By FRED KRONER Fred@mahomenews.com Kimberly Norton’s background in athletics has come in handy as she prepares to make the transition to the role of superintendent for the Heritage school district in July. A former cross-country runner at Georgetown-Ridge Farm (Class of 1991), Norton has hit the ground running at Heritage, […]
By Fred Kroner Brennan Struck and Zaien Smith both rapped two hits on Thursday (March 14), but the Heritage baseball team dropped a narrow 5-3 decision at Urbana. The Hawks’ runs were scored by Haiden Davis, Destin Nickle and Smith. Smith and Rylan White provided the team’s RBIs. White fanned […]
By Fred Kroner Sophomore Colton Overstreet was the only St. Joseph-Ogden athlete to garner more than one top-15 finish on Thursday (March 14) in a 28-school indoor track and field meet at Pontiac. He established personal-bests in both events, finishing 10th in the long jump (19 feet, 3 inches) and […]
By FRED KRONER Fred@mahometnews.com Luke Landrus pitched four scoreless innings in his first varsity outing of the baseball season on Thursday (March 14) as St. Joseph-Ogden overpowered Breese Central, 10-1, at O’Fallon. In four innings, Landrus allowed two hits, one walk and struck out four batters. Parker Fitch threw the […]
By Fred Kroner Haiden Davis, Anthony Happ and Rylan White delivered hits for Heritage on Tuesday (March 12) in its season-opening 11-0 baseball loss at home against Marshall. White’s hit was a double. Happ and Davis both pitched two innings and registered three strikeouts apiece. Happ took the loss despite […]
By Fred Kroner Oakwood’s softball team was limited to one run per game while opening the season with losses on back-to-back days at home. On Monday (March 11), the Comets suffered a 13-1 loss to Marshall. On Tuesday (March 12), Oakwood dropped an 11-1 decision to LeRoy. Madi McFarland scored […]
By Fred Kroner Villa Grove tallied two runs in the top of the seventh inning on Tuesday (March 12) and rallied to win a non-conference baseball game at Oakwood, 7-6. The Comets out-hit the visitors, 11-4. Oakwood’s offensive attack was spearheaded by Chase Harrison with three hits. Teammates Derek Drews […]
By Fred Kroner Amelia Huckstadt struck out nine batters in five innings on Tuesday (March 12) as the St. Joseph-Ogden softball team opened its season with a 6-3 victory at home over Salt Fork. Reliever Timera Blackburn-Kelly pitched the last two innings and struck out six batters. Driving in runs […]
By FRED KRONER Fred@mahometnews.com Jared Altenbaumer, Nolan Earley and Will Haley scored runs for the St. Joseph-Ogden baseball team on Wednesday (March 13) in a season-opening 3-2 win over Columbia at Edwardsville. Earley and Bryson Houchens drove in runs for SJ-O. The team’s offensive attack featured hits from five different […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com St. Joseph’s seventh-grade volleyball team dropped a two-set decision to Williamsville on Friday (March 8) in an IESA Class 3A state quarterfinal match at Warrensburg-Latham. Ella Buhs, Mia Miller and Emma O’Herron all served aces for the Panthers, who dropped a 25-19, 25-8 decision. Williamsville (22-1) […]
