By Fred Kroner Oakwood junior Case Kopacz carded a 90 on Thursday (Sept. 23) and tied for third individually in the Vermilion Valley Conference boys’ golf tournament at Harrison Park, in Danville. Watseka won the team title (359), followed by Iroquois West (382). Oakwood was 10th (481) in the 10-school […]
By Fred Kroner Two Oakwood/Salt Fork runners finished among the top 25 on Saturday (Sept. 25) in the 147-runner Spartan Classic girls’ cross-country meet in St. Joseph. Sophomore Macie Russell was 19th, with a 3-mile time of 19 minutes, 2.37 seconds. Junior Allie Morris ended in 25th in 19:25.15. The […]
By Fred Kroner The Oakwood Comets scored the game’s first and last touchdowns on Saturday (Sept. 25) in their homecoming game. Gaven Clouse, who rushed for a team-high 236 yards on 31 carries, opened the scoring in the first quarter, exploding for a 71-yard scoring burst. He also added the […]
By Fred Kroner The state-ranked St. Joseph-Ogden boys’ cross-country team turned in a solid showing on Saturday (Sept. 25) while dominating their own Spartan Classic cross-country invitational. The Spartans’ top five runners all entered the finish chute within 32 seconds of one another, leading SJ-O to the team championship. SJ-O’s […]
By Fred Kroner Three of the state’s top six-ranked Class 1A cross-country teams competed in the Saturday (Sept. 25) Spartan Classic at St. Joseph, with team honors going to third-ranked Unity (56 points), ahead of No. 2 Monticello (66 points) and the sixth-ranked SJ-O squad (87 points). Nineteen schools entered […]
By Fred Kroner St. Joseph-Ogden won two matches in singles and two in doubles on Thursday (Sept. 23) to turn back Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley, 4-1, in a girls’ tennis match at Gibson City. In singles, Abbey Dow posted a narrow 8-7 win at No. 1 over Katie Steidinger. At No. 2 […]
By Fred Kroner The Spartans played their fourth 1-0 soccer match of the season on Thursday (Sept. 23) and came out on the winning end when sophomore Spencer Wilson netted a second-half goal. His game-winning shot followed an assist by senior Jared Emmert. Hunter Ketchum totaled six saves. The Spartans […]
By Fred Kroner Hannah Fox had 10 digs, Kennedi Burnett had nine digs and Shayne Immke added seven digs as St. Joseph-Ogden captured a two-set volleyball sweep at Pontiac, 25-16, 25-12, on Thursday (Sept. 23). Becca Steinbach assisted on 23 kills. Addie Roesch landed a team-high nine kills. Burnett totaled […]
By Fred Kroner Seniors Keaton Nolan and Coby Miller each scored three touchdowns on Friday (Sept. 24) as St. Joseph-Ogden scored a season’s high in points during a 60-36 romp at Stanford Olympia. Quarterback Evan Ingram completed 14 of 15 passes for 180 yards and five TDs. He hooked up […]
By Fred Kroner By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Some things change, and that is a positive. Imagine finding high school coaches these days if the stipend matched what was offered in the fall of 1970, when Marty McFarland was starting his career in education. “Assistants were paid $200 (at Catlin),” McFarland […]
