By Fred Kroner Addie Brooks notched three first-half three-point shots on Thursday (Oct. 21) helping the St. Joseph eighth-grade girls’ basketball team to a win at home over Champaign St. Matthew, 28-15. Brooks was the team’s top scorer with nine points. St. Joseph led, 16-7 at halftime. Tamara Blackburn-Kelley contributed […]
By Fred Kroner The Villa Grove girls’ cross-country team claimed seventh place on Saturday (Oct. 23) at the 10-school Tuscola Class 1A regional at Wimple Park and advanced to the sectional. Monticello (31 points) and Clinton (55 points) were the top two team finishers. Villa Grove’s composite score was 158 […]
By Fred Kroner The Blue Devils dropped a 25-14, 25-14 volleyball decision at Blue Ridge on Thursday (Oct. 21) to end the regular season. Senior Ava Vollmer led Villa Grove with five kills. Villa Grove (6-18) returns to action on Tuesday (Oct. 26) in the quarterfinals of the Martinsville Class […]
By Fred Kroner Villa Grove football coach Heath Wilson is thankful that 256 high schools qualify for the football playoffs. Had the number been 255, the Blue Devils would have been on the sidelines after dropping a 49-22 decision in their regular-season finale on Friday (Oct. 22) at Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond. Instead, […]
By Fred Kroner Oakwood/Salt Fork’s girls’ cross-country team placed sixth in the Chrisman Class 1A Regional on Saturday (Oct. 23) and qualified for the sectional. All five of the Comets’ runners are underclassmen. Setting the pace was sophomore Macie Russell. She ran the 3-mile course in 19 minutes, 29.1 seconds. […]
By Fred Kroner Luci Morris delivered eight kills on Thursday (Oct. 21), but Oakwood lost a three-set volleyball match at Rantoul by identical scores, 25-21, 21-25, 25-21. Madison Doan and Nikita Taylor each powered seven kills. Karsen Rupp recorded 20 assists. On Tuesday (Oct. 19), Rupp delivered 13 assists and […]
By Fred Kroner A 7-2 football record is pretty good for a season. A 2-7 record is much less impressive. For the Oakwood Comets, their 2-7 record came with the knowledge that five of the losses were by no more than one touchdown and came by a total of 17 […]
By Fred Kroner The Heritage Hawks placed seventh in the nine-team Chrisman Class 1A Cross-Country Regional on Saturday (Oct. 23) and qualified for the sectional. Sophomore Zach Ruwe was the seventh-place finisher in a field of 74 competitors. His 3-mile time was 16 minutes, 53.6 seconds. Other Hawks who raced […]
By Fred Kroner For the third time this season, senior Bri Struck tied the Heritage school record for kills in a match, swatting 22 on Thursday (Oct. 21), helping the Hawks to a thrilling three-set win against Tri-County in Kansas, 25-19, 20-25, 26-24. Struck racked up a double-double for the […]
By Fred Kroner Sophomore Addie Roesch delivered seven kills on Thursday (Oct. 21) as the St. Joseph-Ogden volleyball team bounced Bloomington Central Catholic, 25-18, 25-10 in Bloomington. Roesch also had three digs and one service ace as SJ-O won its eighth consecutive match. Kennedi Burnett contributed six kills, nine digs […]
