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. […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The St. Joseph Junior High girls’ cross-country team finished third in Saturday’s 14-school Monticello Invitational at Lodge Park. Meet champion Unity had 26 points. St. Joseph had 87 points. The school had two finishers among the top 15. Savanna Franzen was fourth individually, running the 2-mile […]
BY JESSICA SCHLUTER Tracie Trotter has spent much of her life working around wine. Her parents own a winery and several tasting rooms in Kansas, where she grew up. But for the past nine years, Trotter has brought her love of wine to St. Joseph, where she runs Wyldewood Cellars. […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahomenews.com There was a time years ago – actually, now, decades ago – that Connie Hoagland entered a talent contest. She wasn’t yet a teen-ager. “I remember losing out at Danville’s Douglas Park to some 5-year-old baton-twirling tap dancers,” Hoagland says. She still recalls which selection she […]
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The Hawks reached the 20-win mark for the second year in a row, overpowering Argenta-Oreana 25-21, 25-11 on Thursday in Argenta. Heritage is 20-4 overall and 6-2 in Lincoln Prairie Conference action. Bri Struck collected seven kills and four digs. Olivia Sorensen contributed 13 assists, nine […]
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Freshman receiver Ty Pence scored his first varsity touchdown on Friday at Fairbury, but it wasn’t enough for the Spartans, who suffered a 33-13 loss to Illini Prairie Conference rival Prairie Central. Pence hauled in a 3-yard pass from Crayton Burnett for the points that trimmed […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Oakwood’s football team became playoff-eligible on Friday as it raced past Georgetown-Ridge Farm 34-20 in its homecoming game at Fithian. Oakwood is 5-1 overall and faces the other 5-1 team from the Vermilion Valley Conference on Friday when it plays host to Bismarck-Henning/Rossville-Alvin. Neither team has […]
BY DANI TIETZ dani@sjodaily.com In 1988, Oakwood High School’s seventeen-year-old Philip Huchel had one thing on his mind: game day. It meant everything. Now, 30 years later, as the 1988 Oakwood Football team prepares to be honored at Friday night’s football game against Georgetown-Ridge farm, what Huchel remembers is the […]
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Heritage Volleyball Heritage avenged an early-season three-set loss to Blue Ridge by scoring a three-set triumph over the Knights on Tuesday, 25-19, 15-25, 25-20, in Farmer City. The Hawks (19-4) amassed 70 digs and 33 kills against Blue Ridge. Heritage is 5-2 in Lincoln Prairie Conference […]
