By Fred Kroner Prairieview Ogden’s seventh-grade volleyball team, the No. 3 seed in the regional tournament, hit its peak during the postseason and has qualified for the IESA Class 1A state tournament, which starts on Friday (March 10) at Clinton. The Mustangs clinched the school’s 11th appearance in the seventh-grade […]
By Fred Kroner The seventh-grade St. Joseph volleyball team won an IESA Class 3A regional championship on its own home court on Wednesday (March 1), but didn’t stop there. On Monday (March 6), the Panthers qualified for the state tournament by virtue of a 26-24, 19-25, 25-20 triumph over Macon […]
By Fred Kroner Two St. Joseph-Ogden wrestlers were headliners on the Illini Prairie Conference all-league first team by earning unanimous selections in voting by the IPC coaches. In all, eight wrestlers were chosen unanimously. The honored Spartans were sophomore Holden Brazelton, at 132 pounds, and junior Emmitt Holt, at 113 […]
By Fred Kroner Oakwood’s 23-win boys’ basketball team earned one first-team berth in voting by coaches for the Vermilion All-County honor squad. Senior Dalton Hobick was one of the 10 first-team selections. Another senior, Tanner Pichon, was picked for the five-player special mention unit. Also receiving recognition was junior Brody […]
By Fred Kroner Eight of the 14 first-team selections for the Vermilion All-County wrestling team represented the Oakwood/Salt Fork program, which placed fourth in the Class 1A IHSA team-dual series. The Comets’ first-teamers (by weight class) were: sophomore Brayden Edwards (106), freshman Tyler Huchel (113), freshman Jack Ajster (120), sophomore […]
By Fred Kroner Oakwood senior Addie Wright and junior Jaydah Arrowsmith were two of the 10 first-team selections for the Vermilion All-County girls’ basketball team. Wright scored in double figures in 20 games for the 17-16 Comets and averaged a team-best 13.0 points per game. Arrowsmith was the team’s top […]
By Fred Kroner The boys’ basketball season for St. Joseph-Ogden came to an end on Tuesday (Feb. 28) in the semifinal game of the Hercher Class 2A Sectional. The Spartans dropped their second decision of the year to Illini Prairie Conference rival Pontiac, 55-40. The previous loss was by 14 […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com When Maureen Short made her college decision to play softball, she picked Spoon River. When Audrey Short made her college decision to play softball, she selected Spoon River. When it came time for current St. Joseph-Ogden senior Katharine Short to make her college decision to play […]
By Fred Kroner Sixth-seeded Heritage scored an upset over third-seeded DeLand-Weldon on Monday (Feb. 27) in an IESA seventh-grade Class 1A regional quarterfinal tournament match at Champaign Holy Cross. Heritage upended D-W, 25-22, 11-25, 25-19. The victory snapped a seven-match losing streak. “Ryann McComas was all over the floor, keeping […]
By Fred Kroner The eighth-grade St. Joseph volleyball team completed the regular season on an eight-match winning streak. All eight of those wins came in two sets. After concluding play in the Manteno Tournament with two wins on Saturday (Feb. 11), St. Joseph produced wins over Judah Christian (25-6, 25-6), […]
