By Fred Kroner The St. Joseph Junior High Panthers’ baseball posted an 11-3 season-opening win at home over Prairieview-Ogden on Wednesday (Aug. 11). Bryson Houchens and Logan Rosenthal each swatted two hits and drove in three runs apiece. Will Haley stole three bases and scored three runs. Asher Pruemer and […]
By Fred Kroner After the offense struggled in the first three games, the Oakwood Junior High Knights broke loose for 15 runs in their fourth softball game of the season, but dropped a heartbreaking 16-15 decision on Tuesday (Aug. 17) at Georgetown Mary Miller. Karleigh Nelson and Matilyn Griffis each […]
By Fred Kroner The Oakwood Junior High Knights opened their fall baseball season on Saturday (Aug. 14) at home with a five-inning 11-1 decision over Rossville. Avery Haughn had three hits and knocked in four runs for the Knights. Carsen Dudley and Cam Harris each delivered two hits. Dudley reached […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Oakwood Golf Oakwood’s golf team finished second in a season-opening four-school meet on Friday (Aug. 13) hosted by Bismarck-Henning/Rossville-Alvin at Turtle Run, in Danville. Comets Case Kopacz and Kyle McFarland finished in a four-way tie for second place individually. They fired 47s and were one stroke […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Two friends were talking, as friends will do, as the baseball game they had been watching in person came to a conclusion. They had shared interests, having gone to high school together at St. Joseph-Ogden and, subsequently, becoming teammates on the Royal Giants entry in the […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Be careful what you wish for. In retrospect, Brandon Mattsey is happy that one goal he established as a youth didn’t materialize. “I originally promised myself I would never try running in my life because it sounded terrible,” said Mattsey, a recent St. Joseph-Ogden graduate, “but […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com John Odle’s route to becoming a high school principal didn’t follow the traditional pathway. Like the majority of his contemporaries, Odle served as a classroom teacher as well as in other administrative positions before taking over as principal at Oakwood High School on July 1. While […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com ST. JOSEPH – When Atleigh Hamilton gets an opportunity, she jumps. The recent St. Joseph-Ogden High School graduate had ample opportunities throughout her prep career. And, she made quantum jumps – leaps, actually – into the school record book for girls’ track and field. She holds […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Junior Joe Lashuay saved his best for last. The 160-pound Oakwood/Salt Fork wrestler won all four of his matches on Thursday (June 24) at Springfield to win his Class 1A weight class in the IWCOA wrestling state tournament. Lashuay won his final 25 matches this season […]
By Fred Kroner The Oakwood/Salt Fork wrestling program produced three individual champions on Saturday (June 19) at the Heyworth Class 1A sectional tournament. Compiling 3-0 records for the day were Gage Reed (113 pounds), Reef Pacot (120 pounds) and Joe Lashuay (160 pounds). They all qualified for the state as […]
