By Fred Kroner Zach Buesing shot a 40 and tied for second individually on Tuesday (Sept 22) against Arcola at Kaskaskia Country Club. Arcola won the dual meet 161-207. Other scores for the Blue Devils were: Liam Barr (54), Jake Gilles (56), Noah Davison (57), Jalen Southard (57) and Nicolas […]
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Oakwood’s Travis Goodner and Case Kopacz lead Comets to second at Harrison Park
By Fred Kroner Medalist Travis Goodner and runner-up Case Kopacz sparked Oakwood to a second-place team finish on Monday (Sept. 21) in a three-school meet at Danville’s Harrison Park. Goodner, a senior, carded a 40 and Kopacz, a sophomore, put up a 41. Bismarck-Henning/Rossville-Alvin was the meet winner (181), followed […]
Taylor Hug represents Spartans at Illini Prairie Conference Tournament
By Fred Kroner Taylor Hug shot a 108 on Monday at the UI Blue Course, in Savoy, and placed 30th in the Illini Prairie Conference Tournament. Hug was the lone St. Joseph-Ogden competitor. The meet’s team champion was Bloomington Central Catholic (317). SJ-O did not have enough competitors to be […]
Young Spartan golf team places fifth at Illini Prairie Conference Tournament
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com With a lineup of five sophomores and one freshman, SJ-O placed eighth on Tuesday (Sept. 22) in the nine-school Illini Prairie Conference Boys’ Golf Tournament at the University of Illinois Blue Course in Savoy. The team leader was sophomore Maddux Carter (93), who tied for 15th. […]
IHSA Board Expands Golf & Cross Country State Series To Include Culminating Sectional Tournaments
The Illinois High School Association (IHSA) Board of Directors announced on September 23, 2020, that they have voted to expand the IHSA State Series in two fall sports, adding a second round of postseason play in boys & girls golf and boys & girls cross country. There will be no […]
Homer Garage Sales: Sept 24-26
Homer Town Wide Garage Sale List Thur Sept 24th 3-7pm, Fri Sept 25th 8am-7pm, Sat Sept 26th 8am-2pm Children Toys 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 11, 13, Outdoor Toys 4, 7, Women’s Clothes 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 11, 13, 14, 15 Men’s Clothes 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, […]
Montgomery and Jones lead Hawks at Oakland
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Heritage Boys’ Cross-Country Heritage’s Hunter Montgomery was the runner-up on Monday (Sept. 21) in a junior high cross-country meet at Oakland. His time was 13 minutes and 26 seconds for a course that measured about 2.15 miles. Other team leaders were Christian Paul (fifth in 15:57), […]
St. Joseph’s Averie Dietiker breaks 15-minute mark at Monticello
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com St. Joseph Boys’ Cross-Country Colton Overstreet posted the top 2-mile time for St. Joseph in a Monday (Sept. 21) junior high junior varsity cross-country meet at Monticello. His time was 13 minutes, 32.3 seconds. Other team leaders were Charlie Schmidtz (13:47.4), Cameron Sharp (14:18.7), Will Besson […]
Villa Grove cross country celebrates eighth-graders and new course
Villa Grove celebrated its five eighth-graders as well as a new 2-mile course in Camaro on Thursday (Sept. 17) against Tri-County, Okaw Valley and Philo St. Thomas. The eighth-grade runners were Blake Davis, Lukas Shadwick, Carson Sheppard, Chase White and Kurt Zimmerman. Shadwick and Zimmerman were two of the five […]
Happ, Nickle and Struck score in Heritage Baseball final game
By Fred Kroner fred@mahometnews.com Heritage ended the regular season with a 12-3 loss on Thursday (Sept. 17) at Gifford. Rylan White and Robert Holloman each collected two hits and one RBI for Heritage. Anthony Happ, Destin Nickle and Brennan Struck scored the Heritage runs. Happ and Struck reached base via […]