By Fred Kroner Oakwood/Salt Fork’s wrestlers won five of six contested matches and also picked up six forfeits en route to a 67-6 dual-meet triumph over St. Joseph-Ogden. Three Comets recorded pins, with the fastest at 126 pounds by Pedro Rangel in 1 minute and 26 seconds. Also notching pins […]
By Fred Kroner Dalton Hobick drained five first-half three-pointers on Tuesday (Dec. 7) and Oakwood canned 7-of-8 fourth-quarter free throws as they edged visiting St. Thomas More, 48-47. Hobick finished with 21 points. Josh Young added 16 points and Grant Powell contributed seven points. Gaven Clouse was the final-period free […]
Addie Wright scored a game-high 20 points on Monday (Dec. 6) as Oakwood opened its Vermilion Valley Conference with a 51-31 victory at home over Bismarck-Henning/Rossville-Alvin. Oakwood held a slender 8-7 lead after one quarter, but used a 22-point second quarter to build a 14-point halftime lead. Wright knocked down […]
By Fred Kroner Quincy Jones accounted for the lone St. Joseph-Ogden win in a Tuesday (Dec. 7) wrestling dual meet against Oakwood. The 220-pound Jones claimed a pin in 38 seconds, providing the Spartans their only loss in a 67-6 setback. SJ-O (0-3) returns to action on Saturday (Dec. 11) […]
By Fred Kroner Thanks to double-figure scoring from three players, the St. Joseph-Ogden boys’ basketball team eclipsed the 70-point mark for the third straight game on Tuesday (Dec. 7) in a 75-46 win at Hoopeston Area. Ty Pence hit a team-high 18 points and was followed by Logan Smith (17 […]
By Fred Kroner St. Joseph-Ogden scored more fourth-quarter points on Monday (Dec. 6) than it had in the first three quarters combined, but fell short at Mahomet-Seymour, 58-46. SJ-O trailed 45-18 after three quarters, but notched six final-quarter three-pointers as part of a 28-point scoring spree to cut into the […]
Clark Roland drilled a team-high eight points as the Heritage seventh-grade boys’ basketball team overcame a 7-2 first-quarter deficit on Thursday (Dec. 2) to win at home over Hoopeston Area, 28-25. Brayden Jones netted seven points and Cameron Johnson added five points. On Monday (Dec. 6), the seventh-graders took a […]
By Fred Kroner The St. Joseph eighth-grade boys basketball team has put together four consecutive wins to snap a two-game losing streak. After the Panthers dropped a narrow 41-40 decision to Rantoul on Monday (Nov. 22), they handled Bismarck-Henning, 41-23, on Monday (Nov. 29), Danville, 47-29, on Thursday (Dec. 2), […]
By Fred Kroner Both the seventh- and eighth-grade boys’ basketball teams from Prairieview Ogden earned wins in their last two games. The eighth-graders triumphed at Potomac, Thursday (Dec. 2), 53-23, and followed up with a 51-14 victory on Monday (Dec. 6) at Champaign St. Matthew. Kodey McKinney was one of […]
By Fred Kroner Taylor Maddock scored eight points and Emma McKinney made seven points on Thursday (Dec. 2) as top-seeded Prairieview Ogden advanced to the championship game of an IESA Class 1A regional following a 33-14 triumph over Next Generation. PVO (13-5) then beat second-seeded Holy Cross, 34-16, in the […]
