BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Heritage Volleyball Heritage players pounded 37 kills Thursday night and avenged a loss to Okaw Valley with a 25-13, 21-25, 25-17 victory in the championship match of the first Lincoln Prairie Conference tournament at Kansas. The Hawks (24-4) have won 11 matches in a row. During […]
BY DANI TIETZ dani@sjodaily.com The world is filled with children and adults, peers and colleagues, athletes and musicians, students and teachers. At Oakwood Junior High School, seventh- and eighth-graders are learning that everybody is on the same team. “My word for the year is relationships,” principal Anne Burton said. “Student, […]
BY DANI TIETZ dani@sjodaily.com BY DANI TIETZ dani@mahometnews.com For every eight women in the United States, one will be diagnosed with breast cancer during her lifetime. Even as Cathy Croft continues to undergo her own treatments for breast cancer, this statistic — one in eight women in the U.S. — […]
BY DANI TIETZ dani@sjodaily.com There’s something about being part of a team. It gives an athlete something to work for and towards. It is a place to belong and to grow. Sometimes teams are a support system for a moment and other times that support system lasts a lifetime. Ogden’s […]
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Heritage Volleyball With two wins on Monday and one on Tuesday, Heritage advanced into the championship match of the Lincoln Prairie Conference Tournament at Kansas The Hawks (23-4) dispatched Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond 25-13, 25-23 behind a balanced offensive attack that featured six kills apiece from Bree Buck, Kiley […]
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com St. Joseph-Ogden Girls’ cross-country SJ-O’s girls’ cross-country team finished third in the varsity division of Tuesday’s Illini Prairie Conference meet and first in the girls’ open division. The Spartans’ top five varsity runners all completed the 3-mile course at Fairbury within 16.2 seconds of one another. […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com One Oakwood golfer qualified for next Monday’s Class 1A sectional tournament at El Paso and another just missed advancing. In a Class 1A regional on Monday at Harrison Park, in Danville, junior Logen Hoshauer carded an 88 and tied for eighth place individually. He will move […]
BY DANI TIETZ dani@sjodaily.com The last year has not been what 13-year old Brayden Mincey expected it to be. “He is a wonderful, smart, sweet kid that is friends with everyone,” his aunt Lindsey Messmore said. “He is laid back, calm and focused. He loves to play video games and […]
BY DANI TIETZ dani@mahometnews.com A few months ago, newcomers to the Oakwood Comets Youth Football League Peanut team had trouble holding their heads up with a football helmet on. But on Saturday, the team comprised of five-, six- and seven-year-old athletes, will hold their heads up high as they face […]
BY DANI TIETZ dani@mahometnews.com Who doesn’t enjoy pancakes on a Sunday morning? Whether a farmer is looking to fill up before going into the fields or a family is hungry after church, the Prairieview-Ogden Junior High girls’ basketball team will be serving pancakes from 8 a.m. to noon on Oct. […]
