By Fred Kroner Seventh-grader Kiara Jones ran away from the field on Tuesday (Oct. 6) in the three-school junior high girls’ Heritage Cross-Country Invitational at Homer. Jones ran the 2-mile course in 13 minutes and 25 seconds. She was 1 minute and 2 seconds ahead of the runner-up. Heritage was […]
Author: Fred Kroner
Villa Grove’s Kurt Zimmerman wins Heritage Invitational
By Fred Kroner Villa Grove was the only school to field a full boys’ team in the Tuesday (Oct. 6) Heritage Invitational at Homer. In the 2-mile race, the top runners from three schools finished in a near photo-finish. Villa Grove’s Kurt Zimmerman was the narrow winner, completing the course […]
Three runners finish in photo finish at Heritage Invitational
By Fred Kroner The top runners from three schools finished in a near photo-finish on Tuesday (Oct. 6) in the boys’ junior high school Heritage Cross-Country Invitational at Homer. Villa Grove’s Kurt Zimmerman was the narrow winner, covering the 2-mile course in 12 minutes and 30 seconds. He was just […]
Three Panthers finish in top 25 at Mahomet-Seymour
By Fred Kroner Three Panthers registered top-25 finishes on Monday (Oct. 5) in a three-school girls’ junior high cross-country meet at Mahomet’s 13 Acres Park. Jaci Kellenberger placed 17th (14 minutes and 18.7 seconds). Ava Alexander was 19th (14:40.1) and Averie Dietiker was 25th (14:49.6). The other St. Joseph runners […]
Burnett, Schmitz and Harper lead St. Joseph at Mahomet-Seymour
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The Panthers had three top-20 runners on Monday (Oct. 5) in a three-school boys’ junior high cross-country race at 13 Acres Park, in Mahomet. The St. Joseph leaders were Colin Burnett (17th in 12 minutes, 50.3 seconds), Charlie Schmitz (18th in 12:55.9) and Zach Harper (19th […]
Kiara Jones and Kamryn Soard place in the top 10 at Kickapoo
By Fred Kroner The Heritage runners registered top-10 finishes on Friday (Sept 25) in a multi-school meet hosted by Bismarck-Henning at Kickapoo State Park. Seventh-grader Kiara Jones was eighth (13:39 for the 2-mile course) and Kamryn Soard was 10th (15:06). The other Heritage participants were Madisyn Wilson (21st in 18:32), […]
Hunter Montgomery wins race at Kickapoo State Park
By Fred Kroner Eighth-grader Hunter Montgomery was the individual champion on Friday (Sept. 25) in a multi-school meet hosted by Bismarck-Henning at Kickapoo State Park. Montgomery’s winning 2-mile time was 13 minutes and 15 seconds. One teammate ended among the top-10. Christian Paul was fifth in 13:37. Other team leaders […]
Oakwood baseball to play for chance to share conference title
By Fred Kroner The Knights dropped a 9-1 decision on Saturday (Sept. 26) to Bismarck-Henning in the Class 2A IESA regional title game. Bryson Marcinko (4-1) struck out eight batters in five innings. Adam Watson and Jake Garrison had the Knights’ hits. Watson delivered the lone RBI. For the season, […]
Savanna Franzen wins two-mile race by 1 minute, 46 seconds
By Fred Kroner Led by runaway winner Savanna Franzen, St. Joseph outdistanced the field on Friday (Sept.25) in a three-school girls’ cross-country meet at home. Franzen won the 2-mile race in 13 minutes, 11.5 seconds and was 1 minute and 46 seconds ahead of the runner-up. The Panthers captured eight […]
Mason Guido leads Panthers in meet with Urbana and PBL
By Fred Kroner fred@mahometnews.com The Panthers dominated a three-team boys’ cross-country meet at home on Friday (Sept. 25), outracing Urbana Uni High and Paxton-Buckley-Loda. Six of the top 10 runners were from St. Joseph, led by runner-up Mason Guido, whose 2-mile time was 12 minutes, 21.6 seconds. The team’s other […]