By Fred Kroner St. Joseph-Ogden’s baseball team won two of three games in the two-day Edwardsville Tournament. On Thursday (March 17), the Spartans outscored Belleville Althoff, 14-11, and handled Father McGivney Catholic High School, 6-1. On Friday (March 18), SJ-O fell to Coal City, 10-6. Against Althoff, Hayden Brazelton socked […]
By Fred Kroner Given a second chance to win his final game of the season, Monticello’s Kevin Roy was successful on Saturday (March 19) at Gibson City. One week after directing the Sages to a second-place finish in the Class 2A boys’ basketball state tournament, Roy guided the Illini Prairie […]
By Fred Kroner Ella Armstrong was the top scorer on Saturday (March 19) as the Illini Prairie Conference senior all-stars topped their counterparts from the Heart of Illinois Conference, 58-32, at Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley High School. Armstrong, who drilled back-to-back three-pointers in the final 90 seconds of the first half, totaled […]
By Fred Kroner Sam Bender and Brady Clodfelder had hits for Villa Grove in each of its first two baseball games, but the Blue Devils dropped back-to-back decisions. On Tuesday (March 15), the Blue Devils lost at Paris, 12-5. On Wednesday (March 16), they lost at home to Monticello, 9-2. […]
By Fred Kroner Villa Grove’s softball team unleashed a potent offensive attack in recording back-to-back wins to open the season. On Tuesday (March 15), the Blue Devils dispatched visiting Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley, 12-2. On Wednesday (March 16), VG overpowered Monticello at home, 18-9. The Blue Devils pounded 13 hits in the […]
By Fred Kroner Heritage was held hitless in its baseball opener and dropped a 10-0 decision at home on Tuesday (March 15) to Marshall. Hawk pitchers Brodie Meneely, Jullyan Gray and Kolton Junglas collectively allowed just five hits and combined for four strikeouts. Heritage (0-1) returns to action on Thursday […]
By Fred Kroner Oakwood’s softball team was limited to one hit in its season-opener, a 10-0 loss at home on Monday (March 14) to Marshall. The Comets’ lone hit was a third-inning single by Savannah Nevitt. Oakwood’s Karsen Rupp pitched five innings and struck out three batters. Oakwood (0-1) returns […]
By Fred Kroner Six Oakwood players had hits in each of the team’s first two baseball games as the Comets salvaged a split in the road series. On Monday (March 14), Oakwood dropped a 6-3 decision at Westville. On Tuesday (March 15), the Comets rebounded with an 11-3 win at […]
By Fred Kroner St. Joseph-Ogden junior Ty Pence was one of four players who were unanimous selections to the Illini Prairie all-conference boys’ basketball team. Pence was joined on the seven-player first team by three other unanimous picks: sophomore Cole Certa, from Bloomington Central Catholic, senior Ben Cresap, from Monticello, […]
By Fred Kroner Avian Gerdes allowed one run in five innings and St. Joseph-Ogden baseball teammates Adam Price and Griffin Roesch each drove in four runs on Tuesday (March 15) as the Spartans opened the season with a 14-2 win at Armstrong-Potomac. Gerdes walked one and struck out two before […]
