By Fred Kroner Austin McDaniel placed second in the triple jump and Oakwood teammate Saul Carrillo captured third in the 400 meters on Thursday (April 7), helping the Comets to eighth place in a 12-team boys’ track and field meet at Salt Fork. McDaniel’s best jump was 11.86 meters (38 […]
By Fred Kroner A five-run sixth inning on Friday (April 8) enabled Oakwood to recover from a 7-3 deficit and produce an 8-7 non-conference baseball win at Iroquois West. Brody Taflinger pitched four innings of one-hit, scoreless relief and picked up his first win of the season. Taflinger struck out […]
By Fred Kroner Oakwood’s softball team ended the week by splitting a pair of high-scoring one-run decisions. The Comets won at Iroquois West on Friday (April 8), 12-11, but dropped a 16-15 decision at Paxton-Buckley-Loda on Saturday (April 9) with the home team scoring a walk-off run in the bottom […]
By Fred Kroner Isabella Reed had two hits for Heritage, which dropped a 26-0 softball decision at home to Mahomet-Seymour on Thursday (April 7). Teammates with one hit were Brianne Struck and Samantha Ward. Heritage (0-5) returns to action on Monday (April 11) at home against Cerro Gordo/Bement.
By Fred Kroner Liam Barr, Cooper Clark, Brady Clodfelder and Luke Zimmerman all clubbed two hits on Thursday (April 7), but the Villa Grove baseball team dropped an 11-7 decision at Salt Fork. Clark delivered three RBI. Clodfelder, who stole a base, knocked in two runs. Barr and Zimmerman each […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Rob Witzel got his inspiration at school. It didn’t materialize from any of the traditional means, such as participating in an interactive class project or from studying a string of mathematical equations on the board or even from reading the classics. It came in 2006, during […]
By Fred Kroner Alex Brown fanned seven batters in seven innings on Monday (April 4) and was backed by a 19-hit attack as Villa Grove handled Toledo Cumberland 10-6 in a softball game at home. Alison Pangburn pounded four hits for the Blue Devils. Contributing three hits each were Kaylee […]
By Fred Kroner Sam Bender fired a four-inning four-hitter on Monday (April 4), walking no one and striking out seven and was supported by an offense that hit a season high for runs scored in a 16-1 baseball victory at home over Cerro Gordo/Bement. Peyton Smith produced his third three-hit […]
By Fred Kroner Argenta-Oreana rolled up a 21-0 softball win at Heritage on Monday (April 4). Heritage (0-4) returns to action on Thursday (April 7) at home against Mahomet-Seymour.
By Fred Kroner Heritage was shut out by Arcola,16-0, in a baseball game at home on Monday (April 4). The Hawks were held hitless, but had four batters draw walks, including Kamble Pearman twice. Starting pitcher Brodie Meneely worked 3 2/3 innings and struck out two. Heritage (0-3) returns to […]
