By Fred Kroner After having four consecutive games postponed by inclement weather, Oakwood’s softball team finished the week with games on back-to-back days and a season’s high for runs scored. On Friday (April 5) the Comets lost at Iroquois West, 5-3, but the team bounced back on Saturday (April 6) […]
By Fred Kroner Oakwood athletes won two individual events and helped two relays to victory on Friday (April 5) in the Vermilion County boys’ track and field meet at Salt Fork. Connor Smith was the 100-meter champion (personal-best 11.28 seconds), with a time .11 ahead of the runner-up. In the […]
By Fred Kroner Four Oakwood athletes garnered top-six finishes on Friday (April 5) in the Vermilion County girls’ track and field meet at Salt Fork. Nikita Taylor was a double placer, capturing runner-up finishes in both the 400 meters (1:06.15) and the long jump (15 feet, 2 inches). Other team […]
By Fred Kroner Sophomore Timera Blackburn-Kelly threw her second shutout of the spring and the third by a St. Joseph-Ogden softball pitcher this year on Saturday (April 6) as SJ-O blanked Tri-Valley, 7-0, at Randy Wolken Field. Blackburn-Kelly (4-0) yielded three hits and one walk. She registered a season-high 12 […]
By FRED KRONER Fred@mahometnews.com St. Joseph-Ogden Baseball St. Joseph-Ogden’s baseball team notched a run in the bottom of the seventh inning on Saturday (April 6) at Meier Field and knocked off Tremont, 3-2. In the Spartans’ second game in the Saturday round-robin event, SJ-O topped Williamsville, 5-1. Nolan Earley and […]
By Fred Kroner Brennan Struck collected two hits on Tuesday (April 2), but the Heritage baseball team dropped a 20-5 decision at home to Arthur Christian. Robert Holloman, Lukas Miller and Rylan White each ended with one hit. Miller drove in two runs. Scoring runs for the Hawks were Anthony […]
By Fred Kroner Bryson McDaniel won the triple jump (36-8) and Connor Smith outsprinted all competitors in the 100-meter dash (11.44 seconds) on Tuesday (April 2) to highlight the performances by the Oakwood boys’ track and field team in a six-school meet at Bismarck-Henning/Rossville-Alvin. McDaniel’s margin of victory was 6-8. […]
By Fred Kroner Nikita Taylor won the 400-meter dash on Tuesday (April 2) as the Oakwood girls’ track and field team placed second in a six-school meet at Bismarck-Henning/Rossville-Alvin. Taylor’s time was 1:05.57 and her margin of victory was 1.34 seconds. Weather conditions forced the meet to be canceled following […]
By Fred Kroner Derek Drews and Jackson Dudley each powered two hits on Saturday (March 30), but the Oakwood baseball team dropped a 14-10 decision at home against Okaw Valley. Carsen Dudley, Brody Taflinger, Cort Vermillion and Alex Wallace all ended with one hit. Carsen Dudley delivered two RBI. Drews […]
By Fred Kroner Timera Blackburn-Kelly pitched a five-inning one-hitter on Monday (April 1) as the St. Joseph-Ogden softball team handed Bloomington Central Catholic a 14-2 loss at Randy Wolken Field. Blackburn-Kelly (3-0) walked five and registered nine strikeouts. Halle Brazelton, Adelyn Jannusch and Grace Osterbur all drove in two runs. […]
