By FRED KRONERfred@sjoaily.com Oakwood’s boys’ basketball team won twice this week to move into Friday’s championship game of its own Class 2A regional tournament. In Wednesday’s semifinal game, the Comets (21-9) upended Bismarck-Henning/Rossville-Alvin (22-8), 55-35. Trevan Garrett scored a team-high 20 points. Oakwood had a balanced attack to back Garrett. […]
By FRED KRONERfred@sjodaily.com.com PONTIAC — Eighteen seconds. St. Joseph-Ogden’s girls’ basketball team established its revised game plan Monday on the first possession of the second half. Bree Trimble aggressively drove to the basket and drew a foul. When she stepped to the free throw line with 7 minutes, 42 seconds […]
By FRED KRONERfred@sjodaily.com Everyone has days where they arrive at work feeling overwhelmed, thinking about some 3,900 items that have made their way onto the to-do list. Tim Edison can relate. Every day, when he arrives at the office, he has more than 3,900 acres that he is responsible for. […]
By FRED KRONERfred@sjodaily.com St. Joseph-Ogden spotted Watseka a 5-0 lead to start the Class 2A girls’ basketball sectional championship game, but then recovered to post a 55-48 win over the Warriors on Thursday at Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley High School. SJ-O clinched the win by sinking 14 of 18 free throws overall, […]
By FRED KRONERfred@sjodaily.com Oakwood/Salt Fork’s wrestling program didn’t get the first that it was seeking on Saturday, but it did nonetheless achieve a significant first. Senior Mason Ajster fell short in his bid for an individual state championship, dropping a 7-2 decision to unbeaten (51-0) Logan Deacetis, from Prairie Central, […]
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com *photo courtesy of the University of Illinois Jon Davis is accustomed to life on the run. A nine-time individual state champion while at Oakwood High School, Davis hasn’t slowed down since arriving at the University of Illinois. Davis has earned all-Big Ten accolades, All-America honors and owns […]
By FRED KRONERfred@sjodaily.com A slow start didn’t translate into a slow finish on Monday for the state-ranked St. Joseph-Ogden girls’ basketball team. Playing the host school in the Class 2A sectional semifinals at Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley, SJ-O trailed 9-0 before Hannah Dukeman’s perimeter prowess got the Spartans rolling and on their […]
By FRED KRONERfred@sjodaily.com Basketball and success have been synonymous for the Trimble family for more than 60 years. St. Joseph-Ogden senior Bree Trimble is carrying on a long-established family legacy with a state-ranked team that is seeking the school’s first sectional championship in the sport since she was in kindergarten. […]
By FRED KRONERfred@sjodaily.com Oakwood/Salt Fork senior Mason Ajster was one of the standouts Saturday at Carterville’s Class 1A wrestling sectional tournament. Ajster competed four times in the two-day event. He pinned all four opponents, including one in 55 seconds. Most significant is who Ajster pinned. He pinned opponents who wound […]
By FRED KRONERfred@sjodaily.com St. Joseph-Ogden won its 11th consecutive game on Tuesday and secured a berth in tonight’s championship game of the Unity Class 2A girls’ basketball regional. The Spartans eliminated Monticello (10-17) 51-27 in a regional semifinal game. Bree Trimble hit a game-high 22 points and Hannah Dukeman added […]
