By Fred Kroner Three of the state’s top-seven ranked girls’ Class 1A cross-country teams battled one another on Saturday (Oct. 23) in the Chrisman Sectional. They secured the top three team places in a seven-team field to advance to the sectional. Third-ranked Tolono Unity garnered the team crown, compiling a […]
By Fred Kroner The state’s top-ranked boys’ Class 1A cross-country team lived up to its billing on Saturday (Oct. 23), racing to team honors in the nine-school Chrisman Regional. All five of the Spartans’ scoring runners landed spots in the top-10 in a race with 74 runners. Three seniors finished […]
By Fred Kroner St. Joseph-Ogden’s football winning streak came to an end after five games on Friday (Oct. 22) in a 27-0 loss at Paxton-Buckley-Loda, but the winning streak was enough to catapult the Spartans into the playoffs. SJ-O (5-4) is one of 32 teams in contention in Class 3A. […]
By Fred Kroner Fisher dealt Villa Grove a 25-21, 27-25 volleyball loss on Monday (Oct. 18). Vanessa Wright led the Blue Devils with eight kills. Teammate Ava Vollmer ended with six kills. Villa Grove (6-17) returns to action on Thursday (Oct. 21) at Blue Ridge in the regular-season finale.
By Fred Kroner The Heritage Hawks reached the 20-win mark on Monday (Oct. 18) with a two-set sweep at Champaign Judah Christian. Bri Struck registered a double-double (11 kills and 10 digs) as the Hawks edged Judah, 25-23, 27-25. Kiley Knoll contributed four kills and eight digs. Lily Ploense chipped […]
By Fred Kroner Salt Fork handed Oakwood a 29-27, 25-18 loss on Monday (Oct. 18) in the fifth-place match of the Vermilion County Tournament at Georgetown. Madison Doan led the Comets with six kills. Luci Morris totaled four blocks and Karsen Rupp handed out 16 assists. On Tuesday (Oct. 19), […]
By Fred Kroner St. Joseph-Ogden battled back from a one-set deficit on Tuesday (Oct. 19) to beat Paxton-Buckley-Loda and reach the 20-win mark for the season. With Becca Steinbach registering a double-double (29 assists and 10 digs), SJ-O bounced PBL 23-25, 25-21, 25-17. Steinbach also had one kill. Kennedi Burnett […]
By Fred Kroner The Heritage seventh-grade girls’ basketball team dealt Chrisman a 23-2 loss on Thursday (Oct. 14), at Homer. The eighth-grade squad dropped a 31-10 decision to Chrisman. The seventh-graders won their second consecutive game on Monday (Oct. 18), prevailing over Shiloh 32-2 in Homer. The Heritage eighth-graders picked […]
By Fred Kroner Heritage eighth-grader Kiara Jones placed 13th on Saturday (Oct. 16) in the girls’ 225-runner IESA Class 1A cross-country state meet. She ran the 2-mile course at Normal’s Maxwell Park in 12 minutes, 51.8 seconds. Among eighth-graders in the race, Jones was the No. 6 finisher. Jones ran […]
By Fred Kroner The eighth-grade Prairieview-Ogden girls’ basketball had their fourth straight game settled by no more than eight points on Monday (Oct. 18) when they prevailed at Flatville over Unity, 28-27. Caroline Aden hit a team-high 14 points in the Eighth-Grade Night contest. Teammate Emma McKinney added six points. […]
