By Fred Kroner Rylan White scored 14 points and Brennan Struck added 10 points on Friday (Feb. 9) for Heritage, which lost to Blue Ridge, 61-51, in its regular-season home-finale. Jacob Bensyl scored eight points and Anthony Happ netted seven points. Lukas Miller scored five points, Clark Roland had four […]
By Fred Kroner Sophomore Taylor Owens became the first athlete from the Oakwood/Salt Fork wrestling program to qualify for the IHSA girls’ wrestling state tournament on Saturday (Feb. 10) when she placed second in the Peoria Richwoods Sectional. Owens, competing at 140 pounds, pinned her way to the finals, ending […]
By Fred Kroner Seven Oakwood/Salt Fork wrestlers advanced to the Class 1A IHSA state tournament by faring well at the Vandalia Sectional on Saturday (Feb. 10). Two Comets placed second, four were third and one placed fourth. The runners-up were Brayden Edwards (113 pounds) and Dalton Brown (175 pounds). Placing […]
By Fred Kroner Senior Jaydah Arrowsmith poured in a career-high 32 points on Saturday (Feb. 10) as Oakwood avenged two regular-season losses to Hoopeston Area with a 50-37 triumph in a quarterfinal Class 2A regional tournament game on the Cornjerkers’ court. Hoopeston shot into a 14-5 lead after one quarter, […]
By Fred Kroner Four players scored in double figures for Oakwood, which posted a 75-39 win over Schlarman Academy, in Danville, on Friday (Feb. 9). Alec Harrison was tops on the team with 18 points. Jackson Dudley recorded 17 points, Bryson McDaniel matched his season’s high with 12 points and […]
By Fred Kroner St. Joseph-Ogden sophomore Maddie Wells won three of her five matches at the Peoria Richwoods Sectional on Saturday (Feb. 10), but ended one win short of advancing to the IHSA girls’ wrestling state tournament. Wells captured a 10-6 win, registered a pin in 3:51 and had an […]
By Fred Kroner Sectional champion Holden Brazelton (132 pounds) and two St. Joseph-Ogden teammates secured berths in the Class 1A boys’ wrestling state tournament by virtue of their performances at the Stanford Olympia Sectional on Saturday (Feb. 10). Brazelton (45-1) extended his winning streak to 30 matches by beating all […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Logan Smith scored a career-high 29 points on Friday (Feb. 9) as the St. Joseph-Ogden boys’ basketball team clinched at least a share of the Illini Prairie Conference title with a 73-72 overtime win at Tolono Unity. Smith also handed out five assists. After falling behind […]
By Fred Kroner Addi Hopper collected 12 points – including two baskets from three-point range – and Brooklyn Powell added 10 points on Monday (Feb. 5) for the Heritage girls’ basketball team, which took a 73-24 loss at Tri-County in its regular-season finale. Gracie Tate accounted for the team’s other […]
By Fred Kroner Sophomore Rylan White led Heritage in scoring for the 13th time in his last 14 games on Tuesday (Feb. 6) in a 72-45 loss at Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond. White netted 16 points, including two baskets from three-point range. Anthony Happ and Destin Nickle both tallied seven points. Clark Roland […]
