By Fred Kroner The Heritage seventh-grade 400-meter relay foursome of Willa Tatman, Reaghan Stierwalt, Leah DelRossi and Ryann McComas finished 12th on Saturday (May 13) in the IESA girls’ Class 1A state meet at the Eastside Centre, in East Peoria. Their combined time was 57.73 seconds.
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Nathan Young wins IESA Class 2A high jump title
By Fred Kroner Oakwood seventh-grader Nathan Young won the IESA Class 2A seventh-grade high jump state title on Saturday (May 13) in the boys’ track and field finals at the Eastside Centre, in East Peoria. Young cleared 5 feet 7 inches, setting a state record in the process. Young was […]
Wells records personal best at Class 1A State meet
By Fred Kroner Oakwood’s Taylor Wells recorded the top 800-meter time of her career on Saturday (May 13) in the IESA girls’ Class 1A seventh-grade state track and field meet at the Eastside Centre, in East Peoria. She ran the race in 2:38.63, an improvement of nearly 7 ½ seconds […]
PV-O 400 meter teams shine at IESA State meet
By Fred Kroner Prairieview Ogden’s eighth-grade boys’ 400-meter relay captured a fourth-place finish on Saturday (May 13) in the IESA Class 1A state track and field meet at the Eastside Centre, in East Peoria. The foursome consisted of Kaden Wedig, Garrett Loschen, Jack Wear and Aiden Hundley. Their combined time […]
Mustangs finish fourth at IESA Class 1A finals
By Fred Kroner Scoring points in four events, the Prairieview Ogden seventh-grade girls’ track and field team finished fourth at state in the IESA Class 1A finals on Saturday (May 13). PVO ended with 22 points in a meet held at the Eastside Centre, in East Peoria. Atleigh Miller was […]
Heritage softball prepares for Class 1A Regional
By Fred Kroner Faith Latham had three of Heritage’s six hits on Thursday (May 11), but the Hawks lost their regular-season softball finale at home, 13-2, to Oakwood. Heritage (1-13) returns to action on Tuesday (May 16) in a semifinal game of the Villa Grove Class 1A Regional against the […]
Four Hawks finish in Top 10 at PBL Sectional
By Fred Kroner Four Heritage athletes and two relays secured top-10 finishes on Thursday (May 11) in the Class 1A girls’ track and field sectional meet at Paxton-Buckley-Loda. The Hawks’ top finisher was Lillian Montgomery, who raced to a third-place finish in the 3,200 meters (14:52.08). Loran Tate had matching […]
Comets register personal bests at PBL Sectional
By Fred Kroner Two Oakwood athletes, who placed among the top 10 on Thursday (May 11) at the Paxton-Buckley-Loda girls’ Class 1A sectional track and field meet registered their top times. Nikita Taylor was 10th in the 200 meters (28.90 seconds) and Taylor Smoot ran 10th in the 400 meters […]
Comets end softball season with win
By Fred Kroner Gracie Hanner and Sophia Hart each drove in three runs on Thursday (May 11) as the Oakwood softball team ended the regular season with a 13-2 win at Heritage. Hanner and Hart delivered two hits apiece as did teammate Samantha Dunavan, who stole two bases. Gracie Enos […]
Spartans record PRs at Decatur St. Teresa Invitational
By Fred Kroner In their final pre-sectional tune-up on Friday (May 12), nine St. Joseph-Ogden track and field athletes recorded their personal bests in a 20-school boys’ meet at the Decatur St. Teresa Invitational. Two of those marks – among Spartans who placed among the top 10 individually – were […]