By Fred Kroner One St. Joseph-Ogden relay earned state medals on Saturday (March 23) in the unofficial Class 2A boys’ indoor state track and field meet at Illinois Wesleyan University’s Shirk Center. The 3,200-meter foursome of Lance Retz, Aden Armstrong, Spencer Wilson and Carson Maroon ended in third place. Their […]
By Fred Kroner St. Joseph-Ogden athletes Payton Carter and Savanna Franzen won state medals on Saturday (March 23) in the Illinois Prep Top Times unofficial indoor Class 2A girls’ track and field state meet at Illinois Wesleyan University’s Shirk Center. Carter was the runner-up in the pole vault, clearing 11 […]
By Fred Kroner St. Joseph-Ogden’s softball team won its third game of the season on Saturday (March 23) and Timera Blackburn-Kelly became the third squad member with a pitching victory this season. Blackburn-Kelly fired a four-hitter, walking one and striking out six as SJ-O opened Illini Prairie Conference play with […]
By FRED KRONER Fred@mahometnews.com St. Joseph-Ogden baseball pitchers extended their streak of scoreless innings to 23 and the team’s winning streak to five games by finishing the week with three victories. The state-ranked Spartans (No. 10 in Class 2A by Maxpreps) dispatched St. Thomas More, 12-0, at home on Thursday […]
By Fred Kroner Brennan Struck and Zaien Smith collected hits for Heritage on Wednesday (March 20) in a 10-0 non-conference baseball loss at Paris. Smith’s hit was a double. Struck pitched the first two innings and allowed just one hit and one earned run. He walked four batters and struck […]
By Fred Kroner Sophomore Caydence Vermillion, who pitched a complete game, delivered a walk-off single in the bottom of the seventh inning on Wednesday (March 20) as Oakwood edged Fisher 6-5. Vermillion’s game-winning hit drove in Bella Bradford. The victory was the first for first-year head coach Jason Dunavan. Vermillion […]
By Fred Kroner After dropping its first two games of the baseball season, the Oakwood Comets have rebounded with three consecutive wins, two of which were shutouts. The winning streak started on Saturday (March 16) with a 9-0 triumph over Decatur St. Teresa. On Monday (March 18) Oakwood won at […]
By Fred Kroner Timera Blackburn-Kelly struck out nine batters in five innings on Tuesday (March 19), but visiting Westville scored twice in the seventh inning to edge the Spartans, 4-2, in a non-conference softball game. Blackburn-Kelly yielded four hits and issued three walks before reliever Amelia Huckstadt worked the last […]
By FRED KRONER Fred@mahometnews.com Junior Nolan Earley pitched a three-hit shutout on Wednesday (March 20) as the St. Joseph-Ogden baseball team blanked Bismarck-Henning/Rossville-Alvin, 10-0, at Meier Field. Earley struck out seven and walked two in his five-inning stint. Jared Altenbaumer drilled four hits and drove in three runs for SJ-O. […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com He was a coach, a teacher, and an administrator. He was a fan, a friend, and a faithful servant. Soon, Heritage Superintendent Tom Davis can add to his already lengthy list of achievements. Retiree. Davis will end his 30-year commitment to the school district in a […]
