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 […]
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com St. Joseph-Ogden Soccer Junior Logan Ingram broke up a scoreless match on Tuesday with a goal in the final 2 minutes, lifting the Spartans to a 1-0 Illini Prairie Conference triumph over Unity. Ingram’s heroics came on his birthday. SJ-O goalkeeper Hunter Ketchum collected seven saves […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Grace Davis and Allie Morris led a 1-2 finish for Oakwood in a four-school, non-scored girls’ cross-country meet on Tuesday at Chrisman. The Comets were running against the host Chrisman/Georgetown-Ridge Farm team, Tri-County and Notre Dame La Salette. Davis’ 3-mile time was 23 minutes, 28.61 seconds. […]
BY DANI TIETZ dani@sjodaily.com What can seventh- and eighth-grade students who attend school while surrounded by corn and soybean fields learn about agriculture? According to Mallory Knight, whom the Prairieview-Ogden School District recently brought on staff to teach agriculture to the middle school-aged students once a week for 45 minutes, […]
BY DANI TIETZ dani@sjodaily.com It’s easy to know where a runner is headed as they set off on a running course. The starting and finish lines are well-marked. There are cones, arrows and, at times, a pacer vehicle to lead the way. Participants may falter, catch their breath or hold […]
BY DANI TIETZ dani@sjodaily.com Mothers show love in many different forms. Fithian’s Kim Marsh will always cherish the quilts her mother gave her, and will hold them as a reminder of her mother’s love. Holding her mother’s memory near, Marsh is ready to share her mother’s passion for fabric with […]
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Heritage Volleyball Bri Struck reached double figures in kills and Anna Sanders had double figures in digs, but the Hawks were decisioned at home on Thursday by Cumberland 25-17, 25-22. Struck had a team-high 10 kills. Sanders led the way with 10 digs, three more than […]
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The Spartans (4-1) rebounded from a shutout loss the previous week to hold Pontiac scoreless on Friday in a 19-0 homecoming triumph in St. Joseph. Coach Shawn Skinner sees a pattern in the team’s 4-1 season record. “We are 4-0 in games when we win the […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com For the second time in the last three weeks, Oakwood shut out its football opponent while maintaining its prolific offensive output. The Comets (4-1) went to Gilman on Friday and blanked Iroquois West in a non-conference contest, 41-0. The Comets are averaging 47 points per game […]
