By Fred Kroner Junior Ty Pence narrowly missed a triple-double on Friday (Jan. 21) at home as St. Joseph-Ogden dispatched Chillicothe IVC, 72-64, in a boys’ Illini Prairie Conference basketball game. Pence bagged 32 points to go with 10 rebounds and eight assists. Evan Ingram contributed 14 points, three rebounds […]
By Fred Kroner Villa Grove suffered a 56-16 loss to Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond on Monday (Jan. 17) in a Lincoln Prairie Conference Tournament game at Cerro Gordo. The Blue Devils (1-16) play Arcola on Thursday (Jan. 20) in a consolation bracket tournament game.
By Fred Kroner Julliyan Gray scored 12 points on Tuesday (Jan. 18), but the Heritage boys’ basketball team dropped a 77-41 Lincoln Prairie Conference decision at Decatur Lutheran. Joel Bear added eight points and Brodie Meneely chipped in with six points. Heritage (1-17) starts play in the conference tournament on […]
By Fred Kroner The Comets won two dual meets on Tuesday (Jan. 18) at Hoopeston Area. They defeated the host Cornjerkers, 50-27, and overpowered Westville, 61-18. Two Oakwood/Salt Fork grapplers won twice in contested matches. Carter Chambliss (120 pounds) posted a pin and earned a 5-2 decision. Bryson Capansky (138 […]
By Fred Kroner The Comets’ five-game winning streak was halted on Wednesday (Jan. 19) with a 36-27 loss to Salt Fork in the Vermilion County Tournament at Danville’s Palmer Arena. Salt Fork moves into the championship game. Oakwood will face Hoopeston Area in Friday’s third-place contest at 6:30 p.m. Karsen […]
By Fred Kroner Top-seeded Oakwood was taken down in overtime by Westville, 49-45, in its first game of the Vermilion County Tournament on Tuesday (Jan. 18) at Danville’s Palmer Arena. The teams were tied, 43-43, after regulation. Every point scored in OT came from the free throw line. Westville was […]
By Fred Kroner Six St. Joseph-Ogden wrestlers won matches on Tuesday (Jan. 18), but the Spartans lost a dual meet at Bismarck-Henning/Rossville-Alvin, 48-37. Winning by pin for the Spartans were Garrett Denhart (138 pounds), Hunter Ketchum (182) and Owen Birt (195 pounds). Holden Brazelton (126) recorded a technical fall victory. […]
By Fred Kroner Ty Pence and Logan Smith formed a potent 1-2 punch on Tuesday (Jan. 18) as the St. Joseph-Ogden boys’ basketball team snapped a two-game losing streak with a 64-54 triumph at Prairie Central. Pence registered team-high totals of 25 points (12 of 16 from the free-throw line) […]
By Fred Kroner Since the calendar turned to 2022, the St. Joseph-Oden girls’ basketball team has played five games. In those contests, five different Spartans have led the team in scoring. The latest was Peyton Jones, who knocked down 13 points on Monday (Jan. 17) at St. Thomas More as […]
By Fred Kroner Both the seventh- and eighth-grade boys’ basketball teams from Prairieview Ogden won two of three games last week. The eighth-graders lost at home to St. Joseph, 51-38, on Monday (Jan. 10), then won at Gifford, 52-5, on Tuesday (Jan. 11) and at home against Westville, 49-18, on […]
