By Fred Kroner Kyleigh Block shot a team-best 58 on Tuesday (Sept. 29) in a meet against Salt Fork and Schlarman Academy at Wolf Creek. Block placed second individually. VG/Heritage totaled a 246 composite. Neither Salt Fork nor Schlarman Academy had enough players to be scored as a team. Other […]
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Liam Barr leads Blue Devils in golf meet at Wolf Creek
By Fred Kroner Liam Barr fired a 51 on Tuesday (Sept 29), but the Blue Devils lost a dual meet against Salt Fork and Schlarman Academy at Wolf Creek, 210-226. Other VG/Heritage participants were: Jake Gilles (55), Nicolas Wilson (57), Noah Davison (63), Jesse Bessent (63) and Jalen Southard (67). […]
Comets finish second at Hubbard Trail Golf Course
By Fred Kroner Reed Sperry and Kyle McFarland posted matching scores of 47 on Monday (Sept. 28) to help Oakwood’s boys’ golf team to a second-place finish in a four-school meet at Hubbard Trail Golf Course. Bismarck-Henning/Rossville-Alvin was the meet champion with a 171. Runner-up Oakwood had a 191 and […]
SJ-O Junior Clare Huffman gets win over Urbana opponent
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Junior Clare Huffman registered a straight-set win on Tuesday (Sept. 29) at Urbana, accounting for the lone St. Joseph-Ogden triumph in an 8-1 dual-meet loss to the Tigers at Blair Park. At No. 4 singles Huffman topped Eisla Madigan 6-3, 6-2. At No. 5 singles, Spartan […]
East Central Region sees uptick in COVID-19 positivity rate
By Dani Tietz The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) today that additional mitigation measures could be coming for Region 6: including Champaign, Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland, De Witt, Douglas, Edgar, Effingham, Fayette, Ford, Iroquois, Jasper, Lawrence, Macon, Moultrie, Piatt, Richland, Shelby and Vermillion counties. Champaign County data was […]
Commentary: Let’s pass the Champaign County Forest Preserve referendum
By Dani Tietz Did you know that there are places in Champaign County where a six-foot human could feel small while walking through grass? That in the winter, when the lush forest floor is asleep, you can see trees that it would take at least five adults to hug? Where […]
Morgan Huls’ steer Oliver takes Grand Champion at the Illinois Dept of Ag Youth Livestock Expo
Eleven-year-old Morgan Huls has exciting news to share: she and her one-year-old steer, Oliver, won Grand Champion at the Illinois Dept of Ag Youth Livestock Expo in Springfield on Sept. 12. Approaching her third year of livestock shows, Morgan knew that the summer of 2020 would look differently than any […]
Champaign County Back the Blue Rally Goers Show Support for Police
Groups from Mahomet, St. Joseph and Tolono met in Champaign on Sept. 19 to rally around area police officers. The nearly two-hour event, featuring former Republican Senate candidate Peggy Hubbard, featured a few hundred people on the University of Illinois campus in the late morning hours. “We all know what’s […]
Oakwood golf improves record with win over Salt Fork
By Fred Kroner The Comets improved their season record to 12-8 on Thursday (Sept. 24) by decisioning Salt Fork in a dual meet at Wolf Creek, 190-207. Sophomore Case Kopacz led Oakwood with a 42. Two seniors were next, with Travis Goodner carding a 47 and Reed Sperry finishing at […]
49th Spartan Classic packed with state-ranked competitors, SJO finishes fourth
By Fred Kroner The Spartans’ top three runners on Saturday (Sept. 26) finished within four seconds of one another in the 49th-annual Spartan Classic girls’ cross-country meet. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, the field was restricted to four schools, three of whom are state-ranked (according to milesplit.com) in Class 1A. Second-ranked […]