By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Leah Black scored 10 points on Monday as Heritage defeated Tri-County 23-19 in an eighth-grade girls’ basketball game. The Hawks have a 4-7 season record and return to action at 6 o’clock tonight in Homer.
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SJ-O 1st Quarter Honor Roll
The following students have been named to the 2019 first-quarter High Honor roll list at St. Joseph-Ogden High School. Freshmen Atwood, McGwire Baker, Kaytlyn Baltzell, Olivia Carter, Maddux Casanova, Yamilka Chambers, Ariana Coursey, Cale Cromwell, Aiden Dahman, Zachary Elsbernd, Emily Finley, Leah Frerichs, Joselyn Funk, Alex Greer, Kennedy Guelfi, Andrew […]
Homer Auxiliary hosts opportunity to give back to Veterans on Nov. 2
BY DANI TIETZ dani@sjodaily.com November is a time to give back. “It is important that the (Homer Legion) Auxiliary, and actually everyone, continue to support our veterans because without them supporting our country, we may be living in a whole different way,” Homer Legion Auxiliary member Kim Graham said. “Our […]
Heritage Marching Band finishes season with great memories
BY DANI TIETZ dani@mahometnews.com The 2019 Heritage High School Marching band season provided students with a “suitcase of memories.” The show titled “Time After Time” landed the Hawks first place at the Danville Viking Invitational and the Effingham Invitational. The group also captured Outstanding Percussion and Outstanding Visual honors in […]
Prairieview-Ogden Junior High 1st Quarter Honor Roll
Students at Prairieview-Ogden Junior High are being recognized with honors for their work during the first quarter. The following students have received Highest Honors after completing first quarter with a 4.7 to 5.0 GPA. 7th Grade Grace Osterbur Tayton Gerdes Makennah Hamilton Logan Lackey Audra Marschke Samantha Uden Landon Brown […]
Heritage High School 1st Quarter Honor Roll
The following students recieved honors for their work doing the first quarter at Heritage High School. High Honors: Freshmen: Owen Ashbrook, Katelyn Bensyl, Paige George, Heidi Likeric, Emma Luth, Adena Paul, Hannah Segroves, Benjamin Shanks, Brynna Wyant, Emma Young Sophomores: Samuel Gilbert, Syerra Jones, Kolton Junglas, Brodie Meneely, Konner Pearman, […]
VGH Football heads into third consecutive playoff, Price to represent VGH in cross country Sectionals
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Villa Grove/Heritage Football Despite an edge in total yards (270 to 231), the Blue Devils ended the regular season on Friday with a 23-0 loss at Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond. The game was 0-0 at halftime. VG/H was undone by four turnovers. Finishing the regular season with a 5-4 […]
High Spartan standards take Volleyball, Cross Country and Football into postseason
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com St. Joseph-Ogden Volleyball SJ-O is heading into the postseason with a 16-match winning streak and a school-record-tying 31 victories this season. The Spartans won all five matches on Saturday to emerge triumphant in the Mount Pulaski Tournament. SJ-O lost its opening game to Mount Zion, then […]
Comet football heads into Regionals strong, Davis qualifies for Sectionals
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Oakwood football is continuing to make gains. The school capped a seven-win regular season on Friday, overpowering playoff-bound Salt Fork 33-14 in Catlin. The win total matches the best for the Comets during the past 31 years. The 2010 and the 1993 teams each finished 7-3. […]
The Nightcaps to perform at A Haunted Halloween
BY DANI TIETZ dani@sjodaily.com During the last 18 months, The Nightcaps, a vocal-centric rock, pop, blues, and jazz group in Champaign-Urbana, has come a long way. Continuing through their long C-U music careers, Dody Cosmedy, Joni Dreyer, and Michele Osterbur-Smith were asked to perform with a dozen other C-U female […]
