By Fred Kroner Oakwood/Salt Fork opened the home portion of its wrestling season by winning two dual meets on Monday (May 10). Oakwood edged Clifton Central 40-39 in a pulsating first match and then upended St. Joseph-Ogden 60-18. Against Clifton Central, Oakwood/SF led 40-21 with three bouts remaining. Comets who […]
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Three wins in three days for Oakwood Baseball
By Fred Kroner Josh Young rapped three hits and Dalton Hobick added two hits for Oakwood, which was edged by Bismarck-Henning/Rossville-Alvin 7-6 on Monday (May 10) in Bismarck. The Blue Devils scored once in the bottom of the seventh to create extra innings and pulled off the walk-off win with […]
SJ-O finishes are runner-up in Spartan Classic
By Fred Kroner St. Joseph-Ogden won five events on Wednesday (May 12) in the Spartan Classic and senior Atleigh Hamilton was involved in four of the victories, helping SJ-O to a runner-up finish in the five-school event. Tolono Unity amassed 131 1/3 points. Runner-up SJ-O had 107 points. Third-place Paxton-Buckley-Loda […]
Birt and Eastin pick up wins in dual meet
By Fred Kroner Spartans Owen Birt (195 pounds) and Lincoln Eastin (220 pounds) won both of their wrestling matches on Monday (May 10), though SJ-O lost dual meets to Clifton Central (57-15) and Oakwood (60-18). Birt and Eastin each picked up a forfeit win and a win by pin in […]
Spartan softball on seven-game win streak
By Fred Kroner Shayne Immke and Maggie Ward delivered three hits apiece on Monday (May 10) as St. Joseph-Ogden decisioned visiting Rantoul 17-10 in an Illini Prairie Conference softball game. Ward drove in four runs in addition to earning the pitching win. Alyssa Acton had two hits. On Tuesday (May […]
Three more wins for St. Joseph-Ogden baseball
By Fred Kroner Isaiah Immke swatted three of St. Joseph-Ogden’s five hits on Monday (May 10) and accounted for six of the team’s runs in an 8-0 Illini Prairie Conference baseball win at home over Rantoul. Immke scored three runs and drove in three runs. Two of his hits were […]
Wyant pitches another no-hitter
By Fred Kroner Senior Mason Wyant put together his second consecutive no-hitter on Thursday (May 5) at home against Lincoln Prairie Conference foe Tri-County. Wyant pitched all five innings of 10-0 Villa Grove/Heritage triumph, extending his hitless streak to nine innings in a row. He struck out six Tri-County batters […]
Comet wrestling improves to 4-1
By Fred Kroner The Comets won two of three dual meets on Friday (May 7) at Cumberland, with four squad members winning all three of their individual matches for the night. Oakwood edged Cumberland 42-38, thrashed Effingham 60-9 and dropped a narrow decision to Mattoon, 38-31. Unbeaten for the night […]
Armstrong-Potomac defeats Oakwood softball
By Fred Kroner The Comets dropped their second decision of the season to Armstrong-Potomac on Friday (May 7), a 15-3 setback at home. Ashlynn Pinnick, Savannah Nevitt and Alaina Rothwell had hits for Oakwood. The Comets (3-3) return to action on Monday (May 10) at Bismarck-Henning/Rossville-Alvin.
Oakwood baseball defeats Armstrong-Potomac
By Fred Kroner Dalton Hobick pounded three hits – each one landing for extra bases – to help Oakwood to its second baseball shutout victory in three days, a Thursday (May 7) 11-0 conquest at Armstrong-Potomac. Hobick ripped two doubles and a triple. Grant Powell notched two hits and drove […]