By FRED KRONERfred@mahometdaily.com Chance Izard hit 5 of 9 three-point shots on Tuesday and scored a team-high 15 points as St. Joseph-Ogden posted a 51-49 win at Monticello. Izard was joined in double figures by two teammates. Joel Orcutt had 14 points and Jack Cook had 12 points. Cook pulled […]
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SJO, VG/Heritage and Oakwood girls’ basketball setting up for postseason run
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometdaily.com Girls’ basketball teams from Oakwood, St. Joseph-Ogden and Villa Grove/Heritage have all reached the 20-win mark for the season. All schools have another week to add to their totals before postseason play starts across the state on Feb. 4. Oakwood is 22-5 with an eight-game winning streak. […]
A week full of wins for SJO, Heritage/VG and Oakwood
By FRED KRONERfred@sjodaily.com St. Joseph-Ogden built up a 30-point halftime lead on Monday and blitzed Rantoul 63-24 in an Illini Prairie Conference girls’ basketball game. SJ-O (20-4) reached the 20-win mark with the triumph. The Spartans led 15-4 after one quarter and thanks to a 21-2 second-quarter blitz, led 36-6 […]
Paul Lewis talks about release from Iran Hostage Crisis 38 years later
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Sunday was just another day for Sidney resident Paul Lewis. No parties. No parades. “I hung around the house,” he said. Exactly 38 years earlier, on Jan. 20, 1981, there was reason for Lewis and an entire country to celebrate. The longest hostage crisis situation in recorded […]
Oakwood girls basketball and cheerleading win Vermillion County Tournament, Immke wins on mat for SJO
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometdaily.com On the night they reached the 20-win mark for the season, Oakwood’s girls’ basketball team also earned a threepeat in the Vermilion County Tournament. The Comets handed Bismarck-Henning/Rossville-Alvin a 37-25 loss in Friday’s championship game at Danville’s Palmer Arena. The triumph extended the school’s dominance in the […]
SJO, Heritage, Oakwood basketball continue gains in late-season play
St. Joseph-Ogden, Heritage and Oakwood basketball teams keeping rolling through 2019, picking up wins in conference play.
Area basketball teams find late-week success
The Hawks received points from 10 players on Friday as they snapped a two-game losing streak with a 64-43 win at home over Cerro Gordo/Bement.
SJO and Oakwood basketball programs open week with wins
The St. Joseph Ogden and Oakwood Basketball programs hit off 2019 with a great start, winning games.
SJO, Heritage and Oakwood girls’ basketball collect new year wins
St. Joseph Ogden, Heritage and Oakwood girls’ basketball programs start off 2019 with wins.
SJO’s Dowling named to USA Junior National Softball Team
St. Joseph Ogden’s Bailey Dowling has been named to USA Junior National Softball Team after spending a week in Florida.