By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com For the fourth time in the past seven years, the St. Joseph-Ogden baseball program is among the Elite Eight in Class 2A. The Spartans captured their fourth sectional championship in baseball since 2015 on Saturday (June 12) when they tripped Paris 5-1 at home. Tyler Altenbaumer […]
By Fred Kroner The Comets had one participant in the Wednesday (June 9) Class 1A boys’ track and field sectional meet at St. Joseph-Ogden. Senior Eli Ronk ran fourth in the 800 meters. He was timed in 2 minutes, 13.73 seconds. Ronk placed 16th in the 1,600 meters in a […]
By Fred Kroner The Comets lost a 7-4 decision on Monday (June 7) at St. Joseph-Ogden in the championship game of the Spartans’ Class 2A baseball regional. Josh Young swatted two hits and Koby Fletcher knocked in two runs for Oakwood. Isaiah Ruch pitched a complete game, walking four and […]
By Fred Kroner The Spartans salvaged a split in their last two dual meets of the season on Tuesday (June 8) at Tolono. SJ-O upended St. Thomas More 24-15 and dropped a 69-12 decision to the host Rockets. Three Spartan grapplers registered pins for the night, including two in less […]
By Fred Kroner University of Illinois recruit Crayton Burnett won his 10th game – and sixth by shutout – on Wednesday (June 9) as St. Joseph-Ogden advanced to a sectional championship game and a berth among the state’s final 16 Class 2A schools. Burnett fired a one-hitter – facing one […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The Spartans were the dominant team in the Wednesday (June 9) Class 1A boys’ track and field sectional meet in St. Joseph. SJ-O amassed 147 points to claim the sectional crown. The second- and third-place teams combined to score 147 points. Salt Fork (90 points) was […]
By Fred Kroner Allison Pangburn, Chloe Reardon and Vanessa Wright all went 3-for-3 in a Class 1A softball regional semifinal game, helping Villa Grove conquer visiting Okaw Valley 15-2. Reardon knocked in six runs. Pangburn and Wright both had two RBI. The Blue Devils scored six runs in the first […]
By Fred Kroner Senior Madison Burwell won a sectional championship in the discus on Friday (June 4) at the Tuscola Class 1A sectional. Her event was one of two where the Villa Grove/Heritage girls’ track and field program produced state qualifiers. Burwell’s winning toss was 113 feet, 8 inches. The […]
By Fred Kroner The Comets trailed 3-1 after one inning and were behind 12-6 heading into the bottom of the fifth inning on Friday (June 4) at home in their Class 2A regional semifinal game against Marshall. Oakwood recovered, thanks to a seven-run fifth-inning outburst and then posted a walk-off […]
By Fred Kroner Gage Reed (120 pounds) and Connor Hutson (145 pounds) registered pins and Oakwood/Salt Fork teammate Joe Lashuay (182 pounds) captured a 19-4 technical fall win on Thursday (June 3) in the team’s home wrestling finale, a 47-26 win over Robinson. Five teammates received forfeit wins: Reef Pacot […]
