By Fred Kroner Seventh-grader Atleigh Miller was the lone Prairieview Ogden athlete to qualify for the girls’ IESA state track and field meet based on results at the Saturday (May 7) Rossville-Alvin Sectional. Miller was the 100-meter hurdles winner, finishing in a time of 18.8 seconds. At state on Friday […]
By Fred Kroner Eighth-grader Coy Hayes was a three-event winner for the Prairieview Ogden boys’ Class 1A eighth-grade track and field sectional meet on Saturday (May 7) at Rossville-Alvin. Hayes qualified for the IESA state finals in the 800 meters (2 minutes, 28.98 seconds), the shot put (35 feet) and […]
By Fred Kroner Madalynne Nicoson was a double-placer for Oakwood in the Saturday (May 14) Class 3A girls’ sectional track and field meet at Shelbyville. The eighth-grader took fifth place in the discus (63 feet, 10 inches) and eighth in the shot put (23 feet, 8 inches). The school’s top […]
By Fred Kroner Seventh-grader Carsen Dudley will be the lone state-meet competitor for Oakwood in the boys’ Class 3A state track and field meet. Dudley advanced from the Shelbyville Sectional on Saturday (May 14) in the high jump. He cleared 5 feet, 1 inch and ended in third place. Dudley […]
By Fred Kroner St. Joseph Middle School seventh-grade athletes stacked up five IESA boys’ state track and field berths during the Saturday (May 14) Class 3A sectional at Maroa-Forsyth. The eighth-graders advanced athletes in four events. The seventh-grade contingent features Cam Wagner and Willis Canamore in two events each. Wagner […]
By Fred Kroner Competing at the Maroa-Forsyth Class 3A IESA girls’ track and field sectional on Saturday (May 14), St. Joseph Middle School produced state-qualifiers in three eighth-grade events as well as in two seventh-grade events. The eighth-grade standouts were Timera Blackburn-Kelley and the 400-meter sprint relay. Blackburn-Kelley was a […]
By Fred Kroner Villa Grove’s top finish in the Salt Fork girls’ Class 1A track and field sectional on Friday (May 13) was a fourth-place performance by the 3,200-meter relay. The foursome of Scarlet Howard, Madison Logan, Kyleigh Price and Emma Buesing was timed in 12 minutes, 2.63 seconds. The […]
By Fred Kroner Logan Lillard fired a four-hitter and struck out a season-high nine batters on Thursday (May 12) as the Villa Grove softball team returned to its winning ways with a 6-3 triumph at Rantoul. Villa Grove managed just four hits, but one was a home run by Maci […]
By Fred Kroner Loran Tate secured top-10 finishes in three individual events for Heritage in the Friday (May 13) girls’ Class 1A Salt Fork Sectional track and field meet in Catlin. Heritage did not have any state-qualifiers. Tate was fifth in the triple jump (31 feet, 4 inches), sixth in […]
By Fred Kroner Robert Holloman doubled and scored on a single by Brennan Struck, but that was all of the offense Heritage could muster on Saturday (May 14) in a 13-1 baseball loss at home to Decatur Lutheran. Heritage (1-13) returns to action on Monday (May 16) in a Class […]
