By Fred Kroner St. Joseph’s junior high girls’ cross-country team placed sixth on Saturday (Sept. 10) in the 44-school Parkside Invitational at Maxwell Park, in Normal. Meet champion Glenwood had 23 points. St. Joseph finished with 280 points. The girls’ varsity race featured 311 competitors, including four Panthers who ran […]
By Fred Kroner The St. Joseph Panthers closed their home season and the regular season with back-to-back shutouts to end last week. On Saturday (Sept. 10), Willis Canamore pitched a perfect game against Paxton-Buckley-Loda, striking out 14 of the 18 batters he faced in a 10-0 St. Joseph victory. Canamore […]
By Fred Kroner Prairieview Ogden finished off an unbeaten conference schedule on Thursday (Sept. 8) with a come-from-behind 4-2 baseball win at Bismarck-Henning. PVO ended with a 13-0 record in Three Rivers Conference action for its first undisputed conference crown in baseball. The Mustangs shared the league title with Hoopeston […]
By Fred Kroner Heritage ran a strong third on Saturday (Sept. 10) in the seven-school Paxton-Buckley-Loda boys’ cross-country invitational. First-place Herscher had a team score of 50 points. Third-place Heritage totaled 68 points. Leading the Hawks was Zach Ruwe. He was third overall (but the first junior to finish), covering […]
By Fred Kroner Macie Russell finished third for Oakwood/Salt Fork in the 56-runner Paxton-Buckley-Loda girls’ cross-country invitational on Saturday (Sept. 10). She ran the 3-mile course in 19 minutes and 52 seconds. Other runners for the Comets were Kalie Tison (34th in 23:57) and Gracie Hanner (51st in 27:34). In […]
By Fred Kroner Kyle McFarland recorded a team-best 53 for Oakwood on Thursday (Sept. 8), but the Comets lost a golf dual meet to Judah Christian, 194-234, at Danville’s Harrison Park. Other scores for Oakwood were Mason Goodner (54), Gage Warren (60), Lily Harden (67) and Riley Whaling (67). Oakwood […]
By Fred Kroner Oakwood suffered a 25-23, 25-12 volleyball loss at Bismarck-Henning/Rossville-Alvin on Thursday (Sept. 8). Maria Adams led the Comets with seven assists. Luci Morris posted five kills and four blocks while Nikita Taylor served three aces. Oakwood (1-6) returns to action on Monday (Sept. 12) at home against […]
By Fred Kroner Oakwood/Salt Fork bounced back from a first-round 3-0 shutout loss to Bloomington Central Catholic to finish in third place in the weekend Hoopeston Cornjerker Soccer Classic, which concluded on Saturday (Sept. 10). Grant Powell recorded a goal and an assist as the Comets dropped Arthur Okaw Christian, […]
By Fred Kroner Clifton Central scored touchdowns on five pass plays Friday night (Sept. 9) and held visiting Oakwood scoreless in a 39-0 football win. The loss was the second in a row for the Comets and the second where quarterback Dalton Hobick was sidelined. Oakwood coach Cameron Lee said […]
By Fred Kroner Senior Jacob Kern took medalist honors on Thursday (Sept. 8) for St. Joseph-Ogden, but the Spartans finished second in a three-school golf meet at Indian Springs, in Saybrook. Kern fired a 41, one shot better than teammate Ashten Cafarelli, who tied for second. Other scores for SJ-O […]
