By Fred Kroner Oakwood sophomore Thomas Wells ran a personal-best time and won the 3,200-meter race on Thursday (April 6) in the Vermilion County Boys’ track and field meet at Hoopeston Area. Wells’ time was 11 minutes, 31.41 seconds. He was victorious by 11.63 seconds. All champions were accorded All-County […]
By Fred Kroner Gracie Enos was backed by an errorless defense and pitched a shutout on Saturday (April 8) as Oakwood blanked Iroquois West, 12-0, in a softball game in Oakwood. Enos allowed three hits and struck out five batters. Landing two hits apiece for the Comets were Samantha Dunavan, […]
By Fred Kroner Dalton Hobick pitched a two-hit shutout on Friday (April 7) as Oakwood won a baseball game at home, 5-0, over Iroquois West. Hobick is the third Comet hurler with a shutout this spring. He walked four and struck out 15. He faced 12 different IW batters and […]
By Fred Kroner St. Joseph-Ogden had one individual champion and 12 athletes who placed among the top 12 individuals recorded lifetime bests on Saturday in the 10-school Champaign County girls’ track and field meet at Urbana. The Spartans’ titleist was pole vaulter Payton Carter, who cleared 10 feet, 10 inches. […]
By Fred Kroner The same runners enabled the St. Joseph-Ogden boys’ track and field team to win the 800-meter relay and take second in the varsity 1,600-meter relay on Saturday (April 6) in the 14-school Rantoul Invitational. The foursome of Tim Blackburn-Kelley, Jackson Greer, Logan Smith and Colin Wayland had […]
By Fred Kroner Alyssa Acton fired a complete game and Addy Martinie cracked three hits, including a home run, on Thursday (April 6) as St. Joseph-Ogden handled Rantoul, 12-2, in an Illini Prairie Conference softball game at Randy Wolken Field. SJ-O recovered from a 2-0 first-inning deficit. Martinie knocked in […]
By Fred Kroner Adam Price’s seven-inning perfect game was the highlight of two wins on Saturday (April 8) for the St. Joseph-Ogden baseball team. In a 2-0 triumph over Williamsville, Price struck out 13 batters and faced the minimum number of batters, 21. He threw 87 pitches and 71 (81.6 […]
By Fred Kroner Julliyan Gray’s fourth-inning single drove in Zaien Smith with the lone Heritage run on Monday (April 3) in a 14-1 baseball loss at Arcola. Besides Gray, other Hawks with hits were Anthony Happ, Joey Markstahler and Brennon Struck. Heritage (0-6) returns to action on Thursday (April 6) […]
By Fred Kroner Oakwood sophomore Quinn Sperry won the shot put on Tuesday (April 4) in the 12-school Paxton-Buckley-Loda Invitational. Sperry’s top toss was a personal-best 32 feet, 9 inches. She also took fifth place in the discus, also achieving a personal-best (75 feet, 3 inches). As a team, Oakwood […]
By Fred Kroner Senior Audrey Schnaus had two of Oakwood’s four hits on Monday (April 3). The Comets dropped a 14-3 softball decision at Bismarck-Henning/Rossville-Alvin and scored all of their runs in the top of the first inning. Oakwood (2-7) returns to action on Friday (April 7) at home against […]
