By Fred Kroner Goalkeeper Hunter Ketchum stopped seven shots and St. Joseph-Ogden made a first-half goal by Logan Mills stand up in a 1-0 soccer win at Monticello on Tuesday (Oct. 4). Mills’ goal was assisted by Alex Accosta. The shutout was the eighth of the season for SJ-O. On […]
By Fred Kroner With its top five runners crossing the finish line within 37.1 seconds of one another, the St. Joseph-Ogden boys’ cross-country team won the 10-team Illini Prairie Conference meet on Tuesday (Oct. 4) at St. Thomas More. The Spartans were led on the 3-mile course by Lance Retz, […]
By Fred Kroner Heritage’s Clark Roland finished in second place on Saturday (Oct. 1) in the 158-runner Monticello Junior High boys’ cross-country invitational. Roland’s 2-mile time was 10 minutes and 58 seconds. Teammate Christian Paul placed 16th with a time of 12:08. In the girls’ 134-runner varsity race, Heritage’s Leah […]
By Fred Kroner St. Joseph’s middle school girls’ cross-country team placed sixth on Saturday (Oct. 1) in the varsity division of the Monticello Invitational at Lodge Park. The Panthers’ leaders in the 2-mile race were Ava Overstreet (21st in 13:31.4), Averie Dietiker (24th in 13:39.6), Tessa Walker (27th in 13:41.4), […]
By Fred Kroner St. Joseph’s baseball team suffered a 3-2 loss in the Class 2A IESA state quarterfinals to Brown County on Friday (Sept. 30) in Peoria. Brown County – which went on to finish second at state – scored twice in the top of the first inning and extended […]
By Fred Kroner Two Heritage boys achieved all-conference honors on Saturday in the Lincoln Prairie Conference cross-country meet, hosted by Tri-County at Crowder Park. Junior Zach Ruwe placed fifth and senior Rowan Denmark-Collins was eighth. The boys’ team placed second overall. In the girls’ race, junior Lilli Montgomery ran third […]
By Fred Kroner Senior Bryn Wyant registered five digs and four kills for Heritage on Thursday (Sept. 29), but the Hawks dropped a 25-15, 25-8 decision at Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond. Heritage (11-11-1) returns to action on Monday (Oct. 3) in the 11-school Lincoln Prairie Conference Tournament at Arcola. Heritage is the No. […]
By Fred Kroner Luci Morris had 10 kills, nine digs and three blocks on Thursday (Sept. 29) as Oakwood rebounded from a one-set deficit to post a 19-25, 25-9, 25-17 Vermilion Valley Conference volleyball win at Georgetown-Ridge Farm. Quinn Sperry totaled 25 assists and six service aces. Oakwood (5-14) returns […]
By Fred Kroner Sophomore Macen Phillips scored a hat trick on Thursday (Sept. 29) as the Oakwood/Salt Fork soccer team collected a 6-0 shutout win at Georgetown-Ridge Farm/Westville. Grant Powell added one goal and two assists. Also notching goals for the Comets, who netted three goals in each half, were […]
By Fred Kroner Dalton Hobick eclipsed the 100-yard mark for both rushing and passing on Saturday (Oct. 1), but Oakwood’s football team dropped a 33-19 homecoming decision to Westville at Marty McFarland Field. Hobick gained 123 yards on the ground and scored two touchdowns. He passed for 115 yards and […]
