By Fred Kroner Heritage hit a season-high for runs scored on Thursday (May 12), but lost a softball slugfest at home to Chrisman, 18-17. The Hawks concluded their regular season on Friday (May 13) with a 16-0 loss at Toledo Cumberland. Heritage (0-17) returns to action on Monday (May 16) […]
By Fred Kroner Oakwood’s Nikita Taylor was a near-miss for a berth in the girls’ track and field state meet when she finished third in the 400 meters on Friday (May 13) at the Salt Fork Sectional, in Catlin. The top two in every event qualified for state. Taylor’s time […]
By Fred Kroner Grant Powell, Dalton Hobick, Josh Young and Brody Taflinger had hits in each game, but Oakwood lost a non-conference baseball doubleheader on Saturday (May 14) at Champaign Central. The Maroons won the opener, 11-1, and edged the Comets, 9-7, in the nightcap. Hobick was 4-for-7 for the […]
By Fred Kroner Samantha Dunavan hammered a three-run home run in the fourth inning on Thursday (May 12), helping Oakwood to an 8-7 win in its regular-season softball finale. Dunavan’s homer lifted the Comets into the lead for good. Alaina Rothwell, Karsen Rupp and Audrey Schnaus all delivered two hits. […]
By Fred Kroner St. Joseph-Ogden showed it had the pitching depth to play baseball games on four consecutive days and to garner five wins in that span when it swept a doubleheader from Salt Fork on Saturday (May 14) at Jamaica. Jack Robertson (five innings) and Luke Landrus (one inning) […]
By Fred Kroner Shayne Immke slammed a grand slam for the second time in her last three games on Thursday (May 12) as St. Joseph-Ogden upended Unity, 6-1, in Tolono. Addy Martinie belted her team-leading 10th home run, a solo shot. Immke’s home run was her ninth of the season. […]
By Fred Kroner Three St. Joseph-Ogden relays and individuals in four other events qualified for the girls’ Class 1A state track and field meet during the Salt Fork sectional on Friday (May 13) in Catlin. Their efforts, along with those of their teammates who made sure SJ-O scored points in […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Joe Lashuay came into Oakwood High School in the fall of 2018 as a 126-pound freshman wrestler. He won 31 of his 43 matches on varsity. As a senior in the recently completed 2021-22 season, he competed at 160 pounds and won 36 of his 42 […]
By Fred Kroner Two Villa Grove relays emerged as conference champions on Monday (May 9) in the boys’ Lincoln Prairie Conference track and field meet at Cerro Gordo. With the same three runners on two of the relays, the Blue Devils were victorious in the 400-and 800-meter relays. An all-sophomore […]
By Fred Kroner Villa Grove’s Ava Vollmer placed third in the discus on Monday (May 9) in the girls’ Lincoln Prairie Conference meet at Cerro Gordo. Vollmer’s top toss was measured at 87 feet, 6 inches. The Blue Devils’ also had a relay entry that ran third. The 3,200-meter relay […]
