By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com St. Joseph (16-5) captured wins in its first two postseason softball games before falling to Westville 1-0 in Monday’s IESA regional title game at home. “We played really well considering their pitcher was one of the best we played all season,” St. Joseph coach Larry Sparks […]
BY DANI TIETZ dani@sjodaily.com Grunge. Hip Hop. R&B. Heavy Metal. Rock. Rap. The 1990’s were all about music. Champaign natives Andrew Duncanson, Josh Stimmel and Chris Breen began their band, Kilborn Alley, in 1999. They had no idea where their talent might take them. Producing blues music for 19 years, […]
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Heritage Volleyball The Hawks won their 10th match in their last 11 outings on Thursday, sweeping DeLand-Weldon on the Eagles’ court, 25-18, 25-23. Olivia Sorensen had 24 assists and two aces. Bri Struck pounded 14 kills and added seven digs. Anna Sanders had seven digs. Teammate […]
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The Spartans had two players eclipse the 100-yard mark in rushing on Friday and continued their unbeaten start to the season with an 18-7 conquest of visiting Bloomington Central Catholic. One highlight for SJ-O was the play of the defense, which head coach Shawn Skinner said […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Oakwood piled up 64 first-half points on Friday and blitzed Oblong/Palestine/Hutsonville 84-0 in a non-conference football road game. The Comets (2-1) reached the end zone on an interception, a fumble recovery and return, a kickoff return as well as on passing and running plays. Eight squad […]
BY DANI TIETZ dani@mahometnews.com Temperatures outside may still be roaring, the CUTC’s Penguin Project‘s production of Disney’s “Frozen Jr.” is sure to provide relief at the end of September. After working on the show for four months, Hayden Lewis and Madeline Osterbur are ready to take the stage to showcase their […]
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Olivia Sorensen had 11 assists and five service aces on Tuesday as the Hawks swept an opponent for the sixth time, handling Arcola 25-13, 25-21 on the Purple Riders’ court. Heritage is 2-0 in Lincoln Prairie Conference action. Bri Struck produced six kills and five digs […]
BY FRED KRONER fred@sjodaily.com SJ-O boys’ cross country teammates Ethan Blackburn and Tad Pettit were the top two finishers on Tuesday in a three-team non-scored meet at Kickapoo State Park. Due to the heat, the race was shortened from 3 miles to 2 miles. Blackburn led the way, finishing the […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Junior Brady Tevebaugh’s hat trick propelled Oakwood-Salt Fork to its third soccer shutout of the season, a 5-0 triumph on Tuesday over Schlarman Academy in Danville. Tevebaugh scored the first two goals of the match, each time assisted by Colin Merritt. The Comets led 3-0 at […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com St. Joseph Middle School’s Savanna Franzen beat all other seventh-grade girls on Saturday in a flighted race of the Chrisman Cowchip Cross-Country Classic. Each class ran only against other students in the same grade. Of the 71 seventh-grade girls, Franzen set the pace in the 2-mile […]
