Champaign County residents may have an Easter egg hunt or two scheduled on their calendar over the next month. But residents don’t have to wait until the big day to find eggs. They could just visit any Champaign County Forest Preserve park. The 2023 hunt includes brightly painted eggs throughout […]
By Fred Kroner Anthony Happ and Rylan White both connected for two hits on Thursday (March 21), but the Heritage baseball team dropped an 8-1 decision at home against Fisher. White drove in Happ with the lone Heritage run. The Hawks did not allow an earned run. Robert Holloman and […]
By Fred Kroner Monticello scored four runs in the top of the seventh inning on Thursday (March 21) to deal Oakwood a 6-2 loss in a non-conference baseball game in Fithian. Carsen Dudley led the Comets offensively, finishing 3-for-4. He scored a run as did Chase Harrison. Derek Drews had […]
By Fred Kroner One St. Joseph-Ogden relay earned state medals on Saturday (March 23) in the unofficial Class 2A boys’ indoor state track and field meet at Illinois Wesleyan University’s Shirk Center. The 3,200-meter foursome of Lance Retz, Aden Armstrong, Spencer Wilson and Carson Maroon ended in third place. Their […]
By Fred Kroner St. Joseph-Ogden athletes Payton Carter and Savanna Franzen won state medals on Saturday (March 23) in the Illinois Prep Top Times unofficial indoor Class 2A girls’ track and field state meet at Illinois Wesleyan University’s Shirk Center. Carter was the runner-up in the pole vault, clearing 11 […]
By Fred Kroner St. Joseph-Ogden’s softball team won its third game of the season on Saturday (March 23) and Timera Blackburn-Kelly became the third squad member with a pitching victory this season. Blackburn-Kelly fired a four-hitter, walking one and striking out six as SJ-O opened Illini Prairie Conference play with […]
By FRED KRONER Fred@mahometnews.com St. Joseph-Ogden baseball pitchers extended their streak of scoreless innings to 23 and the team’s winning streak to five games by finishing the week with three victories. The state-ranked Spartans (No. 10 in Class 2A by Maxpreps) dispatched St. Thomas More, 12-0, at home on Thursday […]
DMV facilities across the country are experiencing a nationwide network outage. At this time, the cause is unknown. Illinois Secretary Alexi Giannoulias posted, “We are currently experiencing a nationwide network outage at our DMV facilities. All DMVs across the country are currently down. Please call us at 800-252-8980 before you […]
By Fred Kroner Brennan Struck and Zaien Smith collected hits for Heritage on Wednesday (March 20) in a 10-0 non-conference baseball loss at Paris. Smith’s hit was a double. Struck pitched the first two innings and allowed just one hit and one earned run. He walked four batters and struck […]
By Fred Kroner Sophomore Caydence Vermillion, who pitched a complete game, delivered a walk-off single in the bottom of the seventh inning on Wednesday (March 20) as Oakwood edged Fisher 6-5. Vermillion’s game-winning hit drove in Bella Bradford. The victory was the first for first-year head coach Jason Dunavan. Vermillion […]
