By Fred Kroner Three Oakwood High School athletes were chosen to the first team in voting for both the Vermilion Valley Conference and Vermilion County all-star teams. Seniors Isaiah Ruch and Brevin Wells were honorees along with junior Josh Young. A fourth player, sophomore Dalton Hobick, was a first-team choice […]
By Fred Kroner Senior Aaron Dean stopped 10 shots on Thursday (March 27) and Oakwood avenged a previous soccer loss to Bismarck-Henning/Rossville-Alvin by defeating the Blue Devils, 5-1, in a Vermilion Valley match in Oakwood. Brady Tevebaugh landed a hat trick for the Comets. The team’s other two goals were […]
Oakwood’s explosive Comets ripped off nine touchdowns on Friday (March 26) and blitzed Georgetown-Ridge Farm, 66-14, in a Vermilion Valley Conference football game. The average scoring play for the Comets, in a game played at Georgetown, was 42.2 yards. Oakwood had six players reach the end zone, including Gaven Clouse […]
By Fred Kroner Playing for the fourth consecutive night, the St. Joseph-Ogden volleyball team dropped a 25-10, 25-18 decision on Thursday (March 25) at St. Thomas More. Senior Shayne Immke posted a team-high 10 digs. She also had three kills and a block. Becca Steinbach had nine assists to go […]
By Fred Kroner A hat trick by Mason Behrens and a penalty kick score by Logan Ingram accounted for all of the offense St. Joseph-Ogden needed on Saturday (March 27) to deal Tolono Unity a soccer loss, 4-1. The win was the third in a row for SJ-O. Behrens’ first […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com St. Joseph-Ogden Football Keaton Nolan scored three touchdowns and Brady Buss reached the end zone once – all in the first half – as St. Joseph-Ogden won its football home-opener on Friday (March 26), 28-0, over Pontiac. “I think we saw what a week of playing […]
By Fred Kroner Kyleigh Block had 12 assists and six kills on Monday, but Villa Grove lost its volleyball opener at home to Blue Ridge, 23-25, 25-18, 25-9. Logan Lillard had a team-high seven kills and VG teammate Madie Burwell collected six kills. The Blue Devils reached the win column […]
By Fred Kroner Kiley Knoll had a team-high six digs for Heritage, which dropped a 25-9, 25-23 volleyball decision on Monday (March 22) at home against Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond. Mary Roland contributed three digs and three aces. Anna Sanders also had three digs. Torie Rothermel had one ace and one block. Knoll, […]
By Fred Kroner Two Comets earned recognition on the 10-player All-Vermilion County and All-Vermilion Valley Conference girls’ basketball first-team units. Senior Aaliyah Denius and sophomore Addie Wright were picked for each of the two first teams. Wright was one of just two sophomores on the first team. Wright had Oakwood’s […]
By Fred Kroner Sam Howie posted a hat trick on Tuesday (March 23) as the Comets won their third soccer match in a row, 3-1 over visiting Hoopeston Area. Reef Pacot assisted on the first and last goals by Howie. The first goal accounted for the only scoring in the […]
