By Fred Kroner Four squad members drained three-point shots on Tuesday (March 2) as Villa Grove/Heritage won at home, 73-48, in an Illini Prairie Conference game against Sangamon Valley. Hitting from long distance were Jack Benschneider, Jake Eversole, Ashton Harrison and Issac Mahoe. The balanced scoring attack included four double-digit […]
By Fred Kroner Aaliyah Denius scored a season-high 16 points, helping Oakwood to its top scoring performance of the season on Monday (March 1), a 62-31 win at home over Chrisman. Denius made all four of her free throw attempts. Addie Wright netted 15 points, 10 in the opening quarter […]
By Fred Kroner Dalton Hobick scored 20 points, helping the Oakwood boys’ basketball team to its most dominating win of the season, a 64-26 conquest at Chrisman on Tuesday (March 2) in a Vermilion Valley Conference contest. Oakwood led, 18-9, after one quarter and 39-15, at halftime. Chrisman was limited […]
By Fred Kroner Taylor Wells scored 10 points to spark St. Joseph-Ogden to a 40-20 girls’ basketball victory over IVC on Monday (March 1) in Chillicothe. Wells hit six of her points in the opening quarter as the Spartans built a 12-6 lead. Peyton Jones drilled three three-point shots and […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Ty Pence scored 39 points on Monday (March 1) and helped St. Joseph-Ogden rally to beat visiting Bloomington Central Catholic 67-61 in an Illini Prairie Conference boys’ basketball game. BCC led after each of the first three quarters, but never by more than two points. Pence […]
By Fred Kroner Heritage Volleyball The hard-luck Heritage seventh-grade girls’ volleyball team suffered its third three-set loss on Monday (March 1) against Gifford at Homer. The visitors won 25-16, 18-25, 25-18. The seventh-graders have a 2-6 record. Half of the losses have been in three-set matches. Also on Monday (March […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com[ Both the seventh- and eighth-grade Heritage Junior High boys’ basketball teams suffered losses on Thursday (Feb 25) at Salt Fork. The seventh-graders dropped a 33-15 decision. Heritage’s seventh-graders have a 2-3 record. The eighth-graders lost a 39-23 decision. The Heritage eighth-graders have a 2-4 record. Heritage […]
By Fred Kroner For the first time this season, the Villa Grove/Heritage girls’ basketball team had a two-game winning streak following a Thursday (Feb. 25) victory at home over Arcola, 43-32. There’s a catch. Due to the program being on a hiatus due to COVID-19 protocol, the games were played […]
By Fred Kroner The Hawks’ five-game winning streak was snapped on Thursday (Feb. 25) in a loss at home to Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond, 64-41, in a Lincoln Prairie Conference contest. Logan Nohren had team-high totals of 17 points and nine rebounds. Carson Howard contributed 12 points and Ashton Harrison made the team’s […]
By Fred Kroner Hoopeston Area halted the Oakwood girls’ basketball two-game winning streak on Thursday (Feb. 25) with a 54-30 Vermilion Valley Conference win at home. The Comets trailed the Cornjerkers (5-4), 20-8, after one quarter before enduring a scoreless second quarter. Karsen Rupp, who made both of her free […]
