By Fred Kroner St. Joseph-Ogden nailed 8-of-11 fourth-quarter free throws on Thursday (Jan. 4) and edged Pontiac, 59-57, on the Indians’ court. Before the fourth quarter, SJ-O was 0-for-4 from the free throw line for the game. Katie Ericksen tallied a team-high 19 points for the Spartans. Addy Martinie seconded […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com St. Joseph-Ogden’s state-ranked boys’ basketball team was outscored 30-6 at the free throw line on Saturday (Jan. 6) and dropped a 72-57 decision to Pinckneyville in the SJ-O Christie Clinic Shootout. The Spartans hit 6 of 20 free throws. Pinckneyville was 30-for-35 from the charity stripe. […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Oakwood High School’s Nikita Taylor has taken the first steps to being a college athlete. She is already a college student, and has been for part of the last two years. Through a dual-credit program between Oakwood and Danville Area Community College, Taylor started taking nursing […]
By Fred Kroner For the 15th time in the team’s first 18 games, the scoring leaders for the Heritage girls’ basketball team were freshmen. Freshman Brooklyn Powell tallied a career-high 19 points on Saturday (Dec. 23) as the Heritage girls’ basketball team roared back from an early deficit to defeat […]
By Fred Kroner In the seventh-place game on Friday (Dec. 29), the Danville JV team upended Heritage, 52-40. All-tournament pick Rylan White led the Hawks with 13 points, including two baskets from beyond the three-point line. Jacob Bensyl scored eight points, Brennan Struck added seven points and Destin Nickle netted […]
By Fred Kroner Cissna Park knocked off Oakwood, 54-23, in the fifth-place game of the Bismarck-Henning girls’ basketball tournament on Friday (Dec. 29). Jaydah Arrowsmith led the Comets with 10 points. Rylee Wright connected for seven points. Nikita Taylor scored three points, Gracie Hanner added two points and Bella Bradford […]
By Fred Kroner Oakwood placed fourth in the eight-school Monticello Hoopla Tournament, which ended on Thursday (Dec. 28). The Comets lost to the host Sages, 54-31, in the third-place game. Alec Harrison knocked down a team-high nine points. Cort Vermillion had seven points and Carsen Dudley chipped in with six […]
By Fred Kroner St. Joseph-Ogden’s girls’ basketball team split its four games in the small-school division of the State Farm Classic and finished in 11th place. On Friday (Dec. 29), the Spartans fell to Port Byron Riverdale, 59-42, and then recovered to defeat El Paso/Gridley in the 11th-place game, 48-30. […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com St. Joseph-Ogden Boys’ Basketball Junior Coy Taylor poured in a career-high 31 points on Friday night (Dec. 29) to lead St. Joseph-Ogden into the championship game of the State Farm Classic school-small boys’ division at Normal West High School. Taylor netted a season-high six three-pointers in […]
By Fred Kroner Rylan White scored 19 points on Tuesday (Dec. 19), but Heritage dropped a 67-55 decision at home to Villa Grove in a boys’ basketball game. Jacob Bensyl made 10 points for the Hawks and Brennan Struck finished with nine points. Clark Roland bagged two three-point shots and […]
