Baseball Recap: Champaign Central Extends Winning Streak to 12

Maroons

Margin (Wins)

04/10/26 @ Urbana	23
04/28/26 vs Peoria	22
03/28/26 vs Springfield	22
04/28/26 vs Peoria	21
05/04/26 @ Centennial	20

Champaign Central had already won 11 in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 9.3 runs) and they went ahead and made it 12 on Saturday. They put the hurt on the Mt. Zion Braves with a sharp 8-2 victory. Considering the Maroons have won 21 games by more than five runs this season, Saturday's blowout was nothing new.

Champaign Central's win bumped their record up to 29-6. As for Mt. Zion, the loss snapped their winning streak at three games and leaves them with a 18-12 record.

Champaign Central does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Mt. Zion, they will challenge Mahomet-Seymour at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (the Braves 4, the Bulldogs 3.1) so any runs scored will be well earned.