BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Senior Katelyn Young scored all of her game-high 27 points in the first half on Monday as the Comets dispatched visiting Georgetown-Ridge Farm 54-11 in a Senior Night Vermilion Valley Conference game. Young hit 17 points in the opening quarter as Oakwood opened up a 25-5 […]
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Katie Cramer hit a three-pointer for the 14th consecutive game, but St. Joseph-Ogden girls’ basketball dropped a 47-29 decision at Mattoon on Tuesday in a makeup game. Mattoon built a 34-16 halftime lead and kept SJ-O off the free-throw line. The Spartans attempted just two free […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Ty Pence scored a career-high 25 points on Tuesday, leading the Spartans to their sixth consecutive Illini Prairie Conference win. Pence nailed four three-point shots in SJ-O’s 57-52 win at home over Monticello. The game marked the fourth time in the past six games that the […]
Moving into a new school for your senior year is not something many kids look forward to. But Dade Allinger, a transfer from Mahomet-Seymour High School, has embraced the opportunity to be at St. Joseph-Ogden High School this year. “At first, I thought it was going to be tough, but […]
BY DANI TIETZ dani@sjodaily.com At the time current administrators and teachers were preparing to work with students, vaping was not something they were expecting to face. At the time parents of today’s teenagers had their children, “juuling” wasn’t a term. In fact, while many of those educators were working towards […]
BY DANI TIETZ dani@sjodaily.com Coaches always talk about how a season is a marathon, not a sprint. Nothing could be truer with high school cheerleading. Like many squads, the Oakwood High School cheerleaders began the 2019-20 season in the heat of the summer. But unlike many other squads, they will […]
BY DANI TIETZ dani@sjodaily.com The Oakwood Community Education Foundation will host its annual “Comet Celebration for Education” fundraiser on March 7 at The Dragonfly at Sleepy Creek Vineyards at 6 p.m. The 2020 Celebration includes dinner provided by Encore Catering and live music by Oakwood alum David Howie. All proceeds […]
BY DANI TIETZ dani@sjodaily.com St. Joseph-Ogden’s Anastasia Conerty was not expecting to be chosen for the Illinois Music Association’s All-State Choir. She’s only a sophomore, after all. “It is so unlikely to get into State as a sophomore that many students accept the fact that they won’t get in,” Conerty […]
Don and Deanna Witzel, owner and operators of the Vermilion County (IL) McDonald’s have announced the expansion of a new location in Covington, Ind. The new store will be located on the west side of c and will be the seventh McDonald’s location for the Witzel family. Construction for the […]
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Kyleigh Block hit for a game-high 22 points Thursday night as Villa Grove/Heritage won its third game in a row with a 61-46 triumph at Arcola. Block netted eight of her points in the opening stanza as VG/H vaulted into a 17-6 lead. Three teammates joined […]
