By Fred Kroner Oakwood’s Bryson McDaniel and Thomas Wells were individual winners on Tuesday (May 9) in a six-school boys’ track and field meet at Bismarck-Henning/Rosville-Alvin. As a team, the Comets placed third with 70 points. Meet champion Bismarck-Henning/Rossville-Alvin totaled 174 points and was followed by Westville with 114 points.. […]
By Fred Kroner Olivia Fegett and Gracie Hanner each drove in two runs on Monday (May 8) to spark Oakwood to a come-from-behind 9-7 softball victory at home over Georgetown-Ridge Farm. The Comets trailed, 6-3, in the fifth inning and were tied, 6-6, in the sixth inning. Hanner collected three […]
By Fred Kroner All eight Oakwood seniors were in the starting lineup on Monday (May 8) as the Comets clinched the Vermilion Valley Conference championship at home with an 8-0 win over Georgetown-Ridge Farm. Oakwood ended conference play with an 11-0 record. Dalton Hobick, Matthew Miller and Joshua Ruch all […]
By Fred Kroner Jack Robertson pitched five hitless innings on Wednesday (May 10) – but issued five walks – and was the winner as St. Joseph-Ogden handed visiting Mount Zion a 6-1 setback at Meier Field. Robertson struck out four hitters. Adam Price threw the last two innings, walking no […]
By Fred Kroner Shayne Immke’s uniform number is 12, but in the all-time St. Joseph-Ogden softball record books, the senior is No. 1. On her Senior Night game (Monday, May 8), she took down the school’s single-season home run record at home against Tuscola. Immke hammered two home runs in […]
By Fred Kroner Greta Goldenstein and Atleigh Miller both qualified for the IESA Class 1A girls’ seventh-grade track and field meet in two events. They advanced after their performances on Saturday (May 6) in the Rantoul Sectional. Goldenstein was a two-event champion, winning the discus (personal-best 90 feet 11 inches) […]
By Fred Kroner Prairieview Ogden had athletes qualify for the boys’ Class 1A IESA state track and field meet in six eighth-grade events and in four seventh-grade events. The qualifying meet was the Newton Sectional, held on Saturday (May 6). The PVO eighth-graders were sectional titlists in two events. Aiden […]
By Fred Kroner Heritage’s seventh-grade 400-meter relay qualified for the IESA Class 1A girls’ track and field state meet after a third-place finish in the Rantoul Sectional. The foursome of Willa Tatman, Reaghan Stierwalt, Leah DelRossi and Ryann McComas was timed in 59.34 seconds. McComas, a sixth-grader, placed second in […]
By Fred Kroner Heritage athletes Christian Paul and Clark Roland were each three-event qualifiers for the IESA Class 1A boys’ track and field state meet. In the Rantoul Sectional, held on Saturday (May 6), seventh-grader Paul won both the 1,600 meters (personal-best 5:21.19) and the long jump (personal-best 16 feet, […]
By Fred Kroner Oakwood seventh-grader Taylor Wells will be her school’s lone representative in the girls’ IESA Class 2A track and field state meet. Wells won the 800 meters sectional championship on Saturday (May 6) in a meet hosted by Kankakee Bishop McNamara. Her time was a personal-best 2 minutes, […]
