By Fred Kroner Dalton Hobick, Matthew Miller and Grant Powell collected two hits apiece on Monday (April 4), but Oakwood lost a Vermilion Valley Conference baseball game at home,11-3, to Bismarck-Henning/Rossville-Alvin. Hobick, who stole four bases, scored two runs. Noah Phillips, who stole two bases, tallied the Comets’ other run. […]
By Fred Kroner In its opening Vermilion Valley Conference softball game of the season on Monday (April 4), Oakwood dropped a 12-2 decision at home to Bismarck-Henning/Rossville-Alvin. Oakwood’s hits were spread around to five players: Alaina Rothwell, Gracie Enos, Savannah Nevitt, Olivia Fegett, and Bella Bradford. Karsen Rupp struck out […]
By Fred Kroner Allie Morris earned a first-place and a second-place finish for the Oakwood girls’ track and field team on Tuesday (April 5) in a nine-school meet at Paxton. Morris won the 3,200 meters and was the runner-up in the 1,600 meters, helping the Comets to a third-place finish […]
By Fred Kroner St. Joseph-Ogden put up 10 second-inning runs on Monday (April 4), but that outburst only created a 10-10 tie in a baseball game the Spartans lost at home to Bloomington Central Catholic, 14-10. Griffin Roesch and Charles Voorhees each swatted two hits for SJ-O. Voorhees had three […]
By Fred Kroner Addy Martinie and Peyton Jones lofted solo home runs on Monday (April 4), but that was all of the offense that the St. Joseph-Ogden softball team could muster in a 4-2 loss at home to Bloomington Central Catholic. Addison Frick, Kennedy Hudson and Martinie each delivered two […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Ava Knap knows her way to the finish line. The St. Joseph-Ogden athlete wasn’t always the first to finish, but she was never discouraged. Jason Retz, a cross-country and track coach at SJ-O, remembers the runner he saw in Knap when she was a freshman. “She […]
By Fred Kroner St. Joseph-Ogden’s softball team won three games on Saturday (April 2) to capture the consolation championship of the Rantoul Invitational. The Spartans sprinted past Hoopeston Area, 16-1, Villa Grove, 19-2, and Rockford Auburn, 7-2, after rebounding from a 5-4 loss to Homewood-Flossmoor on Friday (April 1). Against […]
By Fred Kroner Villa Grove’s softball team won two of four games in the two-day Rantoul Invitational, which ended on Saturday (April 2). After dropping a 13-0 decision on Friday (April 1) to Effingham St. Anthony, the Blue Devils won twice on Saturday, beating Centennial, 14-8, losing to St. Joseph-Ogden, […]
By Fred Kroner Brady Clodfelder collected two hits for Villa Grove on Friday (April 1), but the Blue Devils lost a 13-1 baseball decision at home to Casey-Westfield. VG scored its run in the third inning when Sam Bender’s single drove in Cooper Clark. Clodfelder suffered the loss. He struck […]
By Fred Kroner Caleb Ochs and Avian Gerdes teamed up on a three-hit shutout on Friday (April 1) as St. Joseph-Ogden opened the Illini Prairie Conference portion of its baseball season with a 9-0 win at home over St. Thomas More. Ochs earned the win and allowed two hits and […]
