Hall’s Landen Plym places 13th at state golf: Saturday’s NewsTribune roundup

BOYS GOLF

At Bloomington: Hall senior Landen Plym capped his high school career by tying for 13th place in the IHSA Class 1A state tournament at Prairie Vista Golf Course.

Plym shot a 3-over par 75 in the second round Saturday to finish with a two-day total of 151. Plym had 13 pars and a birdie in Saturday’s round.

Riverdale’s Aidan Dorathy won the individual title with a 143, while Effingham St. Anthony claimed the team title with a 612.

Bureau Valley junior Wyatt Novotny tied for 23rd with a 157, Henry-Senachwine junior Carson Rowe tied for 50th with a 166 and Henry junior Jacob Miller tied for 76th with a 174.

GIRLS GOLF

At Decatur: Fieldcrest senior Jessica Schultz tied for 30th in the IHSA Class 1A state tournament at Red Tail Run Golf Course.

Schultz shot a 14-over-par 86 in Saturday’s second round to finish with a two-day score of 170.

BOYS SOCCER

Princeton 3, Serena 0: Chase Sims scored a hat trick to lead the No. 6-seeded Tigers to a victory over the No. 4 Huskers in a Class 1A Serena Regional semifinal in Serena.

Princeton (4-11-5) advances to play No. 1 Mendota (20-2-1) in the regional championship at 4 p.m. Tuesday.

Mendota 6: DePue-Hall 0: Cesar Casas scored two goals and had an assist Friday to lead the No. 1-seeded Trojans to a victory over the No. 7 Little Giants in a Class 1A Serena Regional semifinal in Serena.

Mauricio Martinez, Isaac Diaz, Johan Cortes and Sam Matura each scored a goal for Mendota (20-2-1), which advances to the regional final at 4 p.m. Tuesday against No. 6 Princeton.

GIRLS SWIMMING

At Aurora: Sam Nauman broke two program records as the La Salle-Peru co-op placed eighth among 11 teams at Metea Valley’s Mustang Invite.

Nauman broke the record in the 200-yard individual medley in 2:11.9 to win the event and set a new record in the 100 backstroke in 58.72 to place second.

The Cavaliers’ 200 medley relay of Nauman, Emma Short, Finley Jobst and Anna Weitl placed sixth in 2:01.79 and the 400 freestyle relay of Short, Lillian Clayton, Addisyn Budnick and Clara Weitl finished seventh in 4:18.92.

VOLLEYBALL

At Bartonville: La Salle-Peru went 2-3 at the Limestone Classic.

The Cavaliers beat IVC (25-19, 14-25, 15-13) and Richwoods (25-22, 25-15) and lost to Mahomet-Seymour (25-16, 25-16), Limestone (25-11, 26-24) and Geneseo (21-25, 25-20, 15-11).

Aubrey Duttlinger had 48 kills and five blocks for L-P (25-5), while Ava Currie had 25 kills and 10 blocks, Emma Jereb had 72 assists and Callie Mertes added 51 digs and 41 points.

Duttlinger and Currie were named to the all-tournament team.

At Mendota: The host Spikers placed seventh in their own Mendota Rally Invite.

In pool play, Mendota lost to Winnebago (25-20, 25-13) and Annawan (25-13, 25-15) and split with Streator (25-15, 19-25).

In the seventh-place match, the Spikers defeated Putnam County 25-18, 26-27, 25-15.

Laylie Denault had 38 kills for Mendota, while Ava Eddy had 33 digs and Ella Martin had 43 assists.

In pool play, the Panthers lost to Rockford Christian (25-9, 25-10) and Forreston (25-15, 25-8) and split with Peoria Christian (25-21, 19-25).

Rockford Christian won the tournament with a 25-12, 19-25, 25-15 victory over Forreston in the championship.

CROSS COUNTRY

At Sycamore: The La Salle-Peru boys placed fourth in the Interstate 8 Conference Meet, led by Adam Kasperski, who finished 15th in 16:25.6.

In the girls race, L-P’s Kiely Domyancich was 24th as the Cavaliers finished sixth.

At Peoria: Henry-Midland’s Daniella Bumber ran a 19:08.2 to place an area-best 18th among 260 runners in Peoria Heights’ Patriot Invite at Detweiller Park.

Other top 100 runners from the area were Princeton’s Ruby Acker (45th, 19:58) and Alexandra Waca (86th, 21:25.8) and Bureau Valley’s Gemma Moore (21:44.8).

Princeton placed 19th among the 34 teams, while Henry-Midland was 27th and Bureau Valley was 28th.

In the boys race, Princeton’s Augustus Swanson was the top area finisher as he placed 28th among 284 runners in 16:29.7.

Other top 100 runners were Bureau Valley’s Alexander Gallardo (87th, 17:33.3) and Maddox Moore (93rd, 17:39.1) and Hall’s Jeremy Smith (91st, 17:38.1)

At Pecatonica: The Amboy co-op boys placed second in the Northwest Upstate Illini Conference Meet behind two top-10 finishers.

Henry Nichols placed fifth in 17:47.6 to lead the Clippers, while Atticus Horner was 10th in 18:41.84.

Amboy scored 66 points to finish behind East Dubuque (30).

In the girls race, Amboy finished fourth.

Addison Pertell (24:30) and Natalie Pratt (24:46) finished 10th and 11th, respectively, for Amboy.

At Eureka: Fieldcrest senior Caleb Krischel placed 10th in the Heart of Illinois Conference Meet, running the 3-mile course in 16:20.3.

In the girls race, Macy Gochanour led the Knights by finishing 21st in 21:57.19.

FOOTBALL

Amboy co-op 50, West Central 8: The Clippers rolled to an Illinois 8-Man Football Association West victory Friday in Biggsville.

Amboy co-op is 7-1.

Bloomington Central Catholic 28, St. Bede 3: The Bruins scored the game’s first points on a 35-yard field goal by Ryan Soliman but the Saints scored the final 28 as St. Bede lost in a nonconference game Friday in Bloomington.

Gino Ferrari completed 9-of-18 passes for 74 yards and ran for 24 yards on eighth attempts for the Bruins (1-7).

Erie-Prophetstown 37, Mendota 7: The Trojans fell to 0-8 with a Three Rivers Conference crossover loss Friday in Mendota.

Mendota trailed 6-0 after one quarter, 18-0 at halftime and 37-0 in the fourth quarter before getting on the scoreboard with a 68-yard pass from Aden Tillman to Rhett Watson with 5:30 left.

Tillman finished 8-of-17 passing for 109 yards while running for 51 yards on 13 carries.

Macomb 41, Bureau Valley 7: The Storm lost a Lincoln Trail/Prairieland Conference Large Division game Friday in Macomb to fall to 3-5 overall and 2-4 in league play.

Tuscola 43, Fieldcrest 0: The Knights suffered a Heart of Central Illinois Conference Small Division loss Friday in Tuscola.

Fieldcrest is 1-7.