By Fred Kroner Four players scored goals on Monday (Sept. 26) as St. Joseph-Ogden recorded its fifth shutout of the soccer season, a 4-0 conquest of visiting Judah Christian. The Spartans led, 3-0, at halftime thanks to goals from Alex Accosta, Aiden Cromwell and Collin Thomey. The lone second-half score […]
By Fred Kroner St. Joseph-Ogden senior Jacob Kern was the individual medalist on Wednesday (Sept. 28) in the boys’ Class 1A IHSA golf regional tournament at Willow Pond Golf Course, in Rantoul. Kern posted a 73 and was three strokes ahead of the runner-up. Kern helped SJ-O secure a team […]
By Fred Kroner Heritage’s Clark Roland was the individual runner-up on Tuesday (Sept. 27) in the 13-school Champaign County boys’ cross-country meet at Tolono Unity. Roland’s 2-mile time was 11 minutes, 8.5 seconds. The only other Heritage entry in the boys’ varsity race was 10th-place Christian Paul (12:02.6). The varsity […]
By Fred Kroner The St. Joseph Panthers finished sixth on Tuesday (Sept. 27) in the 13-school Champaign County junior high cross-country meet at Tolono Unity. Mahomet-Seymour captured team honors with a composite of 30 points. Champaign St. Matthew (105 points) was second. St. Joseph’s score was 136 points. Leading the […]
By Fred Kroner The St. Joseph Middle School girls’ cross-country team placed second in the 12-school Champaign County meet on Tuesday (Sept. 27) at Tolono Unity. Mahomet-Seymour was the meet champion with a score of 42 points. St. Joseph was next with 82 points. All seven St. Joseph competitors placed […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Circumstances can change everything. No one knows this better than Jim Risley, who is chairman of the Hall of Fame committee for the Mahomet-Seymour Education Foundation. Risley arrived at Mahomet-Seymour High School on Friday afternoon (Sept. 23) intent on the four announced inductees who would be […]
By Fred Kroner Heritage dropped a 25-13, 25-18 decision at Bethany against Okaw Valley on Thursday (Sept. 22). On Saturday (Sept. 25), the Hawks went 2-2 in the Arcola Invitational. After losses to Arcola (23-25, 25-18, 16-14) and Sullivan (25-13, 25-12), Heritage finished with wins over Tuscola (25-16, 25-23) and […]
By Fred Kroner Case Kopacz fired an 83 and placed third on Thursday (Sept. 22) in the 10-school Vermilion Valley Conference boys’ golf tournament at Harrison Park, in Danville. Kopacz’s performance reserved him a spot on the VVC all-conference team. Oakwood’s Kyle McFarland carded a 92 and missed by three […]
By Fred Kroner Quinn Sperry distributed 11 assists and Luci Morris pounded nine kills on Thursday (Sept. 22), but Oakwood dropped a 25-21, 25-20 Vermilion Valley Conference volleyball decision at Chrisman. In a Tuesday (Sept. 20) loss at home to Hoopeston Area, 25-19, 25-12, Sophia Hart recorded six digs and […]
By Fred Kroner Oakwood/Salt Fork’s Macie Russell placed 12th in the 140-runner Spartan Classic girls’ cross-country meet at St. Joseph-Ogden. Russell’s time for the 2-mile course was 18 minutes, 44.96 seconds. Oakwood/Salt Fork didn’t have enough runners to be scored as a team. The Comets’ other two participants in the […]
