BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Senior Elijah Harden scored a season-high 23 points – 12 in the fourth quarter – on Friday as Oakwood held off Westville 70-55 on the Tigers’ court. The Comets built a 33-16 halftime lead, but Westville cut its deficit to 42-35 entering the final period. Harden’s […]
Three Comets qualified for the Class 1A wrestling state tournament, including two at the two lowest weights: 106-pound freshman Reef Pacot and 113-pound junior Gage Reed. They will be joined at the UI State Farm Center by 132-pound sophomore Joe Lashuay. In Saturday’s Olympia Sectional, Pacot and Reed won their […]
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The three Spartans who qualified for Saturday’s Class 1A sectional at Stanford Olympia all won at least one match. Two of them earned berths at the state tournament, which starts on Thursday at the UI State Farm Center. A.J. Wagner (113 pounds) and Isaiah Immke (145 […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The Spartans moved closer to an undisputed Illini Prairie Conference championship after a Senior Night win at home on Friday over Chillicothe IVC, 60-54. The win helped SJ-O improve to 9-0 in IPC games with one league game remaining. Chance Izard posted 18 points, Ty Pence […]
Submitted by Morgan Memorial Home in Savoy Frederick W. “Rick” Sturts, 62, of Rantoul formerly of St. Joseph died at 11:33 a.m. Friday, February 14, 2020 at Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana. Visitation will be held from 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Thursday, February 20, 2020 at Morgan Memorial Home, Savoy […]
BY DANI TIETZ dani@sjodaily.com “Do you want fast or forever?” When Shawn Skinner and Kelly Miller joined dating sites in 2006, they weren’t sure they were looking for either. In fact, Shawn, who was recently divorced didn’t even want to join a dating site. “One of my best friends decided […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Even with a missed shot at the buzzer, the game ended for Royal Prairieview Ogden much better than it started on Thursday for the Mustangs. In the IESA Class 1A seventh-grade boys’ basketball state championship game at East Peoria, Lincoln West Broadwell held on to edge […]
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The regional drought continues for Villa Grove/Heritage. The Blue Devils dropped a 50-34 decision to St. Joseph-Ogden in Thursday’s Class 2A girls’ basketball regional finals on the Spartans’ court. The last regional crown for a Villa Grove girls’ basketball team came in 1999. For Heritage, the […]
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Oakwood’s girls’ basketball team learned a lesson that many programs, coaches and fans alike must accept this time of the year. A season seldom ends the way those associated with a program would hope, unless it’s with a championship-game victory. The Comets dropped a 50-47 decision […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com One set of statistics helps to paint the most accurate picture of the St. Joseph-Ogden girls’ basketball team this season. Ten squad members have led the team in scoring at least once. All 10 have also had games where they didn’t score a point. “All season […]
