By Fred Kroner Addy Martinie and Addison Frick each netted 11 points Monday (Feb. 13), helping the St. Joseph-Ogden girls’ basketball team to a 43-34 victory over the host school in the Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley IHSA Class 2A regional tournament. The teams were tied, 30-30, after three quarters. Martinie connected for […]
By Fred Kroner Three St. Joseph-Ogden seniors provided a spark on Tuesday (Feb. 14) as the Spartans completed the boys’ basketball regular season with a Senior Night 65-32 win at home over Paxton-Buckley-Loda. The three SJ-O seniors – McGwire Atwood, Maddux Carter and Ty Pence – all played between 14 […]
By Fred Kroner Heritage celebrated Eighth-Grade Night on Tuesday (Feb. 7) by edging Catlin, 25-18, 19-25, 25-21, at Homer. “All 11 athletes got into this game and contributed to the win,” Heritage coach Ryan Fitzgerald said. The team’s eighth-graders are Ashlyn Barkley, Lillie Bishop, Erika Bonilla, Brianna Day, Addison Hopper, […]
By Fred Kroner Oakwood’s eighth-grade boys’ basketball team finished the season with a 15-4 overall record after losing in the IESA Class 3A regional championship game, 38-28, to St. Joseph. Jackson Dudley scored 11 points in the finals. Alex Wallace hit nine points and Cale Thomas scored five points. In […]
By Fred Kroner The St. Joseph eighth-grade volleyball team has won six of its last seven matches, including a third-place finish in the eight-team Manteno Tournament. The Panthers edged St. Matthew in Champaign on Wednesday (Feb. 8), 30-28, 25-23 and then won at home over Oakwood on Friday (Feb. 10), […]
By Fred Kroner Prairieview Ogden’s eighth-grade boys’ basketball team dropped a hard-fought 28-22 decision to Peru Catholic on Saturday (Feb. 11) in a Class 1A IESA state tournament quarterfinal game at Assumption Central A&M. Kaden Wedig led the Mustangs with 10 points. Jon Couture added seven points. Lane McKinney scored […]
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By Fred Kroner Heritage dropped a first-round game in the IHSA Class 1A girls’ basketball regional tournament on Saturday (Feb. 11) at Moweaqua Central A&M, 54-13. Adena Paul led the Hawks with eight points. In the team’s regular-season finale on Thursday (Feb. 9), Paul totaled 13 points – one shy […]
By Fred Kroner Timmy Wilson poured in a season-high 21 points on Friday (Feb. 10) as the Heritage boys’ basketball rallied to defeat visiting Tri-County, 74-54. Wilson hit three three-point shots. Heritage trailed, 13-10, after one quarter, but had taken a 28-24 lead at halftime. The Hawks fired in 30 […]
By Fred Kroner Five Oakwood/Salt Fork wrestlers secured top-four finishes on Saturday (Feb. 11) at the Carterville Class 1A Sectional and qualified for the state wrestling tournament. The Comets had individual champions in back-to-back weight classes. Reef Pacot was triumphant at 145 pounds and Bryson Capansky was the winner at […]
