By Fred Kroner Senior Logan Mills delivered a hat trick on Tuesday (Aug. 27) as the St. Joseph-Ogden soccer team shut out visiting Argenta-Oreana, 9-0. Mills also had an assist. Zach Harper netted two goals and Nico Harris totaled two assists. Both Quinn Stahl and Yadi Acosta finished with one […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometdaily.com Emma McKinney distributed 11 assists on Monday (Aug. 26) as the St. Joseph-Ogden volleyball team opened the season with a 26-24, 19-25, 25-20 triumph at home over Maroa-Forsyth. Katie Ericksen totaled 11 digs to go with three service aces. Tinley Ideus notched seven kills as well […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Retirement is a word that is easier for some people to define than to put into practice. It can occur the literal way it is defined in the Webster Dictionary, “withdrawal from one’s occupation or position or from active working life.” It can happen when a […]
By Fred Kroner Two Oakwood High School athletes – junior Samantha Dunavan and senior Gracie Enos – earned first-team berths on the all-Vermilion County softball team. A total of 14 players were picked for the first team. One other Oakwood player, sophomore Caydence Vermillion, was placed on the six-player honorable […]
By Fred Kroner Four St. Joseph-Ogden athletes earned recognition on Illinois Coaches Association Class 2A All-State softball teams. The SJ-O representative on the 28-player first team was senior infielder Addy Martinie. Senior outfielder Addison Frick was a second-team selection. Receiving third-team status were sophomore pitcher Timera Blackburn-Kelley and junior infielder […]
4o By FRED KRONER Fred@mahometnews.com St. Joseph-Ogden Baseball Two St. Joseph-Ogden baseball players – seniors Luke Landrus and Braxton Waller – were among 24 high school athletes statewide chosen for the Illinois Coaches Association Class 2A All-State first team. Landrus was primarily a pitcher and a catcher for a 32-5 […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Grant Brewer was in the varsity lineup for the Oakwood/Salt Fork wrestling program as a sophomore, winning a combined 49 matches in those seasons. He was still a regular as a senior during the recent 2023-24 season. What makes his story – as well as his […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Addi Seggebruch proved herself once. Then, she did it again. Now, the St. Joseph-Ogden senior hopes the third time is equally as successful as the previous two times. When Seggebruch started high school, it was at the tiny Iroquois County school of Cissna Park, where the […]
By Fred Kroner The Heritage Hawks’ 3,200-meter relay collected a 28th-place finish in the IHSA Class 2A boys’ track and field state meet, which ended on Saturday (May 25). The relay runners were Clark Roland, Cohen Sands, Aidan Ashbrook, and Eli Denmark-Collins. They were timed in 8:42.98. The relay was […]
By Fred Kroner Bryson McDaniel, in the triple jump, was the top-placing Oakwood athlete in the IHSA Class 1A boys’ track and field state meet at Eastern Illinois University, in Charleston. He recorded a mark of 39 feet, 0 inches in the triple jump and ended in 18th place. Sprinter […]
