BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Villa Grove/Heritage Boys’ basketball The Hawks tallied 18 of the 21 first-quarter points in Tuesday’s home-opener against Urbana University High and went on to decision the Illineks, 64-22. Juniors Jake Eversole (16 points) and Logan Nohren (15 points) were the top VG/H scorers. Matt Gullick contributed […]
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Oakwood Boys’ basketball The Comets scored nearly half of their points from three-point range on Tuesday (24 of 50), but dropped a 60-50 decision to Judah Christian at Champaign. Brevin Wells scored a team-high 14 points and hit three shots from three-point range. Kade Anderson also […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com St. Joseph-Ogden’s boys’ basketball team opened its season with a win on Tuesday, despite missing 9 of 17 free throws in the opening round of the 31st Spartan Classic. SJ-O upended Georgetown-Ridge Farm, 65-37. Chance Izard scored 19 points and Jordan Kelly added 12 points for […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com After a week off from games, Heritage’s eighth-grade girls’ basketball team opened IESA regional play on Tuesday with a 25-20 victory over Philo St. Thomas. St. Thomas was the No. 2 seed in the Class 1A regional. Heritage was the No. 3 seed. Leah Black led […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com There was a time in the late 1980s that St. Joseph-Ogden had a leg up on the competition and it had nothing to do with the quality of the boys’ basketball program. The advantage was the timing for the school’s annual holiday tournament. It came after […]
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Villa Grove/Heritage Girls’ Basketball The Blue Devils (4-1) overcame a halftime deficit on Tuesday to post a 49-43 victory at Tuscola. The host Warriors led, 22-20, at halftime, but VG/H went on a 17-5 tear in the third quarter and took control. Aliya Holloman scored 18 […]
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The Spartans (4-1) dropped their home-opener on Tuesday, 65-44, to Paris. Taylor Barnes scored a team-high nine points. Finishing with six points apiece were Alyssa Hamilton, Payton Jacob and Ashlyn Lannert. Paris jumped into a 14-6 lead after one quarter. Lannert and Katie Cramer were picked […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The Oakwood Comets girls’ basketball team won all four games in last week’s Comet Classic to capture team honors in the eight-school event. After knocking off Blue Ridge in the opener, 49-15, Oakwood followed up with a 49-21 triumph over Urbana University High and a 60-29 […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com St. Joseph-Ogden’s volleyball team achieved closure on Saturday afternoon. Closure for the season. Closure for the career of nine seniors. Closure for a match that could have gotten away from the Spartans in the same manner that played out in the season-opener. Back in August, SJ-O […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Brad Dalton doesn’t often wish for anything but the best for his high school alma mater. That could change this weekend. Dalton is the volleyball head coach at Decatur St. Teresa, which is one of the four schools that have qualified for the Class 2A state […]
