By Fred Kroner The third-seeded Oakwood girls’ basketball team bounced back from a first-round loss in the Vermilion County Tournament with a 32-24 conquest of seventh-seeded Bismarck-Henning/Rossville-Alvin on Monday (Jan. 16) at Danville Area Community College. Cherokee Hanner led the Comets with a game-high 13 points. Addie Wright added 10 […]
By Fred Kroner Third-seeded Oakwood downed 10 three-point shots on Tuesday (Jan. 17) and blitzed seventh-seeded Armstrong-Potomac, 77-45, in second-round action of the Vermilion County boys’ basketball tournament at Danville Area Community College. Six Comets connected from distance, including Brody Taflinger, who made four three-pointers en route to a team-high […]
By Fred Kroner Addison Frick scored a game-high 20 points on Monday (Jan. 16) as the St. Joseph-Ogden girls’ basketball team won at home over St. Thomas More, 58-41. Frick’s 20-point outing was her third of the season. She was backed by Addie Seggebruch (14 points), Addy Martinie (nine points) […]
By Fred Kroner Prairie Central opened up a 10-point lead after one quarter on Tuesday (Jan. 17) and handed St. Joseph-Ogden a 57-44 loss in a boys’ basketball game between state-ranked teams on the Spartans’ court. The visitors led, 19-9, after one period. Ty Pence led SJ-O with 21 points. […]
By Fred Kroner The Heritage eighth-grade volleyball team earned a three-set victory at Rossville-Alvin on Thursday (Jan. 12), 31-29, 8-25, 25-17. On Saturday (Jan. 14), Heritage went 1-2 at a tournament in Cerro Gordo. The win was over LeRoy, 28-26, 13-25, 15-11. The losses were to Cerro Gordo/Bement, 25-21, 20-25, […]
By Fred Kroner The Heritage eighth-grade boys’ basketball team started the 2023 portion of its season with back-to-back wins at home. On Thursday (Jan 5), Heritage upended Tri-County, 56-36, with Clark Roland hitting 14 points and James Dillon adding 10 points. On Monday (Jan. 9), Heritage edged Next Generation, 48-44. […]
By Fred Kroner Playing games on four consecutive nights, the St. Joseph eighth-grade boys’ basketball team went 3-1. The week concluded on Thursday (Jan. 12) with a 56-26 win at home over Champaign St. Matthew. Cam Wagner hit 11 points and Tyler Hess chipped in with eight points as the […]
By Fred Kroner Seniors Drew Williams and Aaron Coffin had their top-scoring performances of the season on Friday (Jan. 13) as Heritage cruised past Blue Ridge, 68-36, in a boys’ basketball game in Farmer City. Williams pumped in 30 points and Coffin produced 17 points as the Hawks won for […]
By Fred Kroner Third-seeded Oakwood was thrust into the consolation bracket at the Vermilion County Tournament with a first-round 39-32 loss to fifth-seeded Hoopeston Area on Friday (Jan. 13) at Danville Area Community College. The Comets had won two previous meetings against the Cornjerkers, including one by 20 points. Jaydah […]
By Fred Kroner Dalton Hobick canned six three-point shots and netted a game-high 26 points on Saturday (Jan. 14) as third-seeded Oakwood opened the Vermilion County Tournament with a 60-34 victory over fifth-seeded Westville at Danville Area Community College. Hobick tallied 11 of his points in the first quarter as […]
