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 […]
By Fred Kroner Senior Jaydah Arrowsmith poured in a career-high 32 points on Saturday (Feb. 10) as Oakwood avenged two regular-season losses to Hoopeston Area with a 50-37 triumph in a quarterfinal Class 2A regional tournament game on the Cornjerkers’ court. Hoopeston shot into a 14-5 lead after one quarter, […]
By Fred Kroner Four players scored in double figures for Oakwood, which posted a 75-39 win over Schlarman Academy, in Danville, on Friday (Feb. 9). Alec Harrison was tops on the team with 18 points. Jackson Dudley recorded 17 points, Bryson McDaniel matched his season’s high with 12 points and […]
By Fred Kroner St. Joseph-Ogden sophomore Maddie Wells won three of her five matches at the Peoria Richwoods Sectional on Saturday (Feb. 10), but ended one win short of advancing to the IHSA girls’ wrestling state tournament. Wells captured a 10-6 win, registered a pin in 3:51 and had an […]
By Fred Kroner Sectional champion Holden Brazelton (132 pounds) and two St. Joseph-Ogden teammates secured berths in the Class 1A boys’ wrestling state tournament by virtue of their performances at the Stanford Olympia Sectional on Saturday (Feb. 10). Brazelton (45-1) extended his winning streak to 30 matches by beating all […]
