By Fred Kroner Dalton Hobick bucketed 26 points on Friday (Jan. 28) and Josh Young made 21 as Oakwood outscored Cissna Park, 75-61, in a boys’ Vermilion Valley Conference basketball game. It was the second time in the last eight games that the duo had each reached the 20-point mark […]
By Fred Kroner St. Joseph-Ogden maintained its position atop the Illini Prairie Conference girls’ basketball standings on Thursday (Jan. 27) with a 56-27 win at home over Bloomington Central Catholic. Peyton Jones swished three first-quarter three-pointers and canned a team-high 16 points in the win. SJ-O led, 21-7, after one […]
By Fred Kroner Freshman Holden Brazelton placed first and sophomore Emmitt Holt took second on Saturday (Jan. 29), helping St. Joseph-Ogden’s wrestling team to an eighth-place finish in the 15-school Quincy Notre Dame Invitational. Brazelton won all three of his matches – two by pin – and was the 120-pound […]
By Fred Kroner St. Joseph-Ogden’s boys’ basketball team ended the week with back-to-back losses, including one in a rare Sunday contest. On Friday (Jan. 28), the Spartans dropped an Illini Prairie Conference decision at Monticello, 57-29. Ty Pence tallied 17 points for SJ-O. Brock Trimble added six points on the […]
By Fred Kroner Kaylee Arbuckle hit a season-high four three-point shots – one in each quarter – to lead the Villa Grove girls’ basketball team to a 29-27 victory at home on Tuesday (Jan. 25) against Georgetown-Ridge Farm. Arbuckle led the Blue Devils with 12 points. Hailey Stutz made a […]
By Fred Kroner Adena Paul scored eight points on Monday (Jan. 24), but the Heritage girls’ junior varsity basketball team dropped a 38-12 decision at Milford. Paul also had two rebounds and a steal. Gracie Tate wound up with four rebounds and two points. Bailee Lubben finished with two points […]
By Fred Kroner Heritage hit a season’s high for points scored on Tuesday (Jan. 25), but still dropped a 70-50 decision at home to Argenta-Oreana. Drew Williams collected a team-high 18 points. Julliyan Gray made nine points, Aaron Coffin hit seven points and Timmy Wilson wound up with six points. […]
By Fred Kroner Oakwood was unable to hold onto a halftime lead on Monday (Jan. 24) and lost at Cissna Park 49-44 in a girls’ non-conference basketball game. The Comets led, 19-15, at intermission. Addie Wright led the Comets with 22 points. Karsen Rupp hit eight points, Ashlynn Pinnick added […]
By Fred Kroner Josh Young scored 14 points and Griffin Trees added a season-high 12 points on Tuesday (Jan. 25) as Oakwood’s boys’ basketball team avenged a six-point loss to Georgetown-Ridge Farm five days earlier with a 61-45 triumph. The win enabled the Comets to maintain their hold on first […]
By Fred Kroner St. Joseph-Ogden’s girls’ basketball team continued its winning ways in Illini Prairie Conference games on Monday (Jan. 24), collecting a 50-40 victory at Stanford Olympia. The teams were tied, 25-25, at halftime, but SJ-O used a 12-0 spurt in the third quarter to take command. Taylor Wells […]
