BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com St. Joseph-Ogden Football St. Joseph-Ogden moved a step closer to the playoffs on Friday with a 41-21 victory over visiting Olympia. SJ-O is playoff-eligible after reaching the five-win mark. Olympia (3-5) was officially eliminated from playoff consideration. Head coach Shawn Skinner considers the Week 8 performance […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Thanks to a 27-point fourth quarter on Friday, Oakwood rallied to defeat visiting Westville and officially clinch a berth in the postseason football playoffs. The Comets improved their season record to 6-2 with a come-from-behind 34-24 conquest of the Tigers. Westville (3-5) carried a 12-7 lead […]
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Heritage Volleyball With two wins on Monday and one on Tuesday, Heritage advanced into the championship match of the Lincoln Prairie Conference Tournament at Kansas The Hawks (23-4) dispatched Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond 25-13, 25-23 behind a balanced offensive attack that featured six kills apiece from Bree Buck, Kiley […]
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com St. Joseph-Ogden Girls’ cross-country SJ-O’s girls’ cross-country team finished third in the varsity division of Tuesday’s Illini Prairie Conference meet and first in the girls’ open division. The Spartans’ top five varsity runners all completed the 3-mile course at Fairbury within 16.2 seconds of one another. […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com One Oakwood golfer qualified for next Monday’s Class 1A sectional tournament at El Paso and another just missed advancing. In a Class 1A regional on Monday at Harrison Park, in Danville, junior Logen Hoshauer carded an 88 and tied for eighth place individually. He will move […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahomenews.com There was a time years ago – actually, now, decades ago – that Connie Hoagland entered a talent contest. She wasn’t yet a teen-ager. “I remember losing out at Danville’s Douglas Park to some 5-year-old baton-twirling tap dancers,” Hoagland says. She still recalls which selection she […]
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The Hawks reached the 20-win mark for the second year in a row, overpowering Argenta-Oreana 25-21, 25-11 on Thursday in Argenta. Heritage is 20-4 overall and 6-2 in Lincoln Prairie Conference action. Bri Struck collected seven kills and four digs. Olivia Sorensen contributed 13 assists, nine […]
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Freshman receiver Ty Pence scored his first varsity touchdown on Friday at Fairbury, but it wasn’t enough for the Spartans, who suffered a 33-13 loss to Illini Prairie Conference rival Prairie Central. Pence hauled in a 3-yard pass from Crayton Burnett for the points that trimmed […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Oakwood’s football team became playoff-eligible on Friday as it raced past Georgetown-Ridge Farm 34-20 in its homecoming game at Fithian. Oakwood is 5-1 overall and faces the other 5-1 team from the Vermilion Valley Conference on Friday when it plays host to Bismarck-Henning/Rossville-Alvin. Neither team has […]
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Heritage Volleyball Heritage avenged an early-season three-set loss to Blue Ridge by scoring a three-set triumph over the Knights on Tuesday, 25-19, 15-25, 25-20, in Farmer City. The Hawks (19-4) amassed 70 digs and 33 kills against Blue Ridge. Heritage is 5-2 in Lincoln Prairie Conference […]
