By FRED KRONERfred@sjodaily.com Vietnam veteran Gearld Hennigh said the trip he took earlier this month was aptly named. The Land of Lincoln Honor Flight lived up to its name. “It was absolutely astonishing what they did for us,” Hennigh said. “It was unbelievable. I was honored to be there.” The […]
By FRED KRONERfred@sjodaily.com The Villa Grove/Heritage Hawks reached double figures in runs scored for the fifth time in their last seven baseball games on Thursday, overpowering Fisher 15-2 in Fisher. Mason Wyant pitched a five-inning four-hitter. He walked two and struck out five. Nick Coffin was the catalyst of an […]
By FRED KRONERfred@sjodaily.com Elijah Harden, Lucas Huchel and Isaiah Ruch each collected three hits, but the Comets dropped a 10-7 decision at Attica, Ind., in the first game of a baseball doubleheader on Saturday. Brady Howard and Josh Young finished with two hits apiece. Six of the team’s 13 hits […]
By FRED KRONERfred@sjodaily.com St. Joseph-Ogden’ s Crayton Burnett struck out 11 batters in six innings and was the winning pitcher in his second baseball shutout of the spring on Thursday, a 6-0 decision in Bloomington against Central Catholic. Offensively, Burnett, Drew Coursey and Sam Wesley collected two hits apiece. Kaden […]
By FRED KRONERfred@sjodaily.com Villa Grove/Heritage averted a shutout by scoring three runs in the bottom of the seventh inning on Monday, but they couldn’t overcome their deficit and dropped an 8-3 decision in baseball to Cumberland. Keagan Patterson had both of the Hawks’ hits. Ryan Cheatham had two RBI for […]
By FRED KRONERfred@sjodaily.com Starting pitcher Andy Hohn — who didn’t retire a batter — stayed in the game and delivered the game-winning hit in the bottom of the seventh inning on Tuesday as Oakwood rallied at home to edge Schlarman Academy 17-16 in a wild Vermilion Valley Conference baseball game. […]
By FRED KRONERfred@sjodaily.com St. Joseph-Ogden baseball coach Josh Haley picked up his 300th career win on Tuesday as the Spartans overpowered visiting Prairie Central by the 10-run rule, 13-3. SJ-O’s Nick Boggs had a single, a double and a home run, driving in seven runs in the milestone victory. Crayton […]
By FRED KRONERfred@sjodaily.com St. Joseph-Ogden’s Isiah McCune was the runner-up in the 3,200-meter race in Saturday’s boys’ track and field Rantoul Invitational. He was timed in 10 minutes, 9.96 seconds. The other Spartan to place among the top three was 200-meter sprinter Lane Gaskin. He was third in 22.87 seconds. […]
By FRED KRONERfred@sjodaily.com Samantha Campbell won the 800 meters on Friday in the girls’ Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond Invitational. Her time was 2 minutes, 31.89 seconds. The other top placer for Villa Grove/Heritage was Meike Herbrandt, who was second in the 400 meters (1:05.40). Tuscola won team honors with 98 points. VG/Heritage was […]
By FRED KRONERfred@sjodaily.com Trevan Garrett’s basketball season continued on Sunday. The Oakwood High School senior was one of the selections for the east central Illinois team in the ninth -annual boys’ Battle of the Border all-star contest. Garrett was in the starting lineup for the victorious Illinois team, which outscored […]
