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By FRED KRONER fred@sjodaily.com The Villa Grove/Heritage girls’ basketball team started the week with victories on back-to-back nights. The Blue Devils (5-2) dispatched Westville 62-36 on Monday and followed up with a narrow 55-49 conquest of Salt Fork on Tuesday. In the game at Westville (3-3), Kyleigh Block scored 12 […]

By FRED KRONER fred@sjodaily.com Senior Jared Stevens scored his 1,000th career point on Friday and a day later earned a spot on the Cerro Gordo all-tournament team after helping Villa Grove/Heritage to a win in the third-place game. VG/Heritage blitzed Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg 51-30 in Saturday’s medal round. Will Wilson had 15 […]

By FRED KRONER fred@sjodaily.com The Villa Grove/Heritage boys’ basketball team more than doubled the score on Blue Ridge during the first half of Tuesday’s game in the Cerro Gordo Tournament. VG/H went on to a 59-41 triumph after leading 42-20 at intermission. Three players scored in double figures for VG/H. […]

By FRED KRONER fred@sjodaily.com High school football games where the home team loses 34-6 aren’t often referred to as “historic” or “memorable.” An Oct. 5 non-conference game at Westville deserves those titles even though visiting Westmont prevailed by 28 points. Three of the five men officiating the game that night […]

By FRED KRONER fred@sjodaily.com St. Joseph-Ogden’s girls’ basketball team won the championship at the Lady Falcon/Bunnie Tip-Off at Gibson City, handing Villa Grove/Heritage its first loss in the finals on Friday. Meanwhile, Oakwood’s girls’ team extended its winning streak to three games to start the season. St. Joseph-Ogden No opponent […]

By FRED KRONER fred@sjodaily.com Girls’ basketball teams from St. Joseph-Ogden, Oakwood and Villa Grove/Heritage all opened their seasons with victories earlier this week. The SJ-O and VG/H squads followed up with a second-game win as well. St. Joseph-Ogden The Spartans have a winning  margin of 41 points after consecutive triumphs […]

*Art Leenerman is 94-years old. This picture was taken on Nov. 5, 2018. By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Some words can be used to form sentences that are both accurate and misleading at the same time. Try this one, for example. Arthur Leenerman and his crew mates didn’t know what they […]

By FRED KRONER fred@sjodaily.com Professional sports teams are often located in metropolitan areas with millions of residents nearby. That means that the multitude of jobs associated with the professional teams potentially have millions of local candidates. So, how does a man who has lived in Mansfield (population 865) for the […]

By FRED KRONER fred@sjodaily.com Talk about an incredible run. St. Joseph-Ogden’s girls’ cross-country program continued on Saturday a tradition of success that began when the current seniors were in first grade. For the 12th consecutive year, SJ-O garnered a top 10 team place in the Class 1A cross-country state meet. […]

By FRED KRONER fred@sjodaily.com Football teams from St. Joseph-Ogden, Oakwood and Villa Grove/Heritage all suffered the same fate in Saturday’s first-round playoff games. All three programs went on the road and dropped opening-round decisions. There’s another similarity. Coaches at all three schools feel encouraged about the state of their programs. […]