By Fred Kroner Hayden Knott continued his unbeaten streak as a senior and classmate Brandon Mattsey was involved with two winning performances in the Friday (May 7) 12-school Monticello Invitational. Knott was triumphant in both the shot put (54 feet, 3 inches) and the discus (157 feet, 4 inches). Mattsey […]
By Fred Kroner The Spartans had three individual winners and took top honors in two relay races on Saturday (May 8) in the Rantoul girls’ track and field invitational. Junior Ava Knap was the 800-meter champion, winning the race with a time of 2 minutes, 32.64 seconds. Freshman Payton Carter […]
By Fred Kroner The Spartans suffered two dual-meet losses on Saturday (May 8) at Lawrenceville. SJ-O lost to the host school 36-30 before falling to Vandalia 72-6. The lone SJ-O grappler to finish the day unbeaten was 126-pound junior Dakota Pinaire. He picked up a forfeit win as well as […]
By Fred Kroner St. Joseph-Ogden’s baseball team recovered from a four-run deficit after four innings on Thursday (May 6) at Rantoul and earned an 8-7 victory. Avian Gerdes, who hasn’t allowed an earned run in four outings, pitched three innings of one-hit relief and captured the win. He walked one […]
By Fred Kroner Shayne Immke belted her team-leading fourth home run on Thursday (May 5) as the St. Joseph-Ogden softball team registered a 16-4 Illini Prairie Conference victory at Rantoul. Immke’s homer was an inside-the-park job. Immke knocked in three runs. Winning pitcher Alyssa Acton also lifted a home run […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com A Hall of Fame designation is forever. For the recipient, however, there is only an infinite amount of time to enjoy the recognition. Andrew Cotner had 46 days. The 1987 Centennial High School graduate – and Hall-of-Famer at his alma mater – passed away on Wednesday […]
By Fred Kroner Maci Clodfelder’s double drove in Kyleigh Block in the sixth inning for the lone Villa Grove run on Monday (May 3) in the Blue Devils’ 6-1 softball loss at Tolono Unity. Block and Logan Lillard each swatted two hits for VG. Block pitched a complete game and […]
By Fred Kroner Izzy Reed and Paige George had doubles and Malani Smithenry hit a single on Monday (May 3) for Heritage, which dropped a 20-5 softball decision at home to Champaign Central. On Wednesday (May 5), George and Tori Rothermel had hits in a 19-2 loss at home to […]
By Fred Kroner Carson Howard hit a home run and pitched a two-hit shutout on Wednesday (May 5) as the Hawks won their second consecutive game by a 15-0 score, making short work of Arcola in a four-inning baseball game at home. VG/Heritage was a terror on the basepaths, stealing […]
By Fred Kroner Oakwood opened the home portion of its softball season on Monday (May 3) by sweeping a doubleheader from Chrisman, 16-1 and 9-0. Karsen Rupp registered both pitching victories. She worked three hitless and scoreless innings in the opener, walking no one and striking out six. In the […]
