By Fred Kroner Oakwood’s boys’ basketball team staged a massive comeback on Tuesday (Feb. 8), but fell short, in overtime, at home to Salt Fork, 46-44. Salt Fork stormed into a 27-15 lead at halftime, but the Comets pulled ahead, 35-34, after three quarters. Dalton Hobick drained three third-quarter three-pointers […]
By Fred Kroner St. Joseph-Ogden’s girls’ basketball team successfully ran the table against all Illini Prairie Conference opponents when it dispatched visiting Paxton-Buckley-Loda, 50-28, on Monday (Feb. 7). Peyton Jones drilled four three-point shots and tallied a team-high 16 points. Addison Frick added 10 points, Ashlyn Lannert had seven points […]
By Fred Kroner St. Joseph-Ogden’s boys’ basketball team started the week with back-to-back victories and reached the 20-win mark for the season. The Spartans thumped Central Catholic, 73-61, on Monday (Feb. 7) in Bloomington and followed up at home on Tuesday (Feb. 8) with a 74-54 conquest over Rantoul. Ty […]
By Fred Kroner Rylan White was the leading scorer for the Heritage Junior High boys’ basketball team, which bowed out of the regional with a 49-13 loss to Chrisman on Saturday (Jan. 29), in 13 games. White posted a team-best eight points in the season finale. Clark Roland had the […]
By Fred Kroner The Heritage Junior High seventh-grade volleyball team has a 4-6 record following a win on Monday (Feb. 7) at Tuscola. Heritage rallied for a 21-25, 25-22, 25-14 triumph. Bre Ploense was responsible for nine assists and eight service aces. Addi Hooper notched seven kills to go with […]
By Fred Kroner The eighth-grade boys’ basketball team from Prairieview Ogden finished the season with an overall 17-3 record. Two of the losses were administered by Schlarman Academy, including a 39-34 setback in the championship game of an IESA Class 1A regional tournament on Monday (Feb. 7). PVO’s previous loss […]
By Fred Kroner Oakwood’s seventh-grade boys’ basketball team finished the season with a 16-2 record. Both losses were to St. Joseph by margins of nine and four points. Carsen Dudley led the team in scoring in all 18 games and averaged 21.4 points per game. He led the team in […]
By Fred Kroner The St. Joseph Middle School eighth-grade boys’ basketball team advanced to the IESA Class 3A regional finals before suffering a season-ending loss. In the quarterfinals, the Panthers topped Oakwood, 38-16, with Trevor Ames notching a team-high 10 points. Ames led third-seeded St. Joseph past second-seeded Monticello in […]
By Fred Kroner St. Joseph’s seventh-grade volleyball team continued its unbeaten ways, winning both of its matches last week. The Panthers topped Villa Grove, 25-11, 26-14, on Monday (Jan. 31) and then decisioned Prairieview Ogden, 25-22, 25-21. The seventh-graders are 7-0. The eighth-graders were beaten by both Villa Grove (20-25, […]
By Fred Kroner Julliyan Gray’s 10 points led the Heritage boys’ basketball team on Saturday (Feb. 5) in a 60-20 loss at home to Okaw Valley. Timmy Wilson and Robert Holloman each hit a three-point shot to account for their three points. Heritage (1-22) returns to action on Tuesday (Feb. […]
