By Fred Kroner Senior Macie Russell finished fifth for Oakwood/Salt Fork on Saturday (Oct. 7) in the Cumberland Girls’ Cross-Country Invitational in Toledo. Russell ran the 3-mile course in 20 minutes, 29.74 seconds. Other teammates who competed were Callie Richardson (13th in 22:07.51), Zoe Moudy (60th in 28:31.92), Lanie Birge […]
By Fred Kroner Oakwood’s volleyball team, which has played eight of its last 10 matches away from home, dropped a 25-13, 25-21 decision at Westville on Thursday (Oct. 5). The Comets (7-14) return to action on Tuesday (Oct. 10) at home against Iroquois West.
By Fred Kroner Villa Grove knocked off Heritage on Thursday (Oct. 5) in the third-place match of the Lincoln Prairie Conference Volleyball Tournament. 25-12, 25-18, at Argenta-Oreana. Mary Roland posted 17 assists for the Hawks. Riley Miller swatted six kills and Gracie Tate landed five kills. Tate totaled nine digs […]
By Fred Kroner The three teams assigned to the Heritage site on Monday (Oct. 2) for first-round pool play matches in the Lincoln Prairie Conference Tournament took turns beating each other. Tri-County defeated Heritage, 25-20, 24-26, 25-23, but then lost to Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond, 25-23, 25-9. Heritage ended the day by sweeping […]
By Fred Kroner Ethan Merritt’s first-half hat trick was part of a six-goal explosion before intermission by the Oakwood/Salt Fork soccer team on Monday (Oct. 2) at home against Unity. The Comets were victorious, 7-0. The hat trick was the fifth of the year for Merritt. Ty Smoot notched two […]
By Fred Kroner Oakwood’s volleyball team dropped decisions to Judah Christian (25-15, 25-11) at home on Monday (Oct. 2) and at Cissna Park (25-16, 25-11) on Tuesday (Oct. 3). The Comets are 7-13 and return to action on Thursday (Oct. 5) at Westville.
By Fred Kroner Halle Brazelton, Addie Roesch and Peyton Williams all fired off double-doubles on Tuesday (Oct. 3) to help the St. Joseph-Ogden volleyball team recover from a first-set loss to win at home over Monticello, 21-25, 25-15, 25-19 in an Illini Prairie Conference match. Williams landed 13 kills to […]
By Fred Kroner St. Joseph-Ogden’s girls’ tennis team recorded its second dual-meet win in as many nights on Wednesday (Oct. 4), posting an 8-1 win over Schlarman Academy at the Danville Tennis Center. One highlight was SJ-O junior Madison Clampitt winning her first career varsity match. She topped Evy Kelsey […]
By Fred Kroner Logan Mills produced the 13th hat trick of the season by a St. Joseph-Ogden soccer player on Monday (Oct. 2), highlighting the Spartans’ 5-1 win at Watseka. Mill has hit six of the team’s hat tricks. Alex Acosta and Tyler Hess also notched goals. Zach Harper recorded […]
By Fred Kroner The St. Joseph-Ogden boys’ golf team fell short on Monday (Oct. 2) in its bid to secure a state tournament berth. The Spartans finished in 10th place in the Class 1A sectional at the Kankakee Elks Golf Course. Only the top three teams qualified for state. The […]
