By Fred Kroner St. Joseph’s junior high girls’ cross-country team finished sixth on Saturday (Sept. 9) in the 53-school Normal Parkside Invitational. Meet champion Edwardsville Lincoln totaled 119 points. St. Joseph had a composite team score of 283. The Panthers’ leaders in the 2-mile race were Tessa Walker (12th in […]
By Fred Kroner Landon May and Hunter Cler teamed up on a one-hitter on Wednesday (Sept. 6) as the St. Joseph junior high baseball team overpowered Urbana, 21-1, in Urbana. May pitched 1 2/3 innings and struck out three hitters. Cler worked the final 1 1/3 innings and got all […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The St. Joseph Panthers softball team closed the regular season with three consecutive wins at home, raising its winning streak to six games entering the postseason. St. Joseph edged Bismarck-Henning, 8-6, on Friday (Sept. 1), handled Champaign Jefferson, 12-1, on Wednesday (Sept. 6), and landed a […]
By Fred Kroner Heritage freshman Clark Roland placed ninth on Saturday (Sept. 9) in the 84-runner field at the boys’ Paxton-Buckley-Loda Invitational. Roland’s 3-mile time was 17 minutes, 1 second. Heritage ended fourth in the team chase with 98 points. Meet champion Herscher had 31 points and was followed by […]
By Fred Kroner Destanee Morgan recorded 12 digs on Tuesday (Sept. 5) for the Heritage volleyball team, which dropped a 25-17, 25-11 non-conference decision at Bismarck-Henning/Rossville-Alvin. Mary Roland handed out seven assists. On Thursday (Sept. 7), the Hawks lost their conference-opener, 25-10, 27-25 at unbeaten Cerro Gordo/Bement. Roland produced 22 […]
By Fred Kroner Freshman Rowdy Vick-Phelps posted the top score for the Oakwood boys’ golf team in back-to-back meets to finish the week. On Thursday (Sept. 7), he fired a 62 at Danville’s Harrison Park against Judah Christian and Georgetown-Ridge Farm. The Comets did not have enough players to be […]
By Fred Kroner Lucis Morris registered six digs and four assists on Thursday (Sept. 7), but the Oakwood volleyball team dropped a 25-9, 25-5 decision at home against Bismarck-Henning/Rossville-Alvin. Nikita Taylor posted four kills. Oakwood (2-4) returns to action on Monday (Sept. 11) at Danville.
By Fred Kroner Despite dominating possession, Oakwood was unable to push across a goal on Thursday (Sept.7) at home against Rantoul/Paxton-Buckley-Loda and settled for a 0-0 tie. The Comets held a 19-4 edge on total shots attempted. Oakwood/Salt Fork goalkeeper Jakob Rupp registered two saves. On Friday (Sept. 8), in […]
By Fred Kroner Oakwood/Salt Fork senior Macie Russell was the individual winner on Saturday (Sept. 9) in the 75-runner girls’ Paxton-Buckley-Loda Cross-Country Invitational. Russell’s 3-mile time was 19 minutes and 21 seconds. She entered the finish chute 21 seconds in advance of the runner-up. The Comets placed seventh in the […]
By Fred Kroner Junior Chase Harrison scored touchdowns in three different ways on Friday (Sept. 8) as the Oakwood football team raced to a win at Watseka, 67-27. Harrison was on the receiving end of two TD passes from Jackson Dudley. He also scored on a 72-yard run from scrimmage […]
