BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Heritage Volleyball Bree Buck delivered a team-high 13 kills on Tuesday, but Heritage’s 11-match winning streak was ended at home by Decatur Lutheran, 27-25, 22-25, 25-23. Bri Struck had eight kills and Malanie Smithenry added five kills. Olivia Sorensen handed out 29 assists to go with […]
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com St. Joseph-Ogden Volleyball Emily Bigger delivered 19 assists on Tuesday as the Spartans topped Prairie Central 25-12, 25-11 in Fairbury. Bigger also had eight digs and three service aces. Kennedi Burnett swatted six kills and contributed eight digs. Rylee Stahl led the defensive effort with 11 […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Led by individual champion Grace Davis, the Oakwood/Salt Fork girls’ cross-country team repeated as Vermilion Valley Conference champions on Tuesday at Kickapoo State Park. Davis was timed in 21 minutes, 52 seconds for the 3-mile course. She finished 20 seconds ahead of the runner-up. Two teammates […]
BY DANI TIETZ dani@sjodaily.com An “incomprehensible event” has happened at St. Joseph-Ogden High School. Every person in the play “Trap” has fallen unconscious. That is every person except one, 16-year-old, Angela. Heche, a struggling detective, and Ephrain Silas, a firefighter, are on the scene to uncover the dangerous web of […]
The following students had successful auditions for Illinois Music Education District 3 Music Festivals. They will represent their school at Olivet Nazarene University in November. Oakwood Junior High Band Ben Schell, 8th-grade, Trumpet Eli Ronk, Junior, Baritone Heritage Junior High Chorus Lillian Montgomery, Soprano Cohen Sands, Tenor High School Chorus […]
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Eighth-grader Zach Ruwe captured a regional championship on Saturday in the Class 1A IESA race at St. Thomas More. Ruwe was timed in 11 minutes, 57 seconds for the 2-mile course. He finished 23 seconds in front of the runner-up. He will have plenty of familiar […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Both the St. Joseph boys’ and girls’ cross-country teams recorded dominant performances on Saturday to capture IESA Class 2A regional individual and team championships at Paxton. The girls’ program had the top two runners in a field of 86 competitors and also outdistanced the field in […]
BY DANI TIETZ dani@sjodaily.com Anyone who met Murelle Plotner will not forget her. “She was very upfront, very vocal, outgoing and didn’t hold back,” Mary Derenne said. Plotner’s spunk is what has stuck with Derenne for over a decade. While Derenne was an employee at St. Joseph Middle School, word […]
BY DANI TIETZ dani@sjodaily.com It’s all about the team for Olivia Sorensen. Team is why Heritage High School’s senior setter fell in love with volleyball in sixth grade. At the age of 12, Sorensen stepped onto the court for Heritage Junior High and the Prime Time Volleyball Club. “You get […]
BY DANI TIETZ dani@sjodaily.com A hand-knitted sweater, a hat made by grandma, a scarf that has been handed down through generations. At some point, wardrobes turned from the handmade to the store-bought. But here, in late 2019, there is a movement of people who want to experience the way yarn […]
