By Fred Kroner The St. Joseph eighth-grade girls’ basketball team fell one victory short of earning a state trophy. In the IESA state quarterfinals on Saturday (Dec. 11) at Germantown Hills, the Panthers dropped a 43-5 decision to unbeaten Pleasant Plains, which went on to post a 20-point semifinal win […]
By Fred Kroner Prairieview Ogden’s eighth-grade girls’ basketball team finished one win shy of qualifying for the IESA Class 1A state tournament, losing a 27-17 decision to Schlarman Academy at home on Wednesday (Dec. 8). The teams were tied, 8-8, at halftime. Taylor Maddock hit a team-high five points. Teammates […]
By Fred Kroner Layne Rund scored eight points and Robert Fancher added six points on Friday (Dec. 10), but Villa Grove suffered a 57-29 loss at Salt Fork in a non-conference boys’ basketball game. Salt Fork led, 16-6, after one quarter and 32-12 at halftime. Villa Grove (2-7) returns to […]
By Fred Kroner Drew Williams became the first Heritage player with a 20-point game this season, when he tossed in 21 points on Saturday (Dec. 11) at home in a 53-32 loss to Sullivan. Joel Bear added seven points for the Hawks. Heritage (1-7) returns to action on Tuesday (Dec. […]
By Fred Kroner Six Oakwood/Salt Fork wrestlers won both of their matches on Saturday at Vandalia. As a team, the Comets dispatched LeRoy 44-27, but fell to Vandalia, 46-29. Going undefeated for the day were Comets Carter Chambliss (120 pounds), Pedro Rangel (126 pounds), Reef Pacot (132 pounds), Joe Lashuay […]
By Fred Kroner Freshman Holden Brazelton won four matches – two by pin – and was the 120-pound weight class champion on Saturday (Dec. 11) for St. Joseph-Ogden at the Rex Avery Invitational, at Petersburg. Brazelton kayoed the top-seed in the finals, 3-1, with a takedown in overtime. SJ-O scored […]
By Fred Kroner Ella Armstrong dropped in a game-high 13 points on Thursday (Dec. 9), but the St. Joseph-Ogden girls’ basketball team suffered a 48-35 loss at home to Teutopolis. T-Town expanded a 14-9 lead after one quarter to 30-13 at halftime. Scoring five points apiece for the Spartans were […]
By Fred Kroner Ty Pence posted his third 30-point game of the season on Saturday (Dec. 11) helping the unbeaten St. Joseph-Ogden boys’ basketball team to a 67-44 triumph at Casey-Westfield. Pence hit three three-point shots and 5-of-5 free throws on the way to a game-high 30 points. Evan Ingram […]
By Fred Kroner Heritage played its first – and only – home game of the girls’ junior varsity basketball season on Tuesday (Dec. 7) and dropped a 19-14 decision to Georgetown-Ridge Farm. The Hawks held the visitors scoreless in the third quarter and outscored the Buffaloes, 11-4, after halftime. Adena […]
By Fred Kroner Drew Williams made a team-high 13 points on Wednesday (Dec. 8), but Heritage dropped a non-conference decision at home to Westville, 68-33, in a boys’ basketball game. Julliyan Gray hit nine points and Brodie Meneely added seven points for the Hawks. Heritage (1-6) returns to action on […]
