By Fred Kroner Alyssa Acton pitched a complete game and Shayne Immke drove in eight runs on Monday (May 9) as the St. Joseph-Ogden softball team triumphed at Tuscola, 14-3. Immke blasted a grand slam and led the Spartans with three hits. Kat Short and Jacey Lewis both knocked in […]
By Fred Kroner Hayden Brazelton crashed three hits and Charles Voorhees delivered two hits and drove in two runs on Wednesday (May 11) as St. Joseph-Ogden’s baseball team handled visiting Mount Zion, 7-2. Maddux Carter scored two runs as the SJ-O winning streak hit 19 games. Avian Gerdes pitched five […]
By Fred Kroner Drew Williams and Fletcher Hannah are helping do big things for a small high school. A year ago, the Heritage High School students teamed up in the IHSA Bass Fishing contest and qualified for state, where they placed 19th out of 75 entries. This year – as […]
By Fred Kroner Heritage dropped an 11-8 decision on Friday (May 6) in a baseball game at Villa Grove. Sam Bender drew four walks and scored twice for the Hawks. Kolton Junglas also tallied two runs. Joey Markstahler and Kamble Pearman had Heritage’s two hits. They each scored one run. […]
By Fred Kroner A combined no-hitter highlighted two baseball wins by St. Joseph-Ogden on Saturday (May 9). Hayden Brazelton pitched six innings and Tyler Altenbaumer one inning in the Spartans’ 4-0 win over Reed Custer. Brazelton (6-0) fanned 13 batters and walked two. Altenbaumer struck out one hitter. Adam Price […]
By Fred Kroner Alyssa Acton continued her series of stellar late-season pitching outings on Saturday (May 7) as the St. Joseph-Ogden softball team won first place in its own invitational. Acton (7-1) hurled a five-inning complete game in the opener, an 11-1 triumph over Salt Fork. She threw a two-hitter […]
By Fred Kroner St. Joseph-Ogden athletes won seven events on Friday (May 6) in the annual SJ-O Spartan Classic and captured team honors in the nine-school meet. The Spartans amassed 182 points. Runner-up Urbana Uni High wound up with 206 points. Three SJ-O victories were captured in relay races. Hope […]
By Fred Kroner Oakwood’s boys’ track and field team finished fourth on Friday (May 6) in the seven-school Vermilion County Meet at Hoopeston Area. The meet champion was Bismarck-Henning/Rossville-Alvin with 170 points. Oakwood totaled 73 points. The Comets’ top individual finisher was Austin McDaniel, the runner-up in the 110-meter hurdles. […]
By Fred Kroner Nikita Taylor won the 400-meter title on Friday (May 6) in the Vermilion County girls’ track and field meet at Hoopeston Area. Taylor’s time was 1 minute, 8.81 seconds. Teammate Alyssa Wells was the runner-up in the 300-meter hurdles (57.60 seconds). Oakwood placed fifth in the seven-school […]
by Fred Kroner Two Oakwood entries competed in an IHSA bass fishing sectional on Thursday (May 5) at Lake Shelbyville. One of the Comets’ entries ended seventh in the 25-team event with catches totaling 5 pounds, 8 ounces. The school’s other entry was 15th with catches totaling 1 pound, 3 […]
