By Fred Kroner Ella Armstrong and Taylor Wells each scored 13 points on Monday (March 8) as the St. Joseph-Ogden girls’ basketball team upended Monticello, 65-41, in the Spartans’ home-finale. Armstrong tallied six of her points in the opening quarter and Peyton Jones added five points in the first eight […]
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Spartans pick up conference win over St. Thomas More
By Fred Kroner Ty Pence continued his dominating sophomore season on Wednesday (March 10) in his home finale of the season, scoring 36 points to lead the St. Joseph-Ogden boys’ basketball team to a hard-fought 59-51 Illini Prairie Conference win over St. Thomas More. The game was the sixth in […]
Comets win Vermilion County Conference Championship
By Fred Kroner Josh Young matched his season high with 24 points and Dalton Hobick made four three-pointers on Monday (March 8) in Oakwood’s season-ending win, a 58-50 triumph at Bismarck-Henning/Rossville-Alvin that clinched the Vermilion Valley Conference championship for the Comets. The conference title is the second in the past […]
Bismark-Henning/Rossville defeats Oakwood Soccer in first game
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com In the season-opening co-ed soccer match on Tuesday (March 9), Oakwood/Salt Fork fell behind by three goals in the first half before mounting a comeback that fell short at Rossville. Bismarck-Henning/Rossville-Alvin held on for a 3-2 win in a Vermilion Valley Conference match. Brady Tevebaugh and […]
Balanced scoring highlights Comet season
By Fred Kroner Four different squad members led, or shared, the team-lead in scoring during Oakwood Junior High School’s seven-game season. Ben Darling and Evgeni Andersen each led the team in three games. Teammates Tyler Huchel and Ethan Morger were each the leaders in one game. Darling had the team’s […]
8th grade Comets end season with 4-4 record
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Jackson Dudley was the top scorer for Oakwood Junior High’s eighth-grade boys’ basketball team in six games during the recently-completed season. Oakwood ended with a 4-4 season record. On Friday (Feb. 26), Oakwood lost at Gifford, 38-34. Dudley and Bryson Marcinko each scored eight points. On […]
Oakwood Volleyball defeats Westville, season ends at St. Joseph
By Fred Kroner Oakwood posted a statement win in the quarterfinals of a Class 3A IESA volleyball regional tournament on Saturday (March 6) at Westville. In a thrilling match, sixth-seeded Oakwood rallied from a one-set deficit to upset third-seeded Georgetown-Ridge Farm, 25-27, 26-24, 25-23. Oakwood was eliminated in the semifinals […]
Heritage Volleyball heads into the postseason
By Fred Kroner Heritage concluded the regular-season on Thursday (March 4) with losses at Westville. The seventh-grade team dropped a 25-10, 25-20 decision. The eighth-grade squad lost, 25-21, 25-4. In a first-round Class 1A seventh-grade regional tournament match, Potomac eliminated Heritage 25-16, 25-11, on Saturday (March 6). The seventh-graders end […]
Mustangs end season with 6-2 record
By Fred Kroner The Prairieview Ogden eighth-grade boys’ basketball team raised its winning streak to five games before suffering a season-ending loss. PVO won at Westville on Thursday (Feb. 25). 56-29. Coy Taylor hit a team-high 19 points. James Huisinga contributed 15 points. Parker Fitch ended with six points. Adding […]
Mustangs end season winning four-of-five
By Fred Kroner The Prairieview Ogden seventh-grade boys’ basketball team wrapped up its season by winning four of its final five games. A 41-19 victory at Westville on Thursday (Feb.25) was PVO’s third win in a row. Kodey McKinney hit a team-high 11 points, followed closely by Coy Hayes with […]