By Fred Kroner Sophomore Aubri Elliott was the top individual placer for Oakwood in the Tuesday (April 11) Salt Fork girls’ track and field invitational in Catlin. Elliott ran fifth in the 300-meter hurdles. Teammate Quinn Sperry placed sixth in the discus. The Comets had three relays that secured finishes […]
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. […]
