Many nine-year-old boys ask for basketballs, baseballs, and footballs for their birthday. That’s what Kavin Hambleton asked his family and friends for this year. But Kavin isn’t planning on keeping the 30 balls he collected during the hour-and-a-half drive-by birthday party on Saturday. Instead, he will give them to the […]
Early voting for the Nov. 3 election will begin in Champaign County on Sept. 24. Voters who have not been previously registered or have changed their address, name or signature can register to vote in person until Oct. 6, after which may register during the early voting period through Election […]
By Fred Kroner fred@mahometnews.com Medalist Case Kopacz fired a 48 on Thursday (Sept. 17) at Turtle Run in Danville and was a 3-stroke winner. Teammate Reed Sperry tied for second, with a 51, as the Comets outlasted Danville 203-213. Oakwood’s other scorers were Travis Goodner and Kyle McFarland, each of […]
By Fred Kroner fred@mahometnews.com Runner-up Zach Ruwe helped the Blue Devils to a third-place team finish on Saturday (Sept. 19) at the Moultrie-Douglas County cross-country meet at Tuscola’s Wimple Park. Ruwe ran a 3-mile season-best time of 17 minutes and 25 seconds. He was one of six runners on the […]
By Fred Kroner fred@mahometnews.com The Blue Devils didn’t have enough runners to be scored as a team, but two squad members earned medals for their top-10 performances on Saturday (Sept. 19) at the combined Moultrie-Douglas County meet at Tuscola’s Wimple Park. Emma Buesing was fourth overall, covering the 3-mile course […]
By Fred Kroner fred@mahometnews.com Three Blue Devils matched or achieved their best score of the season on Thursday (Sept. 17) in a meet at Tri-City Country Club against St. Joseph-Ogden, which did not have enough players to be scored as a team. The VG/Heritage leaders were Kyleigh Block and Logan […]
By Fred Kroner fred@mahometnews.com Medalist Zach Buesing carded a 41 and defeated two others – including teammate Jake Gilles – by one shot on Thursday (Sept. 17) at Tri-City Country Club. St. Joseph-Ogden won the dual meet 185-189. Okaw Valley participated but did not have enough players to be scored […]
By Fred Kroner fred@mahometnews.com Taylor Hug was the lone SJ-O competitor and she earned medalist honors with a 51 on Thursday (Sept. 17) at Tri-City Country Club in Villa Grove. Hug won medalist honors by seven strokes. SJ-O returns to action on Monday (Sept. 21) in the Illinois Prairie Conference […]
By Fred Kroner fred@mahometnews.com St. Joseph-Ogden’s boys’ golf team captured its fifth consecutive dual-meet win on Thursday (Sept. 17), edging Villa Grove/Heritage 185-189 at Tri-City Country Club. The Spartans’ team score was their best of the season. Ty Pence carded a 42 to lead SJ-O. He finished in a second-place […]
By Fred Kroner fred@mahometnews.com Four Spartan runners finished either first or second in their respective flighted races on Saturday (Sept. 19) at the Decatur St. Teresa Invitational, helping SJ-O to a runner-up team finish in the 12-school event. SJ-O’s Helene Jones was the winner of the fourth flight, running the […]
