By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com St. Joseph Middle School eighth-graders Olivia Edington, Vivian Smith and Tessa Walker all earned championships on Saturday (May 11) in the IESA Class 3A sectional track and field meet at Tuscola. Edington cleared 8 feet, 5 inches to win the pole vault. Walker won the 1,600 […]
By Fred Kroner Heritage came up on the short end of a 16-14 baseball slugfest at home on Thursday (May 9) against Toledo Cumberland. Brennan Struck and Rylan White both knocked in three runs. Lukas Miller had two RBI. Anthony Happ, Robert Holloman and Zaien Smith all drove in one […]
By Fred Kroner Junior Loran Tate clinched a state berth in the IHSA girls’ Class 1A track and field state meet by virtue of her performance on Thursday (May 9) at the 17-school St. Anne Sectional. Tate placed third in the triple jump (34 feet, 1 inch), but exceeded the […]
By Fred Kroner Senior Nikita Taylor will be the Oakwood High School representative at the IHSA girls’ track and field state meet. Taylor secured her advancement on Thursday (May 9) in the 17-school St. Anne Class 1A Sectional. She placed second in the long jump (16 feet, 6 inches). The […]
By Fred Kroner Charlie Schmitz and Spencer Wilson had the top individual placings for the St. Joseph-Ogden boys’ track and field team in the 25-team St. Teresa Invitational, in Decatur, on Saturday (May 11). Schmitz was third in the pole vault (personal-best 13 feet, 8 inches) and Wilson took third […]
By Fred Kroner Timera Blackburn-Kelley struck out 11 on Saturday (May 11) as the St. Joseph-Ogden softball shut out visiting Argenta-Oreana, 4-0, in a non-conference game at Randy Wolken Field. Blackburn-Kelley permitted two hits and one walk in her seven-inning performance. The shutout was her third of the spring. Pacing […]
By Fred Kroner For the sixth time in the past 10 seasons, coach Josh Haley’s St. Joseph-Ogden baseball squad achieved 30 wins. The Spartans (30-4) reached that plateau on Saturday (May 10), battering Salt Fork, 15-5, in a non-conference game at home on Meier Field. The streak excludes 2020, when […]
By FRED KRONER Fred@mahometnews.com Senior Payton Carter and junior Savanna Franzen were the only St. Joseph-Ogden athletes to qualify for the IHSA Class 2A girls’ track and field meet. In the 17-school Charleston Sectional on Thursday (May 9), Carter tied for second place in the pole vault (10 feet, 3 […]
This weekend, residents of East Central Illinois might be in for a rare and mesmerizing treat—a potential sighting of the Northern Lights, also known as the Aurora Borealis. Triggered by a series of potent solar flares that began emanating from the sun this Wednesday, this celestial phenomenon could be visible […]
This photo album of the Oakwood Track and Field team is brought to you by Christie Clinic. The photos were taken by Amanda Sullivan Wells. To view the entire album visit: https://sjodaily.smugmug.com/OHS-Track-County-at-Salt-Fork or https://sjodaily.smugmug.com/OHS-Track-at-Bismarck.
