In baseball, Pontiac rallied from a five-run deficit to force extra inning but the comeback was squandered in a 9-7 loss to St. Thomas More in an Illini Prairie Conference game at Williamson Field.
Prairie Central’s 11-game winning streak was snapped in a 2-1 loss to Monticello.
Eureka rolled past Lexington, 20-4, at Keller Park. Ridgeview was shutout by Blue Ridge, 11-0.
In softball, Pontiac’s tandem of Amanda Fox and Regan Krause combined on a one-hit shutout in a 15-0, five-inning win over St. Thomas More.
Prairie Central walked off with a 5-4 win over Monticello on Amber Graf’s run-scoring double in the eighth inning.
LeRoy topped Fieldcrest, 7-1. Carly Warlow drove in three runs with three hits and did not allow an earned run.
Lexington got four hits, including a homerun and four runs batted in from Raelyn Payne in a 9-2 win over Eureka.
The Chicago Cubs extend their winning streak to five with a 3-2 win over Colorado. Rookie Luke Farrell got his first Major League win with an inning of scoreless relief.
The St. Louis Cardinals open a seven-game homestand on Tuesday night with their first interleague matchup of the season. The Cardinals host the White Sox who also had Monday off.
Former Illinois State Redbird and Normal West standout Brock Stewart made his first appearance of the season for the Dodgers last night. He gave up a run in 1 2/3 innings of relief in L.A.’s 8-5 loss at Arizona.
Former Bloomington guard Ilijah Donnelly is coming to Illinois State to play for Dan Muller’s Redbirds as a preferred walkon. Donnelly is transferring from Illinois-Springfield where he’s spent the last two years. Donnelly will have to sit out next season.
The Bloomington Edge is hosting a free high school football coaching clinic on Friday at the Chateau Hotel in Bloomington. The Central Illinois High School Recruiting Showcase will take place on Saturday at Normal Community High. More than a dozen schools, including Illinois State, will evaluate high school players who are interested in playing collegiately.
