By Fred Kroner In her final at-bat in her final high school softball game, St. Joseph-Ogden’s Shayne Immke broke the all-time IHSA season record for home runs in one softball season. Immke slammed her 25th on Friday (May 19) at Sullivan, but the Spartans were outscored by Marshall, 12-8, in […]
By Fred Kroner Faith Latham had the lone hit for Heritage, which lost a 15-0 decision at Villa Grove to the host school in a Class 2A regional softball semifinal game on Tuesday (May 16). Adena Paul pitched the first three innings and was relieved by Courtney Sanford, who struck […]
By Fred Kroner Heritage couldn’t hold onto a 6-2 second-inning lead and suffered a 9-6 loss to Villa Grove in a Class 1A baseball regional tournament quarterfinal game on the Blue Devils’ field. Every player in the Hawks’ lineup either had a hit, scored a run or drove in a […]
By Fred Kroner Three Oakwood athletes achieved their personal-best times on Monday (May 15) while competing in the 40th-annual News-Gazette Honor Roll boys’ track and field meet at Urbana’s McKinley Field. Thomas Wells, the runner-up in the open 1,600-meter race, was clocked in 4 minutes, 55.45 seconds. Connor Smith took […]
By Fred Kroner Oakwood’s softball team suffered a season-ending 12-0 loss at Sullivan against the host school on Monday (May 15) in a Class 2A regional quarterfinal contest. The Comets were held to three hits. They came from the bats of Bella Bradford, Gracie Enos and Karleigh Nelson. Reaching base […]
By Fred Kroner Travis Tiernan earned his school-record 10th pitching victory of the season on Monday (May 15), working three innings of relief as Oakwood held off Heyworth, 3-2, in a non-conference baseball game on the road. Tiernan (10-0) allowed two hits and no walks. He struck out four hitters. […]
By Fred Kroner Top-seeded St. Joseph-Ogden was dealt a season-ending Class 2A regional semifinal baseball loss at home by ninth-seeded Bismarck-Henning/Rossville-Alvin, 4-2, on Wednesday (May 16) at Meier Field. SJ-O had beaten the Blue Devils, 9-2, in the regular season. The Spartans jumped into a 2-0 lead after three innings […]
By NIKA SCHOONOVER & ANDREW ADAMS nschoonover@capitolnewsillinois.com aadams@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – Victims of “deepfake porn” and “doxing” would have a legal pathway to sue their perpetrators in Illinois under a pair of digital privacy measures that have so far received unanimous support in the General Assembly. House Bill 2954, which would […]
By ANDREW ADAMS & HANNAH MEISEL aadams@capitolnewsillinois.com hmeisel@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – As the General Assembly prepares to wrap up its spring legislative session this week, Democratic lawmakers are advancing a bill that would mandate job postings to include a salary range in a move they say would promote equity within the […]
By Fred Kroner St. Joseph’s eighth-grade boys’ track and field team produced sectional champions in four individual events and won team honors on Saturday (May 13) in the IESA Class 3A Newton Sectional. St. Joseph amassed 70 points. Runner-up Toledo Cumberland had 48 points and third-place Tolono Unity ended with […]
