 3. Ashley Odiase 11.55, 4. Marissa Palmer 11.58, 5. Nia Wilson 11.61
Women’s 4×400 Relay: 1. Purdue (Smith, Palmer, Odiase, Clay) 3:34.73
Men’s 4×400 Relay: 4. Purdue (Coleman, Achakpoekri, Mylenek, Greene, Czajkowski) 3:07.41
College Wrestling
NCAA Championships
133: Lucas Byrd – (Illinois)
Seventh-place match: [13] Jacob Van Dee (NEB) dec. [7] Lucas Byrd (ILL), TB-1 6-5
Byrd placed eighth.
157: Kannon Webster – (Illlinois)
Cons. Semifinals: [1] PJ Duke (PSU) dec. [7] Kannon Webster (ILL), 7-3
Fifth-place match: [7] Kannon Webster (ILL) over [11] Ty Watters (WVU), medical forfeit
Webster placed fifth.
165: Joey Blaze – (Purdue)
Conso. Semifinals: #4 Nicco Ruiz (Arizona State) – L, D 2-1
5th Place Match: #13 Andrew Sparks (Minnesota) – L, Injury Default
Blaze placed sixth
Women’s College Golf
Florida State Match Up
Teams: 1. Florida State (-9) 567, 6. Illinois (+21) 597
Illinois Golfers in the Top 50: T9. Anna Ritter (+1) 145, 18. Brielle Mapanao (+3) 147, T35. Alexis Myers (+9) 153, T35. Victoria Zheng (+9) 153, T35. Erica Lee (+9) 153, T41. Kylie Eaton (+10) 154 (Individual)
Danville Area at Great Lakes Intercollegiate at Terre Haute, IN (No Results Reported as of 12:15 a.m. CDT on 03/22/26)
Women’s College Tennis
Illinois 4, Purdue 1