Author: Fred Kroner

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Oakwood wrestling successful at home

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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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]