BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The Comets matched their season’s high for points scored on Friday, but lost a 78-66 decision at home to Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond. Brevin Wells scored a team-high 16 points and raised his team-high three-point total to 25 by sinking two shots from beyond the arc. Kade Anderson scored […]
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The Comets (7-2) opened Vermilion Valley Conference play on Thursday with a win at Chrisman (62-19) before dropping a 41-40 decision at home on Saturday against St. Joseph-Ogden. Against Chrisman, Oakwood built a 27-0 lead after one quarter and limited the Cardinals to three first-half baskets. […]
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The Comets (4-0) opened their season on Saturday at the Pirate Duals in Cumberland by winning all four of their meets. Oakwood/Salt Fork dispatched Shelbyville 60-6, Quincy Notre Dame 52-15, Cumberland 61-15 and Effingham 68-12. For the day, Oakwood wrestlers compiled a cumulative 47-9 record. Fifteen […]
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The Spartans (7-1) continue to flourish in close games. SJ-O followed up on a seven-point Thursday win at Danville (52-45) with a one-point triumph (41-40) on Saturday at Oakwood. For the season, five of the team’s seven wins have been by margins of seven points, or […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com St. Joseph-Ogden’s boys’ basketball team capped a perfect first week by winning all five games by double-digit margins and capturing the team title in the 31st Toyota of Danville Classic. On Friday, the Spartans handed Cissna Park its lone loss of the week, 65-49 before winning […]
BY DANI TIETZ dani@sjodaily.com The Oakwood High School dance team is realistic. They know that right now they need to recruit new dancers, learn new dance moves and perfect their routines. Their dream at this point is not to win a state championship, but to just compete in dance events […]
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Villa Grove/Heritage Boys’ basketball The Hawks tallied 18 of the 21 first-quarter points in Tuesday’s home-opener against Urbana University High and went on to decision the Illineks, 64-22. Juniors Jake Eversole (16 points) and Logan Nohren (15 points) were the top VG/H scorers. Matt Gullick contributed […]
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Oakwood Boys’ basketball The Comets scored nearly half of their points from three-point range on Tuesday (24 of 50), but dropped a 60-50 decision to Judah Christian at Champaign. Brevin Wells scored a team-high 14 points and hit three shots from three-point range. Kade Anderson also […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com St. Joseph-Ogden’s boys’ basketball team opened its season with a win on Tuesday, despite missing 9 of 17 free throws in the opening round of the 31st Spartan Classic. SJ-O upended Georgetown-Ridge Farm, 65-37. Chance Izard scored 19 points and Jordan Kelly added 12 points for […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com After a week off from games, Heritage’s eighth-grade girls’ basketball team opened IESA regional play on Tuesday with a 25-20 victory over Philo St. Thomas. St. Thomas was the No. 2 seed in the Class 1A regional. Heritage was the No. 3 seed. Leah Black led […]
