Before the dressing and the feast, there is a time to pause and reflect, look at the year’s blessings and even give a little bit back. That is the setting for Thanksgiving in Oakwood this year. The Oakwood Area Food Pantry is hosting its first Turkey Trot on Nov. 28 […]
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The Blue Devils opened the season with back-to-back victories by margins of 38 and 30 points to open play in the Lady Falcon/Lady Bunny Tournament in Fisher. VG/H topped Iroquois West 59-21 on Monday and blitzed Fisher 66-36 on Tuesday. Aliya Holloman tallied 20 points in […]
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The Comets opened the season on Tuesday with a 58-35 triumph over Judah Christian in Champaign. The Comets led 20-4 after one quarter and expanded their lead into a final 23-point margin. Katelyn Young scored a game-high 26 points and was 6-for-6 from the free-throw line. […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com St. Joseph-Ogden’s girls’ basketball team opened the season with two wins in two nights this week and had different scoring leaders in each game. On Monday, the Spartans handed Fisher a 39-22 setback in the first round of the Lady Falcon/Lady Bunny Tournament at Fisher. Alyssa […]
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Heritage Eighth-Grade Girls *results submitted by Heritage Coach Heritage started this week with back-to-back overtime losses on successive nights. On Monday, Villa Grove nipped Heritage 33-29. Leah Black scored 14 points for Heritage. Bella Crafton led Villa Grove with nine points. On Tuesday, Prairieview Ogden dealt […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The St. Joseph Middle School seventh-grade boys’ basketball team started the season off with five consecutive wins. Three different squad members have led the team in scoring during the early-season contests. Tanner Siems scored eight points in a 35-22 win over Oakwood. Against Tuscola, in a […]
The following St. Joseph-Ogden Athletes received their Varsity Letters for their 2019-2020 fall sport contributions. St. Joseph-Ogden Football Ross Booker, Sr. Payton Cain, Sr. Trevon Carr, Sr. Max Chatterton, Sr. Brendan Cooperider, Sr. Drew Coursey, Sr. Blake Dable, Sr. Tristan Fuqua, Sr. Conner Hodge, Sr. Chance Izard, Sr. Jordan Kelly, […]
BY DANI TIETZ dani@sjodaily.com The Champaign County Forest Preserve District is ready to develop a five-year strategic plan that will take its vision into 2025. But first, they are looking for input from their constituents in Champaign County. The process, which began in the fall of 2018, will come to […]
BY DANI TIETZ dani@sjodaily.com Poetry is and always has been something seen, something felt, something observed in a way that sometimes seems quite literal, but with a surprising twist that only a poet can bring to life. The CU Poetry groups’ first anthology, “Crows on a Line” is no different. […]
BY DANI TIETZ dani@sjodaily.com St. Nick may need to take off a few pounds before eating millions of cookies on Christmas Eve. But, you may not be able to find the jolly ol’ man at the St. Joe Santa 5k on Dec. 21. Hundreds of runners are expected to show […]
