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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
By Fred Kroner In her final regular-season at-bat, St. Joseph-Ogden’s Shayne Immke slammed her 24th home run as a senior, tying the all-time IHSA record for homers in the season. Immke’s clout came in the sixth inning on Thursday (May 11) at Randy Wolken Field in a 9-7 loss to […]
By Fred Kroner Senior Kaytlyn Baker and junior Payton Carter each won individual events on Thursday (May 11) for St. Joseph-Ogden at the Paxton-Buckley-Loda Class 1A girls’ track and field sectional. Baker was the 300-meter hurdles champion (49.54 seconds) and also qualified for state in the 100-meter hurdles (second in […]
By Fred Kroner Kendrick Johnson pitched eight innings of shutout ball on Thursday (May 11) and St. Joseph-Ogden pushed across three runs in the top of the ninth to earn a 3-0 win at Mattoon. Johnson (8-0) permitted four hits and one walk during his stint on the mound. He […]
