By Fred Kroner Thomas Wells was the individual champion on Tuesday (Sept. 12) in the 27-runner Vermilion Valley Conference boys’ cross-country meet at Kickapoo State Park, leading the Oakwood/Salt Fork Comets to the team title. Wells ran the 3-mile course in 18 minutes, 27.27 seconds. Wells had a 7.98-second margin […]
By Fred Kroner Ethan Merritt’s second hat trick of the season accounted for the first three goals of the match on Tuesday (Sept. 12) as Oakwood/Salt Fork earned a 7-0 shutout at Bismarck-Henning/Rossville-Alvin. Brody Taflinger, Trevor McCall, Aidan O’Brien and Jacob Pricer netted the Comets’ other goals. Macen Phillips assisted […]
By Fred Kroner St. Joseph-Ogden suffered a 9-0 loss in a girls’ tennis match on Tuesday (Sept. 12) at Mahomet-Seymour. SJ-O used a doubles’ lineup that featured six different players than the ones who competed in singles. For the match, nine of the 12 players to take the court were […]
By Fred Kroner Senior Ashten Cafarelli placed seventh individually for St. Joseph-Ogden and earned all-County honors on Monday (Sept. 11) at the Champaign County boys’ golf tournament at Lake of the Woods. Cafarelli fired an 80. SJ-O had a team composite of 350 and finished fifth in the seven-school invitational. […]
By Fred Kroner Zach Harper and Logan Mills each netted four goals on Monday (Sept. 11) as the St. Joseph-Ogden soccer team recorded its fourth shutout of the season, 9-0 over Blue Ridge in Farmer City. Carter Turner hit the Spartans’ other goal. Tyler Hess and Spencer Wilson both assisted […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Peyton Williams put down nine kills on Monday (Sept. 11), helping St. Joseph-Ogden to a two-set volleyball sweep over visiting Hoopeston Area, 25-12, 25-22. The win was No. 400 in the coaching career of the Spartans’ Abby McDonald, who is a Hoopeston Area graduate. Addie Roesch […]
By Fred Kroner Landin McComas socked a triple and Russell High drew a walk and were the lone baserunners for Heritage in a 12-0 junior high baseball loss at home to Oakwood on Thursday (Sept. 7). On Monday (Sept. 11), Heritage dropped a 16-0 decision at Prairieview Ogden. The team’s […]
By Fred Kroner After posting the school’s first-ever win in a Class 2A IESA regional tournament game on Wednesday (Sept. 6), with a 7-6 victory over Watseka, fifth-seeded Oakwood Grade School dropped a 3-1 semifinal-round loss to top-seeded St. Joseph. Against fourth-seeded Watseka, Oakwood’s Ainsley Lyons scored the winning run […]
By Fred Kroner Xavier Wilson played the starring role in the field and at the plate on Wednesday (Sept. 6) as Oakwood earned a 12-0 victory in a junior high baseball game at Rossville-Alvin. Wilson socked a double and a home run – his third homer in the past four […]
By Fred Kroner Prairieview Ogden finished the regular season with a four-game winning streak, including three wins in five days. PVO won at Georgetown-Ridge Farm, 17-2, on Thursday (Sept. 7) and at Armstrong-Potomac, 18-6, on Friday (Sept. 8) before closing out the season at home with a 16-0 shutout over […]
