By Fred Kroner Jaydah Arrowsmith scored 16 points and teammate Bella Braford notched a season-high 13 points on Monday (Feb. 5) as Oakwood dispatched Schlarman Academy, 54-15, in Danville. Taylor Smooth registered seven points while Gracie Hanner and Nikita Taylor both fired in six points. Finishing with two points apiece […]
By Fred Kroner Salt Fork snapped the five-game winning streak of the Oakwood boys’ basketball team on Tuesday (Feb. 6), 43-39, in Fithian. Jackson Dudley led the Comets with 10 points. Carsen Dudley connected on nine points and Alec Harrison ended with eight points. Bryson McDaniel scored five points, Brody […]
By Fred Kroner Three Spartans scored in double figures on Monday (Feb. 5) as St. Joseph-Ogden’s girls’ basketball team closed its regular-season home schedule with a 63-24 win over Paxton-Buckley-Loda. Addison Frick netted 15 points, Katie Ericksen contributed 13 points and Addy Martinie added 12 points. Ericksen and Frick each […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com In its regular-season home-finale on Tuesday (Feb. 6), the St. Joseph-Ogden boys’ basketball team overpowered Rantoul, 68-35. Tanner Jacob led the way with 15 points and Coy Taylor drained 14 points. Tanner Siems scored 13 points and Luke Landrus chipped in with 10 points. Also reaching […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The St. Joseph Panthers seventh-grade volleyball team has produced two three-match winning streaks early in the season. St. Joseph opened with wins at home over Hoopeston (25-20, 25-17 on Monday, Jan. 8), Next Generation (25-15, 25-22 on Tuesday, Jan. 9) and Tolono Unity (25-16, 25-11 on […]
By Fred Kroner Brooklyn Powell scored a game-high 10 points on Thursday (Feb. 1) for the Heritage girls’ basketball team, which lost its home-finale to Argenta-Oreana, 31-21. Loran Tate contributed six points, Addi Hopper made three points and Bri Ploense finished with two points. On Saturday (Feb. 3), the Hawks […]
By Fred Kroner Rylan White scored eight points and Brennan Struck added seven on Friday (Feb. 2), but it wasn’t enough for the Heritage boys’ basketball team, which dropped a 47-20 decision at home to Cerro Gordo/Bement. Destin Nickle scored four points and Clark Roland contributed a free throw for […]
By Fred Kroner The state-ranked Oakwood/Salt Fork boys’ wrestling team qualified 12 of its grapplers for the sectional on Saturday (Feb. 3) at the Robinson Class 1A IHSA Regional Tournament. The Comets’ individual champions were junior Brayden Edwards (2-0 at 113 pounds), senior Grant Brewer (3-0 at 150 pounds), senior […]
By Fred Kroner Jaydah Arrowsmith hit a team-high 13 points on Thursday (Feb. 1) at home, but the Oakwood girls’ basketball team dropped a 44-26 decision to Salt Fork’s Vermilion Valley Conference leaders. Arrowsmith netted both of her team’s three-pointers. Nikita Taylor scored five points. Gracie Hanner and Taylor Smoot […]
By Fred Kroner Oakwood’s boys’ basketball team continued its balanced offensive attack at home on Friday (Feb. 20) in a 67-42 triumph over Iroquois West. Four Comets scored in double figures and two others tallied at least seven points. Alec Harrison led the way with 13 points. Cort Vermillion chipped […]
