By Fred Kroner Josh Ruch and Gaven Clouse hit their season’s high for points scored on Tuesday (Jan. 4) as Oakwood overpowered Hoopeston Area, 57-45, in a Vermilion Valley Conference boys’ basketball game at Hoopeston. Ruch tallied 15 points and Clouse chipped in with 12 points. Tanner Pichon scored 10 […]
By Fred Kroner St. Joseph-Ogden’s boys’ basketball team snapped a two-game losing streak on Tuesday (Jan. 4), rallying for a 62-55 non-conference win at home over Williamsville. The Spartans trailed, 43-42, entering the final quarter, but took the lead for good on a basket 12 seconds into the last period. […]
By Fred Kroner The seventh-grade boys’ basketball team from Oakwood is off to an 8-1 start to the season. The Knights won their first five games, starting with a 33-23 verdict at home over Bismarck-Henning on Monday (Nov. 15), followed by a 29-21 decision at Salt Fork on Tuesday (Nov. […]
By Fred Kroner The Villa Grove girls’ basketball team, returning to the court for the first time in 25 days due to COVID-19-related issues, went 0-5 in the BSN Classic at Bismarck-Henning High School. On Wednesday (Dec. 29), Vanessa Wright made her season debut and collected seven points, including hitting […]
By Fred Kroner Villa Grove finished the BSN Classic, at Bismarck-Henning/Rossville-Alvin High School, with a victory in its final contest on Wednesday (Dec. 29). VG entered the tournament following a 17-day layoff due to COVID-19 issues. The Blue Devils topped the B-H/R-A junior varsity, 48-45, in the 11th-place game. Ashton […]
By Fred Kroner The Heritage boys’ basketball team finished 0-4 in the BSN Classic. The Hawks’ first three games were at home and the final one, for 11th place, was played at Bismarck-Henning/Rossville-Alvin. In the Wednesday (Dec. 29) tourney finale, Heritage fell to Indiana School of Math and Science, 69-47. […]
By Fred Kroner Oakwood/Salt Fork wrestlers Carter Chambliss (competing at 120 and 126 pounds) and Reef Pacot (132 pounds) won all nine of their matches during the two-day Abe’s Rumble in the Land of Lincoln Wrestling Tournament, which ended on Thursday (Dec. 30), in Springfield. Chambliss had six pins, including […]
By Fred Kroner Addie Wright’s sixth 20-point game of the season propelled the Oakwood girls’ basketball team to a victory in its final game of the BSN Classic at Bismarck-Henning/Rossville-Alvin High School. On Wednesday (Dec. 29), the Comets dispatched Villa Grove, 52-28, in the ninth-place game. Wright totaled 20 points […]
By Fred Kroner The Oakwood boys’ basketball team won its final two games in the Monticello Hoopla Tournament and finished in fifth place. In the fifth-place contest on Wednesday (Dec. 29), the Comets used 11 of 14 accuracy from the free-throw line in the final period to turn back Gibson […]
By Fred Kroner Two St. Joseph-Ogden grapplers went 7-0 during the two-day Abe’s Rumble in the Land of Lincoln Wrestling Tournament, which ended on Thursday (Dec. 30), in Springfield. Emmitt Holt had one pin and two two-point decisions among his victories at 113 pounds. Holden Brazelton posted three pins and […]
