By FRED KRONER fred@sjodaily.com Not all college students fall into the demographic of recent high school graduate who is continuing their education while in their teenage years. Adults who return to school face a variety of challenges and hurdles as they re-adjust to the classroom after leaving full-time employment in […]
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SJO and Heritage advance to IHSA Volleyball Regional Finals
By FRED KRONER fred@sjodaily.com Volleyball teams from St. Joseph-Ogden and Heritage advanced into regional championship matches at their respective sites on Tuesday. SJ-O (28-3) defeated Bismarck-Henning/Rossville-Alvin 25-8, 25-17 in a Class 2A semifinal match on the Spartans’ court. Heritage (23-6) topped Chrisman 25-17, 25-17 in Danville Schlarman’s Class 1A regional. […]
Local football and cross country teams to continue in post-season play
By FRED KRONER fred@sjodaily.com The final half of Oakwood’s last regular-season football game was a parallel to the entire last half of the season. After an 0-3 start, the Comets had their backs to the wall as far as qualifying for the playoffs. In a Week 9 game against visiting […]
Oakwood/Salt Fork capture honors at Vermillion County meet, SJO, Oakwood, Heritage get volleyball wins
By FRED KRONER fred@sjodaily.com The Oakwood/Salt Fork boys’ and girls’ cross-country teams both captured team honors in Tuesday’s Vermilion County meet at Kickapoo State Park. The girls’ team had six top 10 individual placers and successfully followed up on the conference title they secured one week earlier. The team leaders […]
St. Joseph native to receive honor at Mahomet-Seymour
By FRED KRONER fred@sjodaily.com Some people find ways to turn a hobby into a money-making venture. Jim Risley found a way to turn his passion into a memory-making experience. Thirty-nine years ago, Risley arrived on the faculty at Mahomet-Seymour Junior High School. Besides teaching sixth-grade history, Risley had an interest […]
Local football teams keep playoff hopes alive, volleyball teams hit 20-wins
By FRED KRONER fred@sjodaily.com Football teams from St. Joseph-Ogden, Oakwood and Villa Grove/Heritage all registered wins on Friday to remain in contention for postseason berths. SJ-O (5-3) became playoff-eligible with its 28-7 win at Olympia. Oakwood reached the .500 mark (4-4) with a 49-21 win at Westville. Villa Grove/Heritage (4-4) […]
A walk in their shoes: Seven women from East Central Illinois share stories of sexual violence
By FRED KRONER fred@sjodaily.com There is an idiom that encourages people to not pass judgment until they have walked in the other person’s shoes. The sentiment is as valid today as it was centuries ago. For more than a year, we have heard from women throughout the country coming forward […]
SJO, Heritage and Oakwood volleyball pick up wins, Oakwood/Salt Fork CC wins Vermilion Valley Conference
By FRED KRONER fred@sjodaily.com Volleyball teams from St. Joseph-Ogden, Heritage and Oakwood were all victorious in Tuesday matches. In a showdown between 20-win teams, St. Joseph-Ogden swept visiting Prairie Central, 25-5, 25-14 in an Illini Prairie Conference match. Jenna Albrecht had a match-high seven blocks while Katelyn Berry led the […]
Declining high school football numbers cause pause at Mahomet-Seymour and St. Joseph-Ogden
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com National trends in athletics are playing out in a similar pattern in east central Illinois. For more than a decade, participation in high school football has been declining. “I believe in the 2004 season we had 106 players,” M-S football head coach Keith Pogue said. “That’s […]
Weekend Sports Round-Up: SJO sports on roll, Oakwood football surprises Bismark
By FRED KRONER fred@sjodaily.com After winning road matches on Thursday and Saturday, the St. Joseph-Ogden volleyball team has its 11th consecutive 20-win season. Ranked first among News-Gazette area teams, the Spartans (20-2) dispatched IVC in Chillicothe on Saturday, 25-12, 25-19 and won at Pontiac on Thursday, 25-18, 25-14. Kennedi Burnett […]
