By Fred Kroner The St. Joseph eighth-grade girls’ basketball team extended its winning streak to four with three wins in a seven-day span. On Wednesday (Oct. 13), the Panthers won at Westville, 30-10. That was followed with a 34-4 win at home over Paxton-Buckley-Loda on Thursday (Oct. 14). Kayla Osterbur […]
By Fred Kroner St. Joseph eighth-grader Lance Retz placed 10th on Saturday (Oct. 16) in the IESA Class 2A boys’ cross-country state finals at Maxwell Park, in Normal. There were 234 runners in his race. Retz completed the 2-mile course in 11 minutes, 30.7 seconds. A total of 27 teams […]
By Fred Kroner Vanessa Wright drilled 13 kills on Thursday (Oct. 14), but Villa Grove dropped a 25-21, 19-25, 25-13 volleyball decision at home to Okaw Valley. Villa Grove (6-16) returns to action on Monday (Oct. 18) at Fisher.
By Fred Kroner Villa Grove had difficulty moving the ball (109 total yards) on Friday (Oct. 15) at Arcola and suffered a shutout loss for the first time this season, 28-0, to the Lincoln Prairie Conference champion Purple Riders. A steady rain created wet field conditions and hampered Villa Grove. […]
By Fred Kroner Despite 17 kills by Bri Struck and 11 digs by Kiley Knoll, Heritage suffered a 25-11, 15-25, 25-16 volleyball loss to Decatur Lutheran on Thursday (Oct. 14) in the Hawks’ final home match. Struck also had seven digs and Knoll contributed three service aces. Lilli Montgomery connected […]
By Fred Kroner Oakwood lost twice on Saturday in the Vermilion County Volleyball Tournament at Georgetown. The Comets fell to Armstrong-Potomac (25-14, 25-18) and to Westville (25-17, 25-22). Josey Clem had four kills against A-P. Natalie Garrison had two service aces and Karsen Rupp distributed 11 assists. Against Westville, Nikita […]
By Fred Kroner Oakwood senior Gaven Clouse had a memorable final home game on Friday (Oct. 15). Clouse scored touchdowns on four of his eight rushing attempts, leading the Comets to a Senior Night victory over Georgetown-Ridge Farm, 47-6. The home finale also marked the official naming of the field […]
By Fred Kroner Despite having two of the first four finishers, the St. Joseph-Ogden girls’ cross-country squad was edged out for team honors by Tolono Unity on Saturday (Oct. 16) in the 28-team Peoria Heights Invitational at Detweiller Park. Tolono Unity had a team composite score of 81 points. SJ-O, […]
By Fred Kroner St. Joseph-Ogden’s top-ranked Class 1A boys’ cross-country team (according to milesplit.com) ran to team honors on Saturday (Oct. 16) in the 39-school Peoria Heights Invitational at Detweiller Park. All six SJ-O runners finished among the top 40 in a race with 297 competitors. The top five scoring […]
By Fred Kroner The two-year-old St. Joseph-Ogden girls’ tennis program had wins from all four sectional entries and two of the entries fell just one victory short of advancing to state. Losing in the quarterfinals on Friday (Oct. 15) for the Spartans were junior Abbey Dow in singles and the […]
