By Fred Kroner Payton Carter was the pole vault winner for St.Joseph-Ogden on Friday (May 3) in the school’s Lady Spartan Classic girls’ track and field meet. Carter won the 17-team event by clearing a personal-best 12 feet, 1 inch. She also produced a second-place finish in the 200 meters […]
By Fred Kroner Hayden Dahl collected three hits, Grace Osterbur totaled two hits and Ellie Ward drove in two runs on Monday (May 6) as the St. Joseph-Ogden softball team prevailed at Tuscola, 6-3. Adelyn Jannusch and Emma McKinney both drove in runs for the Spartans. Amelia Huckstadt allowed six […]
By FRED KRONER Fred@mahometnews.com In a showdown for first place in the Illini Prairie Conference on Monday (May 6), visiting Monticello halted the 17-game winning streak of the St. Joseph-Ogden baseball team with a 9-5 win at Meier Field. Both schools finish 8-1 in league play. Tanner Jacob, Luke Landrus, […]
By Fred Kroner Heritage’s Clark Roland was a three-event placer on Monday (April 29) in an 18-team freshman-sophomore boys’ track and field meet at Tuscola. Roland was the runner-up in the long jump (18 feet, 4 inches). He ran fourth in the 400 meters (56.22 seconds) and took ninth in […]
By Fred Kroner Oakwood’s Bryson McDaniel was a double winner on Monday (April 29) in a six-school boys’ track and field meet at Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley. The Comets also won three of the four relays and had two other individual winners in Macen Phillips and Trevor McCall. McDaniel won the long […]
By Fred Kroner One day after winning a one-run game, the Oakwood softball team lost a one-run game. The Comets edged Armstrong-Potomac, 6-5, on Monday (April 29) and then dropped a 9-8 decision at home to Milford on Tuesday (April 30). Oakwood needed heroics on both the offensive and defensive […]
By Fred Kroner Oakwood extended its baseball winning streak to five games with back-to-back victories on the road to start the week. On Tuesday (April 30), the Comets blitzed Iroquois West, 18-5, in Gilman. On Wednesday (May 1), the team recorded a 2-1 win at Armstrong-Potomac. Against Iroquois West, Derek […]
By Fred Kroner On the night the St. Joseph-Ogden reached the 20-win mark for the 36th consecutive season, Madison Stevens became the third Spartan this season to pitch a shutout. Stevens worked all seven innings on Monday (April 29) in a 2-0 win at home over Monticello. She walked one […]
By Fred Kroner Bryson Houchens poked three extra-base hits – including a home run – and Luke Landrus also blasted a home run on Wednesday as the St. Joseph-Ogden baseball team earned a 15-1 victory at Herscher. Houchens also hit two doubles. Both he and Waller each delivered three RBI. […]
By Fred Kroner Senior Payton Carter was the lone St. Joseph-Ogden athlete to win an event on Tuesday (April 30) in the 10-school Illini Prairie Conference girls’ track and field meet at Pontiac. Carter was victorious in the pole vault, clearing 11 feet, 5 inches. She also had runner-up finishes […]
