By Fred Kroner Oakwood dropped a first-round Class 2A regional volleyball match to Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond on Monday (Oct. 23) at Westville. Ninth-seeded A-L/A-H (14-22) handed the seventh-seeded Comets a 25-12, 25-17 loss. The Comets finish the season with an 11-18 overall record. Senior Nikita Taylor led the team in kills (233), […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com St. Joseph-Ogden’s volleyball team cruised into the championship match of the Watseka Class 2A regional tournament by dominating Hoopeston Area, 25-7, 25-4 on Tuesday (Oct. 24) in a semifinal match. The Spartans (29-5) will seek their first 30-win season since 2019 when they take on the […]
By Fred Kroner Six players scored points, led by Reaghan Stierwalt with nine, on Monday (Oct. 16) as the eighth-grade Heritage girls’ basketball team won at home over Shiloh, 29-12. Also reaching the scoring column were Violet Chesnut (five points), Peyton Curry-Varner (four points), Addison Fleming (four points), Kaylee Junglas […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Brooklyn Stevens scored 10 points on Tuesday (Oct. 24) as the eighth-grade St. Joseph Panthers’ girls’ basketball team clinched a 24-22 victory at Danville North Ridge. Megan Kearney and Ainsley Dirksmeyer each tallied four points. Avery Haley contributed three points, Lyla Patton had two points and […]
By Fred Kroner Led by freshman Clark Roland, the entire Heritage boys’ cross-country team earned a berth in the Class 1A Decatur Sectional by virtue of its fourth-place team finish on Saturday (Oct. 21) at the Chrisman Regional. The top seven teams from the 12-school regional field will participate at […]
By Fred Kroner In its home finale, the Heritage volleyball team suffered a three-set loss to Argenta-Oreana on Thursday (Oct. 19), 18-25, 25-23, 25-15. A-O has an overall season record of 15-18. The Hawks (17-15-2) return to action on Wednesday (Oct. 25) in a semifinal match of the LeRoy Class […]
By Fred Kroner The Oakwood/Salt Fork soccer team was eliminated from postseason play on Friday (Oct. 20) in the Class 1A sectional semifinals with a 3-1 loss to Bloomington Central Catholic. BCC hit the lone first-half goal and expanded its lead to 2-0 before Macen Phillips netted the only goal […]
By Fred Kroner Oakwood’s Comets ended the regular season on Thursday (Oct. 19) with a come-from-behind win at Rantoul, 22-26, 25-22, 25-22. Oakwood has had eight matches go to three sets this season and they are 4-4 in those matches. The Comets (10-18 overall) return to action on Monday (Oct. […]
By Fred Kroner The entire Oakwood/Salt Fork girls’ cross-country team advanced to a Class 1A sectional based on their performance on Saturday (Oct. 21) at the Chrisman Regional. The top seven team finishers secured their advancement to the Decatur St. Teresa Sectional. The Comets – who had two of the […]
By Fred Kroner Bismarck-Henning/Rossville-Alvin scored three touchdowns in a 4-minute and 11-second span of the first quarter and visiting Oakwood was unable to recover and suffered a 54-16 season-ending football loss to the Blue Devils on Friday (Oct. 20). Oakwood (4-5 record) needed a win to become playoff-eligible. Senior middle […]
