By Fred Kroner Kyleigh Block and Vanessa Wright each registered their top scoring performances of the season on Monday (Feb. 8) as Villa Grove/Heritage handed Blue Ridge a 64-29 loss in Farmer City. The offensive output was the best of the season for the Blue Devils, who led 18-4 after […]
By Fred Kroner Senior Logan Nohren posted a double-double on Tuesday (Feb. 9), but Villa Grove/Heritage lost its home opener, 56-42, to Cerro Gordo/Bement. Nohren tallied 11 points and pulled down a team-high 12 rebounds. The top VG/Heritage scorer was Jake Eversole. His 14-point performance included three baskets from three-point […]
By Fred Kroner Due to a scheduling quirk, Oakwood’s girls’ basketball team had to play the same team in its second game of the season as it did in the opener. The Comets lost again to Armstrong-Potomac, but fared much better. Six days after managing just five points against the […]
By Fred Kroner In a Tuesday (Feb. 9) showdown between boys’ basketball teams which had registered a first-game win, Oakwood needed overtime to subdue Schlarman 62-60 in Danville. Isaiah Ruch was one of three Comets in double figures, notching a team-high 20 points. Josh Young hit 16 points and Brevin […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Eight players reached the scoring column on Monday (Feb. 8) as the St. Joseph-Ogden girls’ basketball team posted its second consecutive double-figure win. Led by Abby Behrens with 14 points and Payton Vallee with 12 points, the Spartans upended St. Thomas More 52-31 in Champaign in […]
By Fred Kroner Both the girls’ seventh- and eighth-grade teams have identical 1-2 season records after snapping two-match losing streaks on Monday (Feb. 8). The seventh-graders went on the road and upended Shiloh (25-19, 25-17). On Thursday (Feb. 4), the seventh graders suffered a three-set loss to Georgetown-Ridge Farm (9-25, […]
By Fred Kroner The eighth-graders are off to a 1-2 start and will play their fourth consecutive home game on Wednesday (Feb. 10) against Oakland. After opening the season on Monday (Feb. 1) with a 43-38 loss to Shiloh, the team suffered a narrow 51-50 loss to Rossville on Friday […]
By Fred Kroner The girls’ seventh- and eighth-grade squads opened the season at home on Tuesday (Feb. 2) with losses at home against Chrisman. The teams return to action on Thursday (Feb. 11) at Rossville.
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Oakwood’s eighth-grade boys’ basketball team has had a different scoring leader in each of its first two games, both of which were wins. On Monday (Feb. 8), Jackson Dudley hit for 25 points in a 52-30 win at Armstrong-Potomac. In the team’s opener on Wednesday (Feb. […]
By Fred Kroner Playing its fourth game in six days – and third road contest – the Blue Devils suffered a 47-33 setback on Thursday (Feb. 4) at St. Joseph-Ogden. Kyleigh Block scored a game-high 18 points – her fourth successive game as the top VG/Heritage scorer – but only […]
