By Fred Kroner Zaien Smith, Anthony Happ and Lucas Miller had hits for Heritage on Thursday (May 4), but the Hawks dropped a 17-4 baseball decision at home to Villa Grove. Heritage carried a 3-2 lead into the fourth inning. Happ and Juliyan Gray drove in runs for the Hawks. […]
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Tate leads Hawks at Lincoln Prairie Conference girls’ track and field meet
By Fred Kroner Sophomore Loran Tate was the top Heritage placer on Friday (May 5) in the Lincoln Prairie Conference girls’ track and field meet at Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond. Tate recorded a third-place finish in the triple jump at 29 feet, 10 inches. She also landed eighth in the long jump at […]
Heritage 3,200 team wins at Lincoln Prairie Conference boys’ track and field meet
By Fred Kroner Heritage High School’s 3,200-meter relay team cruised to victory on Friday (May 5) in the Lincoln Prairie Conference boys’ track and field meet at Arthur-Lovington. The foursome consisted of junior Aidan Ashbrook, junior Cohen Sands, senior Rowan Denmark-Collins and junior Zach Ruwe. The covered the eight-lap event […]
Drew Williams and Joel Bear qualify for bass fishing state tournament
By Fred Kroner Heritage teammates Drew Williams, a senior, and Joel Bear, also a senior, qualified for the one-Class IHSA bass fishing state tournament by placing second on Friday (May 5) in a sectional tournament at Lake Shelbyville. The teammates – who placed sixth at state together in 2022 – […]
Elliott finishes in top 8 at Vermilion County girls’ track and field meet
By Fred Kroner Oakwood sophomore Aubri Elliott finished among the top eight in two individual events and with two relays on Thursday (May 4) in the Vermilion County girls’ track and field meet. Elliott posted personal-best times in both of her sprint races, coming in fifth in the 400 meters […]
McDaniel and Wells lead Comets at Vermilion Valley Conference meet
By Fred Kroner Junior Bryson McDaniel and sophomore Thomas Wells posted the top finishes for the Oakwood boys’ track and field team on Thursday (May 4) in the Vermilion Valley Conference meet. McDaniel was second in the triple jump (39 feet, 8 inches) and Wells was the runner-up in the […]
Champaign Central defeats Oakwood Softball
By Fred Kroner Oakwood scored all of its runs in the top of the first inning on Thursday (May 4), but lost a 12-3 softball decision at Champaign Central. Olivia Fegett drove in two of the Comets’ runs. Teammates with hits were Bella Bradford, Matilyn Griffis and Karleigh Nelson. Gracie […]
Tiernan’s home run helps put Comet baseball over St. Thomas More
By Fred Kroner Travis Tiernan hit a home run on Thursday (May 4) as the Oakwood baseball team registered a 9-7 non-conference win at St. Thomas More. Tiernan drove in four runs. Joshua Ruch finished with two hits and scored two runs. Bryson Marcinko also tallied two runs. Alec Harrison […]
Peyton Jones hits grand slam and drives in five runs against Unity
By Fred Kroner Peyton Jones clubbed a grand slam home run and drove in five runs for the day as the St. Joseph-Ogden softball team won a showdown at home against Tolono Unity, 10-3, on Thursday (May 4). Each squad entered the game with 20 wins for the season. Jones […]
Spartan baseball holds on to defeat Tolono
By Fred Kroner St. Joseph-Ogden scored two runs in the bottom of the sixth inning on Thursday (May 4) and held on to beat Tolono Unity, 8-7, in an Illini Prairie Conference baseball game at Meier Field. Kendrick Johnson, who pitched 1 1/3 innings of hitless relief, picked up the […]