By Fred Kroner The top four runners on the St. Joseph-Ogden boys’ cross-country team finished within 27 seconds of one another on Saturday (Oct. 2) in Indiana at the Nike XC Town Twilight Meet. In a field of 239 runners, SJ-O senior Luke Stegall was 83rd (17 minutes, 22.7 seconds […]
By Fred Kroner The Spartans delighted their homecoming crowd on Friday (Oct. 1) with their best defensive performance of the season in a 33-0 win over Bloomington Central Catholic at Dick Duval Field. SJ-O not only posted its first shutout of the season, but senior Ethan Vanliew returned an interception […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com There was only one Tom Egelston, but in truth, every community with a strong tradition of success in sports or music or theatre has a person just like Tom Egelston. He was a willing volunteer, devoted to the cause, willing to spend countless hours to help […]
By Fred Kroner Villa Grove dropped a three-set decision at home to Judah Christian on Monday (Sept. 27), 25-22, 22-25, 25-8. Kayln Cordes racked up 25 assists for the Blue Devils. Vanessa Wright smacked 11 kills and Logan Lillard notched nine kills. On Tuesday (Sept. 28), the Blue Devils were […]
By Fred Kroner The Heritage High School volleyball winning streak reached eight matches in a row after back-to-back wins to start the week. On Monday (Sept. 27), the Hawks won at home, 25-17, 27-25 over Tuscola. To secure the two-set sweep, Heritage needed to recover from a 24-17 second-set deficit. […]
By Fred Kroner In the regular-season finale, Oakwood’s Lily Harden shot a 69 and placed second in a dual meet at Shewami. The round was her second-best of the season. She will return to action on Thursday (Sept. 30) in a Class 1A regional tournament at Champaign’s Lincolnshire Fields Country […]
By Fred Kroner Oakwood suffered volleyball losses to Chrisman, Paxton-Buckley-Loda and Milford in a six-day span. Chrisman topped the Comets 25-16, 25-14 on Thursday (Sept. 23) in Fithian. Karsen Rupp handed out 13 assists. Madison Doan swatted four kills. Nikita Taylor and Natalie Garrison each contributed three kills. On Monday […]
By Fred Kroner Case Kopacz was the lone Oakwood golfer to qualify for the Class 1A boys’ golf sectional based on results from the Wednesday (Sept. 29) regional tournament at Turtle Run, in Danville. Kopacz fired an 88 and placed 11th overall at the regional. In 11 of 15 meets […]
By Fred Kroner Oakwood/Salt Fork recorded its sixth shutout of the soccer season, blanking Iroquois West 5-0 on Tuesday (Sept. 28) in Gilman. Grant Powell hit two goals and added one assist in the win. Joe Lashuay, Brody Taflinger and Reef Pacot all netted one goal. Pacot and Lashuay also […]
By Fred Kroner Will Page scored the lone goal for the St. Joseph-Ogden soccer team on Tuesday (Sept. 28) in an 8-1 loss at Bloomington Central Catholic. The Spartans trailed, 4-1, at halftime. Hunter Ketchum produced a season’s high 26 saves. SJ-O (10-7-1) returns to action on Thursday (Sept. 30) […]
