BY DANI TIETZ dani@sjodaily.com A hand-knitted sweater, a hat made by grandma, a scarf that has been handed down through generations. At some point, wardrobes turned from the handmade to the store-bought. But here, in late 2019, there is a movement of people who want to experience the way yarn […]
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Spartan Soccer to play in semi-finals, Volleyball on seven-game win streak
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com St. Joseph-Ogden Football For the second week in a row, the Spartans were held to two touchdowns and lost an Illini Prairie Conference decision. Friday’s setback at home was against unbeaten Chillicothe IVC, 33-12, and leaves SJ-O (4-3) still one win from playoff eligibility. Brady Buss, […]
Sollers to play in IHSA Regional, Soccer advances to semi-final game
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The football battle between Vermilion Valley Conference unbeatens went to Bismarck-Henning/Rossville-Alvin. The Blue Devils (6-1 overall and 4-0 in the VVC) overpowered Oakwood 35-6 Friday night in Fithian. The lone score for the Comets came on a 52-yard run by Gaven Clouse in the second quarter. […]
Heritage Volleyball wins Lincoln Prairie Conference tournament, VGH Football playoff eligible
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Heritage Volleyball Heritage players pounded 37 kills Thursday night and avenged a loss to Okaw Valley with a 25-13, 21-25, 25-17 victory in the championship match of the first Lincoln Prairie Conference tournament at Kansas. The Hawks (24-4) have won 11 matches in a row. During […]
Oakwood Junior High builds community with Empowerment Day
BY DANI TIETZ dani@sjodaily.com The world is filled with children and adults, peers and colleagues, athletes and musicians, students and teachers. At Oakwood Junior High School, seventh- and eighth-graders are learning that everybody is on the same team. “My word for the year is relationships,” principal Anne Burton said. “Student, […]
Feldkamps West gives back to breast cancer community throughout October
BY DANI TIETZ dani@sjodaily.com BY DANI TIETZ dani@mahometnews.com For every eight women in the United States, one will be diagnosed with breast cancer during her lifetime. Even as Cathy Croft continues to undergo her own treatments for breast cancer, this statistic — one in eight women in the U.S. — […]
A Night to Honor Cory Abernathy: October 15 at St. Joseph-Ogden High School
BY DANI TIETZ dani@sjodaily.com There’s something about being part of a team. It gives an athlete something to work for and towards. It is a place to belong and to grow. Sometimes teams are a support system for a moment and other times that support system lasts a lifetime. Ogden’s […]
Fundraiser for Oakwood’s Brayden Mincey at Sarge’s Tap Saturday
BY DANI TIETZ dani@sjodaily.com The last year has not been what 13-year old Brayden Mincey expected it to be. “He is a wonderful, smart, sweet kid that is friends with everyone,” his aunt Lindsey Messmore said. “He is laid back, calm and focused. He loves to play video games and […]
Oakwood Peanuts team to face Bismark in Super Bowl
BY DANI TIETZ dani@mahometnews.com A few months ago, newcomers to the Oakwood Comets Youth Football League Peanut team had trouble holding their heads up with a football helmet on. But on Saturday, the team comprised of five-, six- and seven-year-old athletes, will hold their heads up high as they face […]
PVO girls’ basketball to serve pancakes on Sunday
BY DANI TIETZ dani@mahometnews.com Who doesn’t enjoy pancakes on a Sunday morning? Whether a farmer is looking to fill up before going into the fields or a family is hungry after church, the Prairieview-Ogden Junior High girls’ basketball team will be serving pancakes from 8 a.m. to noon on Oct. […]