BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Visiting Okaw Valley handed Heritage its first loss in Lincoln Prairie Conference games on Tuesday, 25-15, 21-25, 25-20. Heritage’s Olivia Sorensen distributed 30 assists. Bri Struck pounded 17 kills and teammate Bree Buck added eight kills. Torie Rothermel served three aces and Buck landed two. Anna […]
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Oakwood Golf earns team honors, CC takes 8th at PBL Invite
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com With medalist Logen Hoshauer setting the pace, the Oakwood Comets claimed team honors on Monday in a five-school golf meet at Ironhorse Golf Course, in Tuscola. Hoshauer fired a 38. Hoshauer, Reed Sperry, Travis Goodner and Kyle McFarland teamed up for a composite total of 189 […]
Sparks: “I’m proud of them for their effort”
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com St. Joseph (16-5) captured wins in its first two postseason softball games before falling to Westville 1-0 in Monday’s IESA regional title game at home. “We played really well considering their pitcher was one of the best we played all season,” St. Joseph coach Larry Sparks […]
Heritage Volleyball continues to win, Villa Grove Volleyball defeats Oakhaw, Buesing medals at Blue Ridge
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Heritage Volleyball The Hawks won their 10th match in their last 11 outings on Thursday, sweeping DeLand-Weldon on the Eagles’ court, 25-18, 25-23. Olivia Sorensen had 24 assists and two aces. Bri Struck pounded 14 kills and added seven digs. Anna Sanders had seven digs. Teammate […]
SJ-O football remains unbeaten, Soccer places third at Cornjerker Classic, Volleyball second at Bulldog Invite
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The Spartans had two players eclipse the 100-yard mark in rushing on Friday and continued their unbeaten start to the season with an 18-7 conquest of visiting Bloomington Central Catholic. One highlight for SJ-O was the play of the defense, which head coach Shawn Skinner said […]
Big night for Oakwood Football, Young named to All-Tournament team, Hoshauer medals
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Oakwood piled up 64 first-half points on Friday and blitzed Oblong/Palestine/Hutsonville 84-0 in a non-conference football road game. The Comets (2-1) reached the end zone on an interception, a fumble recovery and return, a kickoff return as well as on passing and running plays. Eight squad […]
Struck, Smithenry and Buck lead Hawks past Arcola, Villa Grove falls to Chrisman
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Olivia Sorensen had 11 assists and five service aces on Tuesday as the Hawks swept an opponent for the sixth time, handling Arcola 25-13, 25-21 on the Purple Riders’ court. Heritage is 2-0 in Lincoln Prairie Conference action. Bri Struck produced six kills and five digs […]
Blackburn, Pettit, Rajlich, Plotner, Lannert and Knap lead Spartans at Kickapoo State Park
BY FRED KRONER fred@sjodaily.com SJ-O boys’ cross country teammates Ethan Blackburn and Tad Pettit were the top two finishers on Tuesday in a three-team non-scored meet at Kickapoo State Park. Due to the heat, the race was shortened from 3 miles to 2 miles. Blackburn led the way, finishing the […]
OSF Soccer gets third shutout, Brewer and Davis lead Cross Country
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Junior Brady Tevebaugh’s hat trick propelled Oakwood-Salt Fork to its third soccer shutout of the season, a 5-0 triumph on Tuesday over Schlarman Academy in Danville. Tevebaugh scored the first two goals of the match, each time assisted by Colin Merritt. The Comets led 3-0 at […]
Franzen leads 7th grade girls at Cowchip Classic, St. Joe, Heritage and Villa Grove results
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com St. Joseph Middle School’s Savanna Franzen beat all other seventh-grade girls on Saturday in a flighted race of the Chrisman Cowchip Cross-Country Classic. Each class ran only against other students in the same grade. Of the 71 seventh-grade girls, Franzen set the pace in the 2-mile […]