By Fred Kroner Oakwood’s seventh-grade boys’ basketball team raised its winning streak to eight games and its season record to 13-1 with wins on back-to-back nights. The Knights dispatched Armstrong-Potomac at home, 39-11, on Wednesday (Jan. 12) and followed up with a 40-15 triumph at Rossville-Alvin on Thursday (Jan. 13). […]
By Fred Kroner Armstrong-Potomac/Gifford handed Heritage setbacks on Tuesday (Jan. 11) in both the seventh- and eighth-grade volleyball matches. The Heritage seventh-graders lost, 25-11, 25-13. Jayden Schrock landed two aces. McKenna Roedl posted two digs and one kill. The Heritage eighth-graders dropped a 25-11, 25-15 decision. Addi Hopper provided seven […]
By Fred Kroner Villa Grove’s girls’ basketball team picked up its first victory on Saturday (Jan. 15) when its first opponent in the Lincoln Prairie Conference Tournament – Argenta-Oreana – was obliged to forfeit due to COVID-19 issues. On Thursday (Jan. 13), Kaylee Arbuckle and Emma Buesing each scored nine […]
By Fred Kroner Heritage’s short-handed junior varsity girls’ basketball team lost at Urbana University High, 28-17, on Thursday (Jan. 13). Adena Paul led the Hawks with five points and seven rebounds. Kamryn Soard had four points and six rebounds. Loran Tate had four points and four rebounds. Bailee Lubben contributed […]
By Fred Kroner Despite a season-high 23 points from junior Drew Williams, the Heritage boys’ basketball team took a 57-49 loss at home on Friday (Jan. 14) against Blue Ridge. Junior Julliyan Gray hit 14 points and senior Brodie Meneely added eight points. Heritage fell behind by 13 points at […]
By Fred Kroner Karsen Rupp scored a career-high 22 points on Thursday (Jan. 13) at Georgetown-Ridge Farm, sparking Oakwood to a 65-30 Vermilion Valley Conference girls’ basketball victory. Rupp and Addie Wright each netted six first-quarter points, helping the Comets into a 20-6 lead after eight minutes. Ashlynn Pinnick tallied […]
By Fred Kroner Ella Armstrong drained three first-quarter three-pointers on Thursday (Jan.13), staking the St. Joseph-Ogden girls’ basketball team to a lead it never lost at Chillicothe IVC. SJ-O raced to a 46-26 victory, hitting half of its points in the opening frame when it went ahead, 23-7. Armstrong ended […]
By Fred Kroner St. Joseph-Ogden’s boys’ basketball team opened Illini Prairie Conference play on Friday (Jan 14) with a 58-44 loss at home to Pontiac. Ty Pence rippled the cords for a game-high 30 points. Evan Ingram added 12 points. Pence and Ingram each bagged two three-pointers. McGwire Atwood pulled […]
By Fred Kroner In the two-day Illini Prairie Conference dual-meet wrestling tournament, which ended on Saturday (Jan. 15) at Monticello, St. Joseph-Ogden placed fifth after going 4-4. Two Spartans were conference champions after finishing the tournament with 8-0 records: sophomore Emmitt Holt (113 pounds) and freshman Holden Brazelton (120 pounds). […]
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