By Fred Kroner Two St. Joseph-Ogden underclassmen secured berths in a Class 1A sectional golf tournament after carding 18-hole rounds in the 80s on Wednesday (Sept. 29) at a regional held at Turtle Run, in Danville. Junior Jacob Kern tied for seventh individually after shooting a team-best 85. He was […]
By Fred Kroner Kennedi Burnett was one kill shy of a double-double on Monday (Sept. 27) as the St. Joseph-Ogden volleyball team captured a 25-11, 25-16 victory at Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley. Burnett registered 12 digs and nine kills to go along with a team-high five service aces. Sophomores Rachel Divan and […]
By Fred Kroner In its first official home meet, the two-year-old St. Joseph-Ogden girls’ tennis team registered its most dominating win in program history on Wednesday (Sept. 29) at the UI Atkins Tennis Center. The Spartans handled Decatur St. Teresa 8-1. In three singles matches and one doubles match, SJ-O […]
By Fred Kroner Three Villa Grove runners participated in the boys seventh-and eighth-grade Spartan Classic cross-country meet on Friday (Sept. 24). Leading the way for the team was Bailey Keith. He finished 50th with a 2-mile time of 16 minutes, 25.1 seconds. Trailing him were teammates Cole Cardiff (59th in […]
By Fred Kroner The seventh-grade Oakwood girls’ basketball team has had a rough start, dropping its first three contests. In a 15-10 loss at home to Hoopeston Area on Thursday (Sept. 23), Brooklyn Myers, Avery Trimmell and Chloe Vinson all ended with two points. Lainee Smith was the top scorer […]
By Fred Kroner Oakwood’s eighth-grade girls’ basketball team opened the season with back-to-back victories before suffering its first loss. The Knights began with a 21-12 conquest of Hoopeston Area at home on Thursday (Sept. 23). Caydence Vermillion led the way with 13 points. Mady Nicoson tallied four points. Brynlie Wait […]
By Fred Kroner The Heritage Hawks placed fifth as a team in the 60-runner Paxton-Buckley-Loda junior high boys’ cross-country race on Tuesday (Sept. 21). Bourbonnais was the team winner with 46 points, followed by Tri-Point (52). Heritage had a composite score of 92 points. Christian Paul was the Heritage leader, […]
By Fred Kroner Heritage’s Kiara Jones was the individual winner in a field of 66 runners on Tuesday (Sept. 21) in the Paxton-Buckley-Loda Junior High Invitational. Jones traversed the 3,200-meter course in 13 minutes and 16 seconds and had a 30-second margin of victory. The other Heritage competitor in the […]
By Fred Kroner Prairieview-Ogden bounced back from a first-game loss to register a win in its second seventh-grade girls’ basketball game of the season. In its first game on Tuesday (Sept. 21), the Mustangs were bested at Cissna Park, 34-11. Bella Frerichs, a sixth-grader, led the team with six points. […]
By Fred Kroner Prairieview Ogden split its first two eighth-grade basketball games before the season was put on pause this week due to COVID-19. PVO dropped its opener, 38-13, at Cissna Park on Tuesday (Sept. 21). Taylor Maddock netted a team-high five points. The Mustangs reached the win column on […]
