By FRED KRONERfred@sjodaily.com Villa Grove/Heritage, which trailed 2-0 after one inning on Monday at Oblong, took command with an eight-run fifth-inning en route to a 9-4 baseball triumph. The Hawks did not yield an earned run. Evan Wilson worked the first four innings and registered the pitching victory. He struck […]
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Oakwood baseball edges Georgetown, Davis and Young capture VCC titles
By FRED KRONERfred@sjodaily.com Against a baseball opponent it lost to by the 10-run rule at home, Oakwood dropped a nine-inning, 6-5 decision at Bismarck-Henning/Rossville-Alvin on Monday. The Blue Devils scored a run in the bottom of the eighth to recover from a 5-4 deficit and then produced the walk-off win […]
Annual SJ-O fundraiser benefits program and students
The St. Joseph-Ogden Drama Department and Fine Arts Boosters are inviting everyone to “Be (Their) Guest” at this weekend’s drama fundraiser, “A Night With Walt Disney: A Student-Directed Showcase.” “We started doing student-directed showcases last year to raise money for our program,” Drama Department Sponsor Chandler Dalton said. Dalton said […]
Keller Williams’ Red Day ignites Littlefield Group’s passion to give back
It’s Mo Anderson’s 82nd birthday. And she’s invited around 180,000 people to her party! The name Mo Anderson might not mean much to someone outside Keller Williams Realty, but the culture that she began to build within the Keller Williams organization when she became the CEO in 1995 has impacted […]
Oakwood baseball picks up two wins at Hoopeston, Softball beats Armstrong-Potomac
By FRED KRONERfred@sjodaily.com In a two-game baseball sweep on Saturday at Hoopeston, the Comets pounded 14 of 30 total hits for extra bases. In the first game, Oakwood topped Cissna Park 6-1. In the second game, the Comets blasted the host Cornjerkers, 15-6, in a Vermilion Valley Conference game. Isaiah […]
SJ-O tops Monticello at Lady Spartan Classic, Meyer and Knott place first at Clinton Carnival
By FRED KRONERfred@sjodaily.com Thanks to champions in four events and runner-up performances in six events, SJ-O captured team honors on Friday in its own 15-school Lady Spartan Classic. SJ-O amassed 133 ½ points. Runner-up Monticello ended with 120 points. Three individuals and one relay led the way for the Spartans. […]
Stiverson and Nagele give back through Bunny’s Bash for MDA
Moms and dads, aunts and uncles, grandmas and grandpas often collect drawings from the children they love and hang them on the refrigerator. Seldom does a child’s drawing make it into the hands of a stranger. Rarely is a child’s drawing sold for $700. But for 17-year old Jordan Stiverson […]
Whalen prepares to retire after 34 years in Heritage district
A lot has happened in 34 years. Becoming a teacher isn’t what Sandra Whalen set out to do, but after she took an elementary education class at Eastern Illinois University, it became apparent that being in the classroom with children is what she wanted to do. “I really loved being […]
Heritage/VG improves to 7-1 in conference play
By FRED KRONERfred@sjodaily.com Villa Grove/Heritage baseball improved to 7-1 in conference play with Monday’s 11-0 victory at Tri-County. The shutout was the Hawks’ fifth of the spring. Pitchers Keagan Patterson and Evan Wilson teamed up on a one-hitter. Patterson walked two and struck out two in four innings. Wilson retired […]
Oakwood baseball and softball grab wins over Westville
By FRED KRONERfred@sjodaiy.com After falling behind by one run in the top of the seventh inning, Oakwood tallied two runs in the bottom of the frame to pull out a walk-off 10-9 triumph on Wednesday over visiting Westville. Josh Young was 4-for-4 to lead the Comets’ attack. Young knocked in […]











