By Fred Kroner Dalton Hobick accounted for five touchdowns on Friday (Oct. 14) as Oakwood snapped a three-game losing streak with a 48-13 football victory at Georgetown-Ridge Farm. The Comets created a running clock when the score reached 40-0 on a 5-yard pass from Hobick to Christian Esquinca with 10 […]
By Fred Kroner St. Joseph-Ogden’s top five runners on Saturday (Oct. 15) finished within 40.9 seconds of one another as the Spartans claimed a fifth-place team finish in the 33-school Patriot boys’ cross-country invitational at Detweiller Park, in Peoria. Riverdale was the meet winner (77 points). SJ-O’s final score was […]
By Fred Kroner Two St. Joseph-Ogden entries won matches in the girls’ Class 1A tennis sectionals, which ended on Saturday (Oct. 15) at the Lindsay courts, in Champaign. Senior Abbey Dow, who has held the No. 1 singles position for SJ-O all season, opened the postseason with a 6-0, 6-1 […]
By Fred Kroner St. Thomas More made two first-half goals stand up on Friday (Oct. 14) and shut out St. Joseph-Ogden, 2-0, in a Class 1A boys’ soccer regional championship match at Fisher. SJ-O finished the season with an 18-5-1 record. Two of the losses were 2-0 decisions to top-seeded […]
By Fred Kroner St. Joseph-Ogden scored early and often on Friday (Oct. 14) and became playoff-eligible after a 57-12 Illini Prairie Conference football victory at Rantoul’s Bill Walsh Field. SJ-O led, 50-0, at halftime. The final two quarters were played with a running clock. Six different Spartans scored touchdowns: Tyler […]
By Fred Kroner Eight days after winning a three-set match against Blue Ridge, the Heritage Hawks lost a tough three-setter on Tuesday (Oct. 11) to Blue Ridge at home, 22-25, 25-17, 25-15. Heritage (12-14-1 overall and 3-4 in Lincoln Prairie Conference matches), returns to action on Thursday (Oct. 13) at […]
By Fred Kroner Iroquois West posted a two-set volleyball sweep over Oakwood, 25-21, 25-21, on Tuesday (Oct. 11) in Gilman. The Comets (4-18) return to action on Thursday (Oct. 13) at Salt Fork.
By Fred Kroner Junior Macie Russell continues to excel on the cross-country course for the Oakwood/Salt Fork girls’ program. On Tuesday (Oct. 11), she was the winner in the Vermilion Valley Conference 3-mile race at Hubbard Trail, near Rossville. She was timed in 20 minutes, 18.14 seconds and placed more […]
By Fred Kroner Oakwood/Salt Fork dropped a tough 5-3 decision to Urbana Uni High on Tuesday (Oct. 11) in a semifinal game of an IHSA Class 1A regional in Champaign. Ethan Merritt tallied two of the Comets’ goals. Reef Pacot registered the team’s other goal. Turning in assists were Brody […]
By Fred Kroner St. Joseph-Ogden dropped a 9-0 decision in its regular-season finale in girls’ tennis at Maroa-Forsyth on Monday (Oct. 10). The Spartans suffered three heart-breaking losses. At No. 1 singles, Abbey Dow lost a tough decision to Kristen Tuan, 4-6, 6-2, 1-0 (10). In doubles, two Spartan duos […]
