By Fred Kroner The second-seeded Panthers moved into the championship match of an IESA seventh-grade Class 3A volleyball regional tournament that it will host on Thursday (March 11). In the semifinals on March (March 8), St. Joseph upended Oakwood, 25-16, 25-10. Fourth-seeded Bismarck-Henning/Rossville-Alvin will provide the opposition for the Panthers […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The final three games for the St. Joseph seventh-grade boys’ basketball team were all settled by margins of five points, or less. The Panthers’ final runaway was a 34-12 victory at Bismarck-Henning/Rossville-Alvin on Thursday (Feb. 25). Ryker Lockhart led the way with seven points. The month […]
By Fred Kronerfred@mahometnews.com The St. Joseph eighth-grade boys’ basketball team finished the season with an 8-3 overall record and a 4-1 mark at home. On Thursday (Feb. 25), the Panthers won at Bismarck-Henning/Rossville-Alvin, 49-25. Colin Thomey hit for 18 points and Kendrick Johnson contributed nine points. On Monday (March 1), […]
By Fred Kroner Short-handed due to COVID-19 protocol, the Hawks were beaten in back-to-back road games to end the week. On Friday (March 5), VG/Heritage lost at Toledo Cumberland, 66-37. On Saturday (March 6), the Hawks were decisioned at Sullivan, 59-37. Senior Logan Nohren posted double-doubles in each game. He […]
By Fred Kroner The Spartans pulled off a come-from-behind win on Thursday (March 4) at Stanford Olympia. SJ-O recovered from a 21-14 halftime deficit to capture a 50-47 Illini Prairie Conference triumph. However, the team was unable to recover from a 9-0 first-quarter deficit at Teutopolis on Saturday (March 6) […]
By Fred Kroner The Spartans followed up on their lowest scoring output of the season (52 points) two days earlier by hammering home 81 points on Friday (March 5) with a win at home over Stanford Olympia, 81-58. SJ-O opened up a 49-29 cushion by halftime. Sophomore Ty Pence led […]
By Fred Kroner In its season-finale, Oakwood was unable to build on a 20-4 first-quarter lead and lost a 46-45 decision at home against Vermilion Valley Conference foe Westville on Thursday (March 4). Addie Wright notched a team-high 16 points and ended the season with a team-best 13.8 scoring average. […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The Comets’ boys’ basketball winning streak reached five games on Saturday (March 6) after the team finished up a 3-0 week. On Thursday (March 4), Oakwood won at Westville, 64-39. On Saturday at home, the Comets had their highest scoring game of the season, overpowering Armstrong-Potomac […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Football is back. “I wasn’t sure that we would get to this point,” St. Joseph-Ogden football coach Shawn Skinner said. He has had plenty of company in the Doubters’ Club since the start of the 2020-21 school year began in August without the traditional fall sports […]
By Fred Kroner Kyleigh Block netted 17 points and Madie Burwell scored a season-high 12 points as Villa Grove/Heritage posted a 41-23 win on the road Monday (March 1) at Toledo Cumberland, 41-23. Block hit three three-point shots and hasn’t made fewer than two three-pointers in any of the team’s […]
