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 […]
By Fred Kroner Alex Brown pitched a seven-inning two-hitter, walking no one and not yielding an earned run on Monday (May 9) as the Villa Grove softball team downed visiting Paxton-Buckley-Loda, 3-2. Brown (11-6) struck out 11 batters. Maci Clodfelder scored the tie-breaking run in the bottom of the sixth […]
By Fred Kroner Luke Zimmerman drove in three runs and Jake Gilles drove in two runs for Villa Grove on Monday (May 9), but the Blue Devils fell short, 15-5, in a baseball game at Argenta-Oreana. Villa Grove was limited to four hits, including a triple by Gilles and a […]
By Fred Kroner Heritage’s Zach Ruwe had a second-place finish individually and anchored a relay that was the runner-up on Monday (May 9) in the Lincoln Prairie Conference boys’ track and field meet at Cerro Gordo. Ruwe took second in the 800 meters in 2 minutes, 35 seconds. He joined […]
By Fred Kroner Heritage sophomore Lillian Montgomery was the individual champion on Monday (May 9) in the 3,200 meters in the girls’ Lincoln Prairie Conference track and field meet at Cerro Gordo. Montgomery was timed in 13 minutes, 59.60 seconds. The Hawks had two athletes take the No. 2 and […]
By Fred Kroner St. Thomas More handed Heritage a 12-4 softball setback on Wednesday (May 11) in Broadlands. Heritage (0-15) returns to action on Friday (May 13) at Toledo Cumberland.
By Fred Kroner Heritage was limited to four hits on Monday (May 9) and lost a 14-3 baseball decision at home to Okaw Valley. The Hawks’ hits were by Brodie Meneely, Brennan Struck, Joey Markstahler and Zaien Smith. Meneely, Smith and Kamble Pearman scored runs. Markstaher had one RBI. On […]
By Fred Kroner Nikita Taylor and Alyssa Wells were the top Oakwood individual placers on Monday (May 9) in the 11-school Vermilion Valley Conference girls’ track and field meet at Salt Fork. Taylor was the 400-meter runner-up in 1 minute, 4.86 seconds. Wells finished third in the 300-meter hurdles in […]
By Fred Kroner Austin McDaniel finished among the top three in three individual events on Monday (May 9) in the 11-team Vermilion Valley Conference boys’ track and field meet at Salt Fork. McDaniel was the runner-up in the 110-meter hurdles (16.54 seconds). He secured third-place finishes in both the 300-meter […]
By Fred Kroner Georgetown-Ridge Farm scored a run with two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning on Monday (May 9) and walked off with a 3-2 baseball victory over Oakwood. Grant Powell poked three hits for the Comets. Powell and Matthew Miller drove in runs. Josh Young and […]
