By Fred Kroner Oakwood’s eighth-grade boys’ basketball team closed out the regular season on Thursday (Jan. 19) with a 55-26 win at Chrisman. Carsen Dudley scored a team-high 18 points. Alex Wallace notched 10 points and Collin Furry put in eight points. On Tuesday (Jan. 17), Dudley poured in 36 […]
By Fred Kroner After playing seven straight games away from home, the Heritage girls’ basketball team returned home on Thursday (Jan. 19) and scored its first win of the season, 28-19, over Schlarman Academy. Loran Tate scored a team-high eight points for the Hawks. Contributing six points apiece were Courtney […]
By Fred Kroner Julliyan Gray scored 13 points and Drew Williams added 12 points for Heritage, which dropped a 71-52 decision at Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond in a first-round game of the Lincoln Prairie Conference Tournament. Rylan White contributed 10 points. Joel Bear had six points and Aaron Coffin finished with five points. […]
By Fred Kroner Four Oakwood/Salt Fork wrestlers placed second and one other teammate finished third on Saturday (Jan. 21) in the Randy Bowman Invitational, at LeRoy. Securing runner-up finishes were Tyler Huchel (113 pounds), Reef Pacot (145 pounds), Bryson Capansky (152 pounds) and Dalton Brown (170 pounds). The program’s third-place […]
By Fred Kroner Addie Wright scored a game-high 23 points on Friday (Jan. 20), but Oakwood fell short, 43-42, against Georgetown-Ridge Farm in the third-place game of the Vermilion County Tournament at Danville Area Community College. The Comets held a slender 30-29 lead entering the final quarter. Cherokee Hanner added […]
By Fred Kroner Brody Taflinger scored a team-high 17 points on Saturday (Jan. 21) as Oakwood won the third-place game in the Vermilion County boys’ basketball tournament with a 48-42 conquest of Hoopeston Area at Danville Area Community College. The teams were tied at halftime, 23-23, but Hoopeston carried a […]
By Fred Kroner Two St. Joseph-Ogden senior wrestlers won three matches by pin on Saturday as the Spartans swept to three dual-meet victories at home. Peyton Sarver (195 pounds) and Owen Birt (220 pounds) each produced three pins. Two of Sarver’s falls came in 39 seconds. Birt had two first-period […]
By Fred Kroner St. Joseph-Ogden connected on nine three-point shots on Thursday (Jan. 19) and recorded a 52-23 Illini Prairie Conference victory at Monticello. Addy Martinie led a balanced SJ-O attack with 12 points. Taylor Hug tallied 11 points and Addison Frick netted 10 points. Martinie and Frick tossed in […]
By Fred Kroner Senior Ty Pence shot past the 2,000-point mark for his St. Joseph-Ogden career on Friday (Jan. 20) and a day later pulled to within 81 points of breaking the school’s career scoring record. Pence put up 27 points in the 70-46 Friday win at Chillicothe IVC and […]
By Fred Kroner Decatur Lutheran put up 53 first-half points on Tuesday (Jan. 17) and ended Heritage’s winning streak at two games with a 76-49 victory in Broadlands. Drew Williams landed a team-high 17 points for the Hawks and connected on both of the team’s three-pointers. Julliyan Gray and Rylan […]
