BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Samantha Campbell scored nine first-quarter points on Monday, staking the Blue Devils to an early 19-11 lead in a game they won at Cerro Gordo 67-41. Aliya Holloman hit a team-high 28 points. Campbell put up 15 points, just shy of her season-high of 16. Madie […]
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Brevin Wells scored seven of his game-high 22 points in the fourth quarter to help the Comets rally past Salt Fork 50-45 on Tuesday. Salt Fork carried a 39-36 lead into the final period. Wells nailed six three-point shots, raising his team-leading total for three-pointers to […]
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com For the sixth time this season, the Comets held an opponent to fewer than 20 points in a game. Oakwood’s 26-16 win on Monday was at Hoopeston Area. The Comets kept the Cornjerkers scoreless in the first period, but were only ahead 11-10 at halftime. Katelyn […]
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Chance Izard scored 14 points and Payton Cain added nine on Tuesday, but the Spartans dropped a 51-42 decision to visiting Paxton-Buckley-Loda. SJ-O held a 16-13 first-half lead before the Panthers (13-2) gained control. The Spartans (10-5) return to action on Friday at Teutopolis, weather permitting.
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com St. Joseph-Ogden was held to one third-quarter field goal on Monday and suffered a 49-40 Illini Prairie Conference girls’ basketball loss at Unity. Alyssa Hamilton hit the lone Spartan basket in the third quarter. Teammate Ashlyn Lannert’s two free throws accounted for the other SJ-O points […]
Oakwood High School has released second quarter and first semester Honor Roll lists for the 2019-2020 school year. [pdf-embedder url=”https://sjodaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/2019-2020-Oakwood-First-Semester-Honor-Roll.pdf” title=”2019-2020 Oakwood First Semester Honor Roll”] [pdf-embedder url=”https://sjodaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/2019-2020-Oakwood-Second-Quarter-Honor-Roll.pdf” title=”2019-2020 Oakwood Second Quarter Honor Roll”]
Heritage Junior High has compiled the list of honor roll students for the second quarter. A student must have a 3.67 grade point or above for high honors, and 3.0 grade point or above for honors. Following is a list of students who earned high honors and honors: SECOND QUARTER […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Olivia Sorensen started with a dream that transitioned into a goal. Now, it’s a reality. The Heritage High School senior setter will have the chance to play collegiate volleyball after signing a national letter of intent with Illinois College, in Jacksonville, last week. Sorensen’s interest in […]
A three-day weekend in Illinois during the month of January means that governments, many schools and the postal service stops to remember the life of Martin Luther King. Jr. While many libraries and museums throughout the state are also closed, those in East Central Illinois that do stay open oftentimes […]
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The Hawks lost their second successive Lincoln Prairie Conference game on Friday, 51-48, at Cerro Gordo/Bement. It was the team’s fourth loss of the season by no more than eight points. Issac Mahoe and Logan Nohren each scored 13 points for VG/H. For Mahoe, it marked […]
