CENTRAL ILLINOIS (WCIA) — Softball and baseball teams across the state claimed sectional and regional crowns on a busy Saturday.
Central’s Class 3A softball team claimed its first regional championship in 44 years with a 4-1 triumph against Mahomet Seymour. The Maroons are set to face Rochester at the Glenwood sectional on Wednesday at 4 p.m.
In Class 2A softball, Unity beat U-High 16-1 in the sectional final and will play Auburn in super sectionals at Millikin on Monday at 4:30 p.m.
A handful of WCIA 3 viewing area baseball teams were competing for hardware as well, here are Saturday’s results:
Sectional baseball scores
1A:
Salt Fork 8, GCMS 7
Pawnee 4, Casey Westfield 3
2A:
Monticello 3, Unity 2
SHG 4, Pleasant Plains 1
Teutopolis 5, Effingham St. Anthony 4
Regional baseball scores
3A:
Mt. Zion 14, Rochester 4
Central 10, Lincoln 0
Glenwood 4, Jacksonville 0
Mahomet-Seymour 10, Rantoul 0
Salem 8, Effingham 2
