By Fred Kroner Senior Hayden Knott continued his unbeaten streak on Saturday (May 1), winning two events and setting one meet record in the fifth 12-school Rantoul Invitational. Knott hurled the discus 176 feet, 2 inches, breaking the meet mark. He also holds the freshmen-sophomore meet record at Rantoul, 152-4, […]
By Fred Kroner Freshman Addie Martinie slugged her second home run of the season, but St. Joseph-Ogden’s offense couldn’t keep pace with Mahomet-Seymour’s on Thursday (April 29) in a 13-3 five-inning loss on the Bulldogs’ field. Martinie drove in two runs. SJ-O was limited to four hits. Kennedy Hudson, Peyton […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Tyler Altenbaumer and Zach Martinie teamed up on the second no-hitter thrown by St. Joseph-Ogden baseball pitchers this spring on Thursday (April 29). SJ-O blanked visiting Charleston 3-0. Altenbaumer (2-0) worked the first six innings. He struck out a season-high 11 batters and walked two. Martinie […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com If Tim Lee did nothing else – and we assure you, he did much more – then he refuted a premise in the Thomas Wolfe novel, “You Can’t Go Home again.” You can. He did. And he flourished. Spoiler alert: This is a story with a […]
By Fred Kroner Kyleigh Block and Maci Clodfelder each drove in five runs on Monday (April 26) as Villa Grove shutout Heritage 21-0 in a softball game in Broadlands. Block drilled a home run. Clodfelder socked two doubles. Emma Bratten-Noice, Alexandria Brown, Clodfelder and Allison Pangburn all finished with two […]
By Fred Kroner Paige George collected the lone hit for Heritage on Monday (April 26) in a 21-0 softball loss at home to Villa Grove. Teammates Cheyenne Bear (walk) and Anna Sanders (hit by pitch) also reached base for the Hawks. On Wednesday (April 28), Heritage was shutout at Blue […]
By Fred Kroner Ryan Cheatham belted a double and a home run on Monday (April 26) for Villa Grove/Heritage, which scored nine runs in the final two innings to rally for a win at Oakwood, 19-13. Cheatham drove in four runs and scored four runs. Teammates with two hits were […]
By Fred Kroner Koby Fletcher pounded a double and a home run, driving in four runs on Monday (April 26), but Oakwood was unable to hold onto leads of 6-1 and 13-10 and suffered a 19-13 baseball loss at home to Heritage. Isaiah Ruch scored three runs for the Comets. […]
By Fred Kroner Crayton Burnett pitched a seven-inning complete game, allowing two hits, no walks and striking out 17 as well as cracking a home run on Tuesday (April 27) as unbeaten SJ-O posted a 14-0 shutout at Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley. Burnett ended with three hits. Teammates with two hits were […]
Five players finished with two hits apiece on Monday (April 26) as the St. Joseph-Ogden softball team took a 5-2 win at Fisher. The SJ-O hitting leaders were Kennedy Hudson, Shayne Immke, Peyton Jones, Kelsey Martlage and Audrey Short Hudson also drove in two runs. Maggie Ward earned the pitching […]
