By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com High school basketball in Illinois doesn’t have a green light, full-speed-ahead option, but there was more optimism in the state on Wednesday than there was on Tuesday. A second consecutive day of surprises greeted coaches, players, parents, school administrators and fans on Wednesday (Oct. 28). One […]
By Fred Kroner With a lineup featuring three sophomores, one freshman and one junior, Villa Grove/Heritage placed 11th on Saturday (Oct. 24) in the 13-team Class 1A Decatur girls’ cross-country regional at Hickory Point Golf Course. Leading the way for the Blue Devils was sophomore Emma Buesing (43rd in 21 […]
By Fred Kroner Freshman Zach Ruwe was a near-miss in his efforts to qualify for the boys’ Class 1A cross-country sectional. The Villa Grove/Heritage standout registered a 3-mile time of 17 minutes, 2.7 seconds on Saturday (Oct. 24) in the Decatur Regional meet at Hickory Point Golf Course. Advancing from […]
By Fred Kroner Two Oakwood/Salt Fork girls advanced to the Class 1A cross-country sectional on the basis of their performances on Saturday (Oct. 24) in the IHSA Decatur Regional meet at Hickory Point Golf Course. Continuing their seasons were freshman Macie Russell, who was 19th in a field of 89 […]
By Fred Kroner The Comets’ top four runners were packed within 50 seconds of one another on Saturday (Oct. 24) at the Class 1A IHSA boys’ regional cross-country meet at Decatur’s Hickory Point Golf Course, but the team was unable to continue its season. The top five teams in the […]
By Fred Kroner Two Spartans posted 3-mile times of less than 20 minutes on Saturday (Oct. 24) at the Class 1A IHSA girls’ regional cross-country meet at Decatur’s Hickory Point Golf Course. The team’s other five competitors finished the course within 39 seconds of each other. Leading the way for […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The Spartans’ state-ranked boys’ cross-country team finished in second place on Saturday (Oct. 24) in the 14-school Class 1A IHSA Decatur St. Teresa Regional meet. Each of the top five teams qualified for a sectional meet, which St. Teresa will also host at the Hickory Point […]
Two of the three Villa Grove girls who participated in the Friday (Oct. 16) IESA Class 1A sectional meet at Casey-Westfield posted their best 2-mile times of the season. Seventh-grader Hayden Thomas was 13th, finishing the course in a season-best 15 minutes and 5 seconds. Teammate Eva Piercy, also a […]
By Fred Kroner Kiara Jones won the girls’ Class 1A IESA sectional championship race at Casey-Westfield on Saturday (Oct. 17) by 21 seconds. The seventh-grader’s 2-mile time was 12 minutes, 51.5 seconds. Teammate Kamryn Soard, an eighth-grader, also secured a top-10 finish, ending 10th in a time of 14:27.5 The […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Eighth-grader Hunter Montgomery was the individual champion in his final junior high school cross-country race. Montgomery, from Heritage, toured the 2-mile course at Casey-Westfield in 11 minutes, 42.5 seconds on Friday (Oct. 16) to win the IESA sectional title. His margin of victory over the runner-up […]
