Soccer
The Monmouth-Roseville Titans welcomed their old rivals, the Peoria Christian Chargers, for senior night at Pattee Fields in Monmouth. The Chargers rained on Monmouth-Roseville’s night, slipping in a goal with just 44 seconds to play to post a 3-2 victory. The goal came on a loose ball following a long flip throw by the Chargers, who also used that same formula to score the first goal of the game with 17 minutes to play. M-R’s Yvann Omanda scored both of Monmouth-Roseville’s goals in a four-minute span to put the Titants ahead 2-1 with 11:35 remaining. The Chargers tied the score at the 5:25 mark when they sent a free kick into the box and it was headed into the goal by the Titans as they tried to clear the ball. In the scoreless first half, PC held a 6-5 edge in shots. The final total saw Christian with a 14-11 edge. Following the match, which was M-R’s last home date of the season, a ceremony was held not only for the seniors but for M-R coach Aaron Sikorski, who has led the Titans for all 13 seasons of varsity soccer at the high school. He is stepping down from his coaching post at the end of the season. Now 10-6-2 on the season, M-R plays its next match at Galesburg on Thursday. We’ll have that one on the air as well. Our AM 1330/FM 94.1 WRAM pregame show will start at 4:15.
The Macomb Bomber soccer team lost 5-0 to Quincy Notre Dame in Quincy.
Volleyball
The Monmouth-Roseville Titans welcomed the Farmington Farmer to Monmouth-Roseville High School for a non-conference match. The Titans got a 25-20, 25-17 win over the Lady Farmers. The Titan’s Carly Gillen led everyone in kills with nine. She also recorded two blocks. Ryley Huston served five points, with two of those being aces. Delaney Woodard handed out 20 assists and had seven digs. Mattie Gillen led the Titans in digs, with nine. Monmouth-Roseville is now (13-7) overall.
It was a full night of volleyball in the Lincoln Trail Conference. The Princeville Lady Princes and Mercer County Golden Eagles remain tied for the league lead at (4-0) after both getting victories. Princeville beat Williamsfield 25-18, 25-22 and Mercer County knocked off Stark County 25-21, 25-21. West Central fell to Annawan 25-19, 25-19. Ridgewood defeated Wethersfield 25-16, 25-21 and finally, it was Galva over ROWVA 26-24, 25-19.
The Abingdon-Avon Tornadoes lost to Lewistown 25-19, 25-18 in a Prairieland Conference cross-division match up. Brimfield beat Knoxville in a Prairieland North Division contest, 25-21, 30-28.
Tennis
Galesburg beat Macomb 6-3 in high school girls tennis in Galesburg. Madeline Macgregor got the lone single win for Macomb. She teamed with Lauren Hall for a doubles win. Jane Hostert and Sanjana Babu got the other win for Macomb. Galesburg took five singles wins. Kennedi Davis, Camellia Schwartzman, Camryn Anderson, Gwendolyn Allison and Amanda Castellano were victorious. Castellano and Anderson got a doubles win for Galesburg as well.
Junior High
The Monmouth-Roseville Titan 7th grade girls basketball team defeated ROWVA 28-16 in Oneida. Leading scorers for the Titans were Brianna Woodard with 10 points. Mia Reynolds, Milley Sage, and Sophie Russell each scored 4 points. Tatianna Talivaa, Emily Gunn, and Adriana Blackman each had 2 points. The 8th grade Lady Titans completed a sweep on the night, winning 31-21. Leading the scoring for the Titans was Natalie Boyd with 9pts. Elise Blaesing, Gracie Oma, and Meredith Gonzalez each had 5 points. Ashya Bates with 3pts. Rounding out the scoring with a basket each was La Shaya McCutcheon and Brianna Woodard.
