By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The seventh-grade Oakwood girls’ basketball team split two games last week and, in the process, reached a season’s high for points scored in a game. Oakwood topped Armstrong-Potomac, 30-11, on Monday (April 12) at home. Caydence Vermillion’s 11 points was the team’s top individual output of […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Monday was an anniversary for me. Not one that I care to remember, but one that I also can’t forget. There aren’t a lot of days in my past where I can recall exactly what I was doing at a particular moment in time. One exception […]
By Fred Kroner The Blue Devils opened the season with losses on back-to-back days. St. Joseph-Ogden won at Villa Grove, 15-4, on Friday (April 16) before Villa Grove dropped a 3-2 decision at Paris on Saturday (April 17) when the Tigers scored twice in the bottom of the seventh inning. […]
By Fred Kroner For the second consecutive week, the Blue Devils rolled up more than 40 points and posted a Lincoln Prairie Conference football victory. On Friday (April 16), Villa Grove/Heritage recovered from an early deficit to win at Tri-County 41-19. Luke Zimmerman rushed for five touchdowns and Liam Barr […]
By Fred Kroner Oakwood broke a 1-1 tie with a six-run fifth inning on Thursday (April 15) to post a 7-2 triumph over Urbana in its opening baseball game of the season. Koby Fletcher collected two of the Comets’ three hits. Brady Howard scored two runs and stole three bases. […]
By Fred Kroner Brevin Wells passed for 142 yards, including a 42-yard scoring strike to Dalton Hobick on Friday (April 16), but Oakwood suffered a 34-8 football loss at home to Bismarck-Henning/Rossville-Alvin. Wells connected on 8 of 18 passes. The visiting Blue Devils broke a scoreless tie with two second-quarter […]
By Fred Kroner In their season-finale, the Comets dropped a 25-14, 25-16 decision at Heritage on Thursday (April 15). Karsen Rupp handed out seven assists. Madison Doan landed five kills. Aaliyah Denius added four kills to go with two service aces. Oakwood ends its season with a 5-8 record.
By Fred Kroner Kennedi Burnett and Payton Vallee posted double-doubles on Thursday (April 15) as SJ-O held off Chillicothe IVC in an Illini Prairie Central Conference volleyball match at St. Joseph, 25-22, 21-25, 28-26. Burnett pounded 17 kills to go with 10 digs. Vallee hammered 13 kills and also totaled […]
By Fred Kroner The Spartans lost their season-finale 7-0 to Central Catholic in Bloomington on Thursday (April 15). SJ-O ended the season with a 5-8-1 record and shutout losses in its final two games. Seven squad members hit goals this season, led by Logan Ingram (15 goals), Mason Behrens (12 […]
By Fred Kroner Junior Tyler Altenbaumer and sophomore Ty Pence combined to pitch the first shutout of the spring for the St. Joseph-Ogden baseball team on Thursday (April 15) at Champaign Central. Altenbaumer pitched the first six innings of a 9-0 victory. He walked no one and struck out eight. […]
