Author: Fred Kroner

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Heritage girls’ basketball defeats Chrisman

By Fred Kroner The Heritage eighth-grade girls’ basketball team snapped a four-game losing streak on Thursday (Oct. 12) with a 30-16 win at home over Chrisman. Peyton Curry-Varner netted 12 points and Kaylee Junglas chipped in with 10 points. Reaghan Stierwalt added six points. Violet Chesnut tallied two points. The […]

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PVO girls’ basketball defeats Shiloh

By Fred Kroner Prairieview Ogden’s eighth-grade girls’ basketball team hit a season’s high for points scored and a season’s best for points allowed on Thursday (Oct. 12) in the same game at Shiloh in a 46-5 triumph. Atleigh Miller swished a game-high 19 points. Greta Goldenstein came through with seven […]

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St. Joseph basketball overpowers Westville

By Fred Kroner St. Joseph’s eighth-grade girls’ basketball team had its best defensive performance of the season on Saturday (Oct. 14), overpowering Westville in a road game, 29-2. Vivian Smith hit a game-high eight points. Both Ainsley Dirksmeyer and Megan Kearney netted five points. Ava Alexander and Lyla Patton tallied […]

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Panthers place fourth at IESA State meet

By FRED KRONER fred@Mahometnews.com The St. Joseph Panthers Middle School boys’ cross-country team placed fourth out of the 24 schools that qualified for the IESA Class 2A state meet at Normal Parkside. St. Joseph had a team score of 168 points. The top three teams in 2A were El Paso/Gridley […]

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Montgomery, Clark win three-school meet

By Fred Kroner In the final home meet of her prep career, Heritage senior Lillian Montgomery was the individual winner on Thursday (Oct. 12) in a three-school girls’ cross-country meet. Montgomery, the lone Heritage runner, toured the 3-mile course in Broadlands in 22 minutes and 24 seconds. She beat the […]

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ALAH defeats Heritage volleyball

By Fred Kroner Playing short-handed, the Heritage volleyball team suffered a 25-14, 25-20 loss on Thursday (Oct. 12) at Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond. Mary Roland handed out a team-best 16 assists. Gracie Tate smashed six kills. The Hawks were playing without defensive specialist Lilli Montgomery, who was at her Senior Night cross-country meet, […]

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Oakwood volleyball to play for third place in Vermilion County Tournament

By Fred Kroner The Oakwood Comets split their two volleyball matches on Saturday (Oct. 14) in the Vermilion County Tournament at Danville Area Community College and moved into the third-place match. Oakwood dropped a three-set decision to top-seeded defending champion Westville, 22-25, 25-19, 15-11, before avenging a loss to Salt […]

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Oakwood heads to Regional Championship

By Fred Kroner Ethan Merritt scored a hat trick and broke the single-season scoring record for the Oakwood/Salt Fork soccer team on Saturday (Oct. 14) in the semifinals of the Class 1A regional at St. Anne. Merritt’s three goals in a 7-0 win over St. Anne raised his season totals […]