By Fred Kroner Oakwood’s baseball team raised its winning streak to six games on Monday (April 10) with an 11-1 win at home over Watseka before the streak ended on Wednesday (April 12) with a 13-3 loss at Mahomet-Seymour. Against Watseka, Travis Tiernan twirled a six-inning four-hitter, allowing only an […]
By Fred Kroner Gracie Hanner drove three hits and knocked in two runs on Tuesday (April 11) as the Oakwood softball team rebounded from an early deficit to defeat Danville, 10-5. A three-run third inning lifted the Comets into the lead for good, 5-3. Cracking two hits apiece for Oakwood […]
By Fred Kroner Five individuals and two relays took home first-place finishes for the St. Joseph-Ogden boys’ track and field team on Tuesday (April 11) in a four-school meet at Rantoul. The SJ-O individual titlists were Mason Guido (1,600 meters in a personal-best 4:58.12), Kyler Swanson (110-meter high hurdles in […]
By Fred Kroner Junior Payton Carter was a double winner for the St. Joseph-Ogden girls’ track and field team on Tuesday (April 11) in a three-school meet at Rantoul. Carter won the 100 meters (13.46 seconds) as well as the pole vault (11 feet, 5 inches). SJ-O’s other individual winner […]
By Fred Kroner Alyssa Acton fired her second shutout of the season on Monday (April 10), outdueling University of Illinois recruit Danika Frazier as St. Joseph-Ogden edged Stanford Olympia, 2-0, at Randy Wolken Field. In seven innings, Acton was touched for five hits. She walked one and fanned five batters. […]
By Fred Kroner Luke Landrus and Jack Robertson teamed up to throw the fourth shutout thrown by St. Joseph-Ogden baseball pitchers in the past five games on Wednesday (April 12) as the Spartans won at Villa Grove, 15-0. It was the second 15-0 triumph for SJ-O in a three-day span […]
By Fred Kroner Heritage’s Madi Wilson placed 10th on Saturday (April 10) in 400-meter dash at the 10-school Champaign County girls’ track and field meet at Urbana High School. Her time was a personal-best 1 minute, 13.55 seconds. She was the lone Heritage athlete to achieve a personal-best in the […]
By Fred Kroner Three Heritage players knocked home runs on Friday (April 7), but the Hawks dropped a 22-9 softball decision at home to Toledo Cumberland. Hitting the ball out of the park were Paige George, Adena Paul and Isabella Reed. Heritage was within an 8-7 margin in the third […]
By Fred Kroner Heritage suffered a 12-3 non-conference baseball loss at home on Thursday (April 6) to Georgetown-Ridge Farm. Haiden Davis and Brennon Struck were each 1-for-1 and scored a run. Anthony Happ and Rylan White connected for the Hawks’ other hits. The third run was scored by Joey Markstahler. […]
By Fred Kroner Sophomores Quinn Sperry and Alyssa Wells registered third-place finishes for Oakwood on Thursday (April 6) in the Vermilion County girls’ track and field meet at Hoopeston Area. Sperry was a double-placer, taking third in both the shot put (27 feet, 7 inches) and the discus (personal-best 85 […]
