By Zainab Susi It’s hard to believe that 2024 marks 7 years of keeping a gratitude jar. Seven years ago, when I first started,it was simply a New Year’s resolution. My intention was to focus on all the things I was grateful for, small and big for the whole year. […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Oakwood High School’s Nikita Taylor has taken the first steps to being a college athlete. She is already a college student, and has been for part of the last two years. Through a dual-credit program between Oakwood and Danville Area Community College, Taylor started taking nursing […]
More than 300 new laws took effect in Illinois on Jan. 1, 2024. Here is a look at the top 20. For a full list, click here.
By Fred Kroner For the 15th time in the team’s first 18 games, the scoring leaders for the Heritage girls’ basketball team were freshmen. Freshman Brooklyn Powell tallied a career-high 19 points on Saturday (Dec. 23) as the Heritage girls’ basketball team roared back from an early deficit to defeat […]
By Fred Kroner In the seventh-place game on Friday (Dec. 29), the Danville JV team upended Heritage, 52-40. All-tournament pick Rylan White led the Hawks with 13 points, including two baskets from beyond the three-point line. Jacob Bensyl scored eight points, Brennan Struck added seven points and Destin Nickle netted […]
By Fred Kroner Cissna Park knocked off Oakwood, 54-23, in the fifth-place game of the Bismarck-Henning girls’ basketball tournament on Friday (Dec. 29). Jaydah Arrowsmith led the Comets with 10 points. Rylee Wright connected for seven points. Nikita Taylor scored three points, Gracie Hanner added two points and Bella Bradford […]
By Fred Kroner Oakwood placed fourth in the eight-school Monticello Hoopla Tournament, which ended on Thursday (Dec. 28). The Comets lost to the host Sages, 54-31, in the third-place game. Alec Harrison knocked down a team-high nine points. Cort Vermillion had seven points and Carsen Dudley chipped in with six […]
By Fred Kroner St. Joseph-Ogden’s girls’ basketball team split its four games in the small-school division of the State Farm Classic and finished in 11th place. On Friday (Dec. 29), the Spartans fell to Port Byron Riverdale, 59-42, and then recovered to defeat El Paso/Gridley in the 11th-place game, 48-30. […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com St. Joseph-Ogden Boys’ Basketball Junior Coy Taylor poured in a career-high 31 points on Friday night (Dec. 29) to lead St. Joseph-Ogden into the championship game of the State Farm Classic school-small boys’ division at Normal West High School. Taylor netted a season-high six three-pointers in […]
This photo album of the Oakwood/Salt Fork wrestling team is brought to you by Christie Clinic. The photos were taken by Amanda Sullivan Wells. To view the entire album https://sjodaily.smugmug.com/OSF-Wrestling-vs-Danville/.
