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Champaign Central and Rantoul were set to meet in Class 2A boys soccer regional semifinal Wednesday at Danville

Top-seeded Central was scheduled to play seventh-seeded Rantoul at 4 p.m.; the regional final is Friday

DANVILLE - Champaign Central, the top seed in the Class 2A Danville Regional, was scheduled to play seventh-seeded Rantoul in a boys soccer regional semifinal at 4 p.m. Wednesday at Danville High School, according to the Illinois High School Association bracket.

Rantoul reached the semifinal by beating ninth-seeded Lincoln 10-0 in a regional quarterfinal, the bracket shows. Fourth-seeded host Danville plays fifth-seeded Kankakee in the other semifinal at 6 p.m. Wednesday.

The two winners meet for the regional title at 4:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 23, at Danville. The regional champion advances to a sectional semifinal at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 27, at Washington, according to the IHSA.

Source: IHSA boys soccer Class 2A bracket, https://www.ihsa.org/sports/boys-soccer/state-series/brackets-v2/2A; IHSA scores, Oct. 21, https://www.ihsa.org/scores

Updated, Oct. 21, 2026: This story was updated after the Central-Rantoul game began and does not report a result.

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