By Fred Kroner Carly Eads and Emma Buesing were the top placers for the Villa Grove girls’ track and field team on Friday (April 29) at the Monticello Invitational. Eads ended 11th in the discus (97 feet, 9 inches) and Buesing was 15th in the 1,600 meters (6:22.21).
By Fred Kroner Two Villa Grove athletes secured top-10 placements on Friday (April 29) in the Spartan Classic boys’ track and field meet at St. Joseph. Layne Rund tied for eighth in the high jump (5 feet, 4 inches) and Braydon Dowler took ninth in the 200 meters (24.55 seconds). […]
By Fred Kroner Sam Bender continued his recent torrid hitting streak, registering three of five Villa Grove hits on Thursday (April 28) in a 3-0 baseball loss at home to Arcola. In his last three games, Bender is 8-for-12. Other teammates with hits against Arcola were Carson Block and Tyler […]
By Fred Kroner The Villa Grove softball team continued its late-season surge on Friday (April 29) shutting out Okaw Valley, 15-0, in a Lincoln Prairie Conference game. VG has won 10 of its last 13 games, including six in a row. Logan Lillard was masterful in a four-hitter. She walked […]
By Fred Kroner The top two finishers for the Heritage girls’ track and field team both came in the triple jump on Friday (April 29) at the Monticello Invitational. Loran Tate placed seventh (30 feet, 8 inches) and teammate Kamryn Soard tied for eighth (29 feet, 9 inches). Tate ended […]
By Fred Kroner Oakwood’s 800-meter relay produced the school’s top finish on Friday (April 29) at the Monticello girls’ track and field invitational. The foursome of Taylor Smoot, Alyssa Wells, Luci Morris and Gwen Cambron were 11th in 2 minutes, 8.44 seconds. Wells was 16th in the 300-meter hurdles (57.39 […]
By Fred Kroner Oakwood’s Austin McDaniel finished among the top seven in three individual events on Friday (April 28) in the Spartan Classic boys’ track and field meet at St. Joseph. McDaniel ran fifth in the 110-meter hurdles (16.78 seconds) and seventh in the 300-meter hurdles (44.86 seconds). He also […]
By Fred Kroner Karsen Rupp and Gracie Enos combined for a one-hitter on Thursday (April 28) as Oakwood overpowered Chrisman, 14-1, in a Vermilion Valley Conference softball game at home. Rupp worked three hitless innings and fanned five batters. Enos pitched the last two innings. Alaina Rothwell led Oakwood with […]
By Fred Kroner The first three hitters in the Oakwood baseball batting order went a combined 9-for-10 on Thursday (April 28) and scored nine runs as the Comets dispatched Cissna Park, 12-2, at home. Leadoff hitter Grant Powell was 3-for-3 with four runs scored and three stolen bases. The next […]
By Fred Kroner St. Joseph-Ogden suffered its fifth one-run loss of the softball season on Thursday (April 28), dropping a 1-0 decision at home to Mahomet-Seymour. Addie Martinie stroked two of the Spartans’ three hits. One of her hits was a double. Hallie Brazelton also had a hit. Madison Stevens […]
