By Fred Kroner Gaven Clouse rushed for 236 yards on Friday (April 23) and scored five touchdowns, including the game-winner with 48 seconds remaining as Oakwood outscored Hoopeston Area 60-54 in a Vermilion Valley Conference game. The Comets built a 30-8 first-quarter lead before the Cornjerkers regrouped and took a […]
By Fred Kroner The Comets started Lexi Smith’s coaching career on the right note with a 23-6 softball triumph on Thursday (April 22) at Heritage. Oakwood scored 12 runs in the top of the first inning before Karsen Rupp threw a pitch. Tiffany Paris totaled three hits, including a two-run […]
By Fred Kroner Hayden Knott was a double winner for the St. Joseph-Ogden boys’ track and field team on Thursday (April 22) in a dual meet at home against Eureka. Knott was triumphant in the shot put (54 feet, 3 inches) and the discus (157 feet, 3 inches). The other […]
By Fred Kroner The Spartans won nine of 17 events in a non-scored girls’ track and field dual meet on Thursday (April 22) at home. Payton Carter, Atleigh Hamilton and Macy Reed-Thompson each won an individual event and helped two relays to a first-place finish. Hamilton prevailed in the long […]
By Fred Kroner The Spartans split a softball doubleheader on Saturday (April 24) at Atwood. Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond posted a 2-1 win in the opener, but SJ-O bounced back to capture a 10-4 second-game victory. Peyton Jones, Kennedy Hudson and Sophia Martlage all had three hits in the nightcap. Teammate Addison Frick […]
By Fred Kroner Kennedi Burnett recorded a double-double while teammates Becca Steinbach and Hannah Fox put up monster numbers in a Thursday (April 22) volleyball victory for St. Joseph-Ogden at Monticello. Burnett totaled 18 kills and 14 digs to go with two aces in the Spartans’ 25-19, 19-25, 25-21 triumph. […]
By Fred Kroner The Spartans scored eight runs in the top of the sixth inning on Thursday (April 22) to post a win by the 10-run rule at Urbana. St. Joseph-Ogden prevailed 13-1. SJ-O has allowed just three runs in a five-game span. Andrew Beyers was the lone Spartan with […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Playing short-handed against an unbeaten team on the road, St. Joseph-Ogden suffered a shutout loss on Saturday (April 24) in its final football game of the spring. Monticello posted a 43-0 victory. Quarterback Evan Ingram, who had passed for 445 yards in five games, was among […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Basketball players learn at a young age, your shooting percentage for the game shouldn’t cross your mind when it comes time to attempt a potential last-second game-winner. Whether you are 10-for-10 or 1-for-20, the outcome of the game could be determined by the final shot. Those […]
By Fred Kroner For the fifth consecutive match – and the eighth one this season – the Villa Grove volleyball team played a three-set match on Tuesday (April 20). The Blue Devils dropped a 25-17, 23-25, 25-20 decision at home to Tuscola. Madie Burwell posted a team-high seven kills. Kyleigh […]
