By Fred Kroner The Villa Grove boys’ basketball team finished the week with back-to-back wins. The Blue Devils lost at home to Decatur Lutheran, 72-39, on Tuesday (Feb. 8) before knocking off Blue Ridge in Farmer City, 71-32, on Thursday (Feb. 10) and Argenta-Oreana at home, 71-68, on Friday (Feb. […]
By Fred Kroner In their regular-season finale, the Heritage junior varsity girls’ basketball team dropped a 20-11 decision at Salt Fork. Gracie Tate scored a team-high seven points. Alexus Day contributed two points while Courtney Sanford and Loran Tate each notched a free throw. Adena Paul was the rebounding leader […]
By Fred Kroner Drew Williams scored 13 points and Aaron Coffin notched 11 points, but Heritage fell just short, 37-35, on Friday (Feb. 11) in a boys’ basketball game at Tri-County. The teams were tied, 19-19, at halftime. Heritage built a 28-25 lead after three quarters. Brodie Meneely added six […]
By Fred Kroner Four Oakwood/Salt Fork wrestlers qualified for the Class 1A state tournament based on their performances on Saturday (Feb. 12) in the Stanford Olympia Sectional. The top four finishers in each of 14 weight classes advanced to state. Junior Reef Pacot (132 pounds) and senior Joe Lashuay (160 […]
By Fred Kroner The Oakwood Comets bounced back from an overtime loss three days earlier to zap Schlarman Academy, 67-41, on Friday (Feb. 11) in Danville. Dalton Hobick tossed in a game-high 19 points. Josh Young hit 14 points, Alec Harrison scored eight points and Grant Powell contributed seven points. […]
By Fred Kroner Two of the three St. Joseph-Ogden wrestlers who competed in the Stanford Olympia Class 1A Sectional on Saturday (Feb. 12) qualified for the state tournament. Sophomore Emmitt Holt (113 pounds) and freshman Holden Brazelton (120 pounds) advanced to sectional championship matches to ensure that their seasons will […]
By Fred Kroner Ty Pence scored 19 points on Friday (Feb. 11), but was the only St. Joseph-Ogden player in double figures during a 67-44 boys’ basketball loss at Tolono Unity. Pence also pulled down four rebounds. Logan Smith and Coy Taylor each scored eight points for the Spartans, who […]
By Fred Kroner The Villa Grove girls’ basketball team, which has won three of its last six games, handed visiting Argenta-Oreana a 33-23 setback on Wednesday (Feb. 9). A-O led, 7-4, after one quarter, but Emma Buesing tallied eight of her team-high 12 points in the second stanza as the […]
By Fred Kroner The Heritage Hawks hit a season’s high for points scored on Wednesday (Feb. 9), but dropped a home decision to Argenta-Oreana, 86-57, in a boys’ basketball game. Drew Williams eclipsed the 20-point mark for the third time this season. He led the Hawks with 21 points. Julliyan […]
By Fred Kroner Ashlynn Pinnick netted 17 points on Monday (Feb. 7) as the Oakwood girls’ basketball team closed the regular season with a 57-5 victory at Danville Schlarman Academy. Addie Wright hit 13 points, Jaydah Arrowmith scored 10 points and Cherokee Hanner added six points. The Comets led, 23-0, […]
