Subfreshman Sarah Vaughen finished first Saturday at the Illinois Elementary School Association sectional meet at Paxton-Buckley-Loda, qualifying her for the IESA state championship meet in Normal next Saturday. Vaughen ran the two-mile course in a time of 13 minutes, 4 seconds, outpacing the field of 51 runners.

The subfreshman boys will face second-seeded Champaign St. Matthew on Thursday night in the Class 8-2A Regional 4 title game. Uni has already won two regional games, including an 11-point upset of No. 1 seed Chrisman Scottland. The championship game is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m.

Led by top scorer Jamie Blue, the Uni girls defeated Judah Christian 27-20 Monday in the opening round of the eighth-grade regional playoffs — the first time a subbie girls basketball team won a regional game. On Tuesday the girls almost outdid themselves, nearly pulling off a huge comeback win against top-seeded St. Matthew.

Jamie Blue scored 20 points but the subfreshman girls basketball team fell to Thomasboro 38-35 in overtime Thursday. With the loss, the girls are 4-4 on the season.

The subfreshman girls basketball team defeated Gifford 28-21 Monday to raise its season record to 4-3. Jamie Blue was the team's high scorer with 14 points.

The subfreshman girls basketball team defeated Ludlow 33-11 Tuesday to raise its season record to 3-3. Jamie Blue was the team's high scorer with 14 points.