By FRED KRONERfred@sjodaily.com Many of us look at life as right or wrong, yes or no, this way or that way. We tend to overlook the middle ground, the section that includes some of this and some of that. Kathy Bennett, a resident of Champaign, is not one of those […]
By FRED KRONERfred@sjodaily.com Crayton Burnett’s third consecutive shutout win came on Tuesday as the Spartans traveled to Gibson City and blanked the Falcons, 11-0, in a non-conference game. Burnett allowed six singles, walked no one and struck out 13 in seven innings. For the season, Burnett has been a part […]
By FRED KRONERfred@sjodaily.com Heritage softball continued its mid-season surge on Monday, topping Martinsville 3-1 in a game at Broadlands. The Hawks are 7-12 overall, but have won six of their last 12 games. Kenzie Davison hit a triple, Gracyn Allen had a double and Kyley Rothermel, Aliya Holloman and Bri […]
By FRED KRONERfred@sjodaily.com Isaiah Ruch had his first two-home run game of the spring on Monday, leading the Comets to a six-inning, 15-5 baseball triumph over visiting Hoopeston Area. Oakwood is 11-8 overall and 5-3 in Vermilion Valley Conference games. The Comets have won eight of their last 11 games. […]
By FRED KRONERfred@sjodaily.com St. Joseph-Ogden’s softball program is celebrating its 40th year of existence this season. The sport was first offered in the fall of 1979 with an abbreviated schedule of 12 games. As improbable as it seems, the current 2019 team has a link to the inaugural team. The […]
By FRED KRONERfred@sjodaily.com Kaden Jacobs’ seventh-inning double delivered the game-winning run on Saturday as St. Joseph-Ogden pulled out a 2-1 baseball victory over IVC in Chillicothe in the first game of an Illini Prairie Conference game. IVC posted an 8-6 win in the second game. SJ-O is 15-6-2 overall and […]
By FRED KRONERfred@sjodaily.com The message is getting through loud and clear. Brianna Suits and her peers at St. Joseph-Ogden are talking about it. So are Mahomet-Seymour teen-agers Addi Jones and Avery Seaman. Scott’s Law is one they carry in their minds as they operate vehicles. Suits learned about it in […]
By FRED KRONERfred@sjodaily.com Adam Rose and Nicholas Boggs drove in runs on Tuesday to support the two-hit pitching of Crayton Burnett, who shut out Urbana, 2-0, for the second time this baseball season. Rose also stole two bases. SJ-O was limited to four hits. Burnett struck out 10 and walked […]
By FRED KRONERfred@sjodaily.com Savannah Nevitt, Kylie Neuman and Kerrigan Shafer had two hits apiece for the Comets, who dropped a 7-4 Vermilion Valley Conference softball decision at home against Bismarck-Henning on Monday. Neuman and Kennedy Price each drove in two runs. Neuman suffered the loss, pitching all seven innings. She […]
By FRED KRONERfred@sjodaily.com Mason Wyant pitched a five-inning one-hit shutout on Tuesday as Villa Grove/Heritage overpowered visiting Schlarman Academy, 21-0. Wyant fanned 11 and walked one. He is the team’s fourth pitcher with a shutout victory this spring. Kane Davison and Carson Howard paced the 15-hit attack with three hits […]
