By Fred Kroner Sullivan took a first-quarter lead on Tuesday (Feb. 13) and never relinquished it in dispatching visiting Heritage, 62-20. Rylan White scored a team-best nine points and hit two three-point shots. Jacob Bensyl tallied six points. Both Destin Nickle and Brennan Struck scored two points. Clark Roland contributed […]
By Fred Kroner Top-seeded Watseka ousted Oakwood from the Bismarck-Henning Class 2A IHSA girls’ basketball regional on Monday (Feb.12), 48-26, in the semifinals. The Comets were led by Jaydah Arrowsmith with 11 points. Nikita Taylor finished with eight points. Gracie Hanner hit three points. Contributing two points apiece were Bella […]
By Fred Kroner Alec Harrison totaled 11 points and Carsen Dudley contributed 10 points on Tuesday (Feb. 13) as the Oakwood boys’ basketball team concluded its regular season by rallying for a 39-38 win at home over La Salette. The Comets trailed, 15-9, after one quarter and 32-29 after three […]
By Fred Kroner Addy Martinie made a game-high 20 points on Monday (Feb. 12) as the St. Joseph-Ogden girls’ basketball team opened postseason play with a 43-29 triumph over Prairie Central at Clifton Central. Martinie collected four three-pointers. Addison Brooks added 10 points and sank two three-pointers. All nine of […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Tanner Jacob and Tanner Siems each scored 13 points on Tuesday (Feb. 13) as the St. Joseph-Ogden boys’ basketball team clinched sole possession of the Illini Prairie Conference championship with a 72-42 win at Paxton-Buckley-Loda. SJ-O was 8-0 in league play. Coy Taylor tossed in 11 […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The St. Joseph Junior High seventh-grade boys’ basketball team reached the 20-win mark before bowing out from the IESA Class 3A postseason tournament with a loss in the sectional tournament. The Panthers won the Hoopeston Regional after beating Clifton Nash, 41-14, in the semifinals on Jan. […]
By Fred Kroner Addi Hopper scored eight points on Saturday (Feb. 10), but Heritage couldn’t hang onto a fourth-quarter lead and suffered a season-ending loss to Chrisman, 37-26, in the Tri-County Class 1A regional semifinals. Brooklyn Powell hit six points for the Hawks. Loran Tate scored five points, Gracie Tate […]
By Fred Kroner Rylan White scored 14 points and Brennan Struck added 10 points on Friday (Feb. 9) for Heritage, which lost to Blue Ridge, 61-51, in its regular-season home-finale. Jacob Bensyl scored eight points and Anthony Happ netted seven points. Lukas Miller scored five points, Clark Roland had four […]
By Fred Kroner Sophomore Taylor Owens became the first athlete from the Oakwood/Salt Fork wrestling program to qualify for the IHSA girls’ wrestling state tournament on Saturday (Feb. 10) when she placed second in the Peoria Richwoods Sectional. Owens, competing at 140 pounds, pinned her way to the finals, ending […]
By Fred Kroner Seven Oakwood/Salt Fork wrestlers advanced to the Class 1A IHSA state tournament by faring well at the Vandalia Sectional on Saturday (Feb. 10). Two Comets placed second, four were third and one placed fourth. The runners-up were Brayden Edwards (113 pounds) and Dalton Brown (175 pounds). Placing […]
