By Fred Kroner Villa Grove won its second consecutive Lincoln Prairie Conference softball game on Monday (April 11), topping Tri-County 6-2 at home. Alex Brown pitched a seven-inning compete game, walking no one and striking out seven while collecting her fifth victory. Maci Clodfelder cracked three hits, two of which […]
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Cerro Gordo/Bement defeats Heritage softball
By Fred Kroner Heritage carried a 1-0 lead into the third inning at Cerro Gordo/Bement, but eventually dropped an 18-3 softball decision on Monday (April 11). Isbella Reed slugged a solo home run for the Hawks. On Tuesday (April 12), the Hawks hit a season-high for runs scored, but lost […]
Heritage baseball gets first win of the season
By Fred Kroner Heritage scored a first-inning run on Monday (April 11) and never trailed in a baseball game at Cerro Gordo/Bement en route to its first win of the spring, 8-5. Kolton Junglas drilled three hits and knocked in two runs. Jullyan Gray added two hits. Robert Holloman also […]
Oakwood softball drops a decision at Watseka
By Fred Kroner Oakwood’s softball team had more hits (16-12), but fewer runs on Monday (April 11) and dropped an 8-5 decision at Watseka. Karsen Rupp took the loss. She struck out five batters in six innings. The Oakwood offense was led by Bella Bradford and Audrey Schnaus, with three […]
Oakwood baseball posts win at Watseka
By Fred Kroner Travis Tiernan pitched a five-inning one-hitter on Monday (April 11) as Oakwood posted a 16-1 baseball win at Watseka. Tiernan struck out 11 batters. Joshua Ruch and Griffin Trees both delivered three hits. Trees had a team-high four RBI. Contributing two hits apiece were Dalton Hobick, Brody […]
SJO Baseball defeats Olympia
By Fred Kroner St. Joseph-Ogden scored a run in the first inning on Monday (April 11) and never trailed enroute to a 5-1 baseball win at Stanford Olympia. Caleb Ochs (3-0) scattered five hits and struck out eight in a complete-game pitching performance. Hayden Brazelton had two hits and one […]
Olympia outlasts Spartan softball
By Fred Kroner St. Joseph-Ogden scored four seventh-inning runs on Monday (April 11) but the Spartans’ rally fell short in an 8-7 softball loss at Stanford Olympia. Peyton Jones had two hits for SJ-O. Grace Osterbur scored two runs. Jacey Lewis drove in two runs and Addison Frick stole two […]
Immke, Acton pitch first shutout of the season
By Fred Kroner Shayne Immke and Alyssa Acton combined to pitch the first shutout of the season on Thursday (April 7) for the St. Joseph-Ogden softball team, an 11-0 win at Rantoul. Immke (2-0) worked three hitless innings, walking four and striking out three. Acton walked one batter and fanned […]
Spartan baseball shuts out Rantoul in conference game
By Fred Kroner St. Joseph-Ogden rolled up 19 runs in the first two innings on Thursday (April 7) and posted a 28-0 shutout at Rantoul in an Illini Prairie Conference baseball game. Caleb Ochs and Jack Robertson combined on a one-hitter, each hurler pitching two innings. Ochs earned the win […]
Oakwood girls place fourth at Salt Fork Track and Field Invitational
By Fred Kroner Oakwood’s Allie Morris placed in two individual events and helped one relay to a fourth-place finish on Thursday (April 7) in the third-annual girls’ Salt Fork Track and Field Invitational. Morris finished third in the 1,600 meters (5 minutes, 52.24 seconds) and seventh in the 3,200 meters […]