By Fred Kroner Either the current Villa Grove football team or a former Villa Grove athlete was going to wind up a winner in the season-opener on Friday (Aug. 27). The first-game football win went to the current Villa Grove team, which rallied in the second half to register a […]
By Fred Kroner Villa Grove opened its volleyball season on Thursday (Aug. 26) and rallied for a win at Georgetown-Ridge Farm, 23-25, 25-9, 25-12. Sophomore Kayln Cordes collected 18 assists. Maci Clodfelder (eight kills) and Vanessa Wright (seven kills) led the offense. Clodfelder and Wright each finished with two blocks. […]
By Fred Kroner The Heritage Hawks placed seventh on Saturday (Aug. 28) in the 10-school Saber Corn Classic cross-country meet at St. Thomas More, in Champaign. Individually, Zach Ruwe finished in eighth place in a 78-runner field with a 3-mile time of 17 minutes and 57 seconds. Other Heritage placers […]
By Fred Kroner Bri Struck hammered a season-high 20 kills on Thursday (Aug. 26), but Heritage dropped a 21-25, 25-18, 25-19 decision against Salt Fork in Catlin. Struck also had nine digs and one block. Mary Roland handed out 31 assists and Kiley Knoll collected 13 digs. Heritage (1-2) returns […]
By Fred Kroner Sophomore Nikita Taylor had four kills on Thursday (Aug. 26), but Oakwood dropped a 25-20, 25-17 decision at Armstrong-Potomac. Karsen Rupp had five assists and Madison Doan ended with two kills. Oakwood (0-2) returns to action on Tuesday (Aug. 31) at home against Heritage.
By Fred Kroner With 16 players sidelined by a COVID-19 quarantine, Oakwood’s short-handed football team lost a 45-0 decision on Friday (Aug. 27) on the road at Momence. The Comets yielded six first-half touchdowns and trailed 38-0 at intermission. Junior Noah Phillips was the Comets’ top rusher with 39 yards. […]
By Fred Kroner Junior Grant Powell scored three first-half goals and added three second-half assists on Thursday (Aug. 26) as Oakwood overpowered Watseka 11-3 in a soccer match on the Warriors’ pitch. Powell totaled four assists. Also scoring multiple goals for the Comets was Brody Taflinger with two. Reef Pacot […]
By Fred Kroner Jacob Kern and McGwire Atwood were co-medalists on Thursday (Aug 26) at Willow Pond as St. Joseph-Ogden won a three-team golf meet. Kern and Atwood each fired 43s. In the team chase, SJ-O had a team composite of 178. Runner-up Fisher totaled 217 and Hoopeston Area ended […]
By Fred Kroner The Spartans scored once in each half on Thursday (Aug. 26), but dropped a soccer decision to an Urbana Uni High team which scored twice in each half to secure a 4-2 win. Freshman Collin Thomey and junior Aiden Cromwell hit the Spartans’ goals. Spencer Wilson and […]
By Fred Kroner Kennedi Burnett swatted 12 kills and Shayne Immke added nine kills on Thursday (Aug. 26) as the unbeaten St. Joseph-Ogden volleyball team dispatched Bismarck-Henning/Rossville-Alvin, 25-14, 18-25, 25-13. Becca Steinbach totaled 16 assists and three digs. Rachel Divan had two blocks as did Immke. Burnett had eight digs […]
