By Fred Kroner Addie Wright scored 16 of her game-high 22 points in the middle two quarters on Thursday (Dec. 16), helping Oakwood post a 44-22 triumph at Hoopeston Area. The win raises the Comets’ record in Vermilion Valley Conference play to 2-1. Jaydah Arrowsmith notched eight points for Oakwood. […]
By Fred Kroner Ella Armstrong made 11 of her game-high 13 points in the first half on Thursday (Dec. 16), staking St. Joseph-Ogden to a lead it never relinquished in a 48-24 triumph at home over Bismarck-Henning/Rossville-Alvin. SJ-O led, 10-2, after one quarter and 28-6 at halftime. The Spartans hit […]
By Fred Kroner Two St. Joseph-Ogden wrestlers advanced to championship matches on Saturday (Dec. 18) at the Tolono Unity Invitational. Holden Brazelton captured top honors in the 120-pound weight class. He was 3-0 for the day, with two pins. In the finals, he pinned his opponent in 1 minutes and […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Dwayne Gilliland is an anomaly among youth coaches in any sport. He is not involved because a child or grandchild plays on the team. It has been that way for more than a decade. Gilliland recently finished his 25th year as the Prairieview Ogden fifth- and […]
By Fred Kroner Three Oakwood/Salt Fork wrestlers registered pins on Tuesday (Dec. 14) as the Comets earned a dual-meet victory at Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley/Fisher, 53-21. The falls were recorded by Bryson Capansky (145 pounds), Reid Dazey (152 pounds) and Jamison VanVickle (285 pounds). Reef Pacot (138 pounds) had a 17-2 technical […]
By Fred Kroner Ashlynn Pinnick scored a team-high 13 points on Monday (Dec. 13), but Oakwood fell just short in a girls’ basketball game at Watseka, 41-37. The Comets built a 12-6 lead after one quarter, but trailed at halftime, 20-16. Oakwood regained control in the third stanza and carried […]
By Fred Kroner Junior Dalton Hobick hit a game-high 18 points on Monday – including 6-of-6 from the free-throw line in the fourth quarter – as the Oakwood boys’ basketball team held off visiting Bismarck-Henning/Rossville-Alvin in its Vermilion Valley Conference opener, 40-35. Oakwood vaulted into a 12-4 lead after one […]
By Fred Kroner The unbeaten St. Joseph-Ogden boys’ basketball team traveled to Danville on Tuesday (Dec. 14) and came away with a 77-59 victory. The Spartans had four players score in double figures. Evan Ingram landed a season-high 25 points. He was supported by 18 points from Ty Pence, 15 […]
By Fred Kroner Two St. Joseph-Ogden wrestlers posted pins on Tuesday (Dec. 13) in the Spartans’ 39-36 dual-meet loss at Warrensburg-Latham. The SJ-O pinners were freshman Landon Butts (126 pounds) and freshman Holden Brazelton (132 pounds). Butts’ recorded the team’s fastest fall in 3 minutes and 5 seconds. In contested […]
By Fred Kroner Heritage suffered a pair of losses at home on Monday (Dec. 13) against Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond. In the eighth-grade game, Rylan White and Destin Nickle teamed up for 30 points in a 52-33 loss to A-L/A-H. White nailed four three-point shots and scored 16 points. Nickle canned 6-of-11 free […]
