By Fred Kroner Jasper Snyder scored a season-high 16 points on Monday (Dec. 11) as the St. Joseph seventh-grade boys’ basketball team downed Oakwood, 45-14, in a road game. Brock Franzen contributed 11 points. The win followed a loss to Springfield Charter, 44-23, when Franzen hit seven points and Ike […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The Prairieview Ogden eighth-grade girls’ basketball finished fourth in the IESA Class 1A state tournament, the best finish ever by a girls’ basketball team from PVO. The Mustangs dropped a 50-20 decision to Carrollton St. John in the third-place game on Thursday (Dec. 14) at Clinton […]
By Fred Kroner Arcola scored 20 first-quarter points on Thursday (Dec. 14) and defeated Heritage, 62-11, in a girls’ basketball game at Broadlands. Addi Hopper led the Hawks with four points. Loran Tate chipped in with three points. Scoring two points apiece were Brooklyn Powell and Gracie Tate. Heritage (1-13) […]
By Fred Kroner Rylan White recorded a season-high 27 points on Friday (Dec. 15), but the Heritage boys’ basketball team took a 72-51 loss at home to Arthur Christian. White connected on a season-high six three-point shots. Brennan Struck scored nine points for the Hawks. Clark Roland made six points […]
By Fred Kroner With five wrestlers reaching championship matches, Oakwood/Salt Fork copped team honors on Saturday (Dec. 16) in the 21-school Skull and Crossbones Tournament at Toledo Cumberland. The Comets amassed 232 points and far outdistanced runner-up Lawrenceville (144 ½ points). The Oakwood/Salt Fork champion was senior Bryson Capansky (4-0 […]
By Fred Kroner Oakwood’s girls’ basketball team suffered a 45-36 loss on Thursday (Dec. 14) at Hoopeston Area. The Comets fell behind, 17-3, in the first quarter and even though they scored the most points thereafter, couldn’t overcome the early deficit and dropped a 45-36 decision. Jaydah Arrowsmith scored all […]
By Fred Kroner Freshman Carson Dudley set career varsity highs for points (25) three-pointers (five) and free throws (four) on Friday (Dec. 15) as Oakwood blitzed Armstrong-Potomac at home, 79-40. Dudley netted 13 of his points in the opening period as the Comets rolled into a 26-8 lead. Oakwood connected […]
By Fred Kroner Senior Emmitt Holt and junior Holden Brazelton won their individual weight classes on Saturday (Dec. 16) for St. Joseph-Ogden, which finished seventh in the 14-school Unity Wrestling Invitational in Tolono. Holt was 2-0 at the 106-pound weight class, posting one pin in 40 seconds. Brazelton was 3-0 […]
By Fred Kroner Addy Martinie poured in a season-high 21 points on Saturday (Dec. 16) and two teammates joined her in double figures as the St. Joseph-Ogden girls’ basketball team topped Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond, 49-39, in the first SJ-O girls’ shootout. Addison Seggebruch (13 points), Addison Frick (11 points) and Katie Ericksen […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Tanner Jacob tossed in 20 points on Friday (Dec. 15) and two teammates also reached double-figures as the state-ranked St. Joseph-Ogden boys’ basketball team crushed visiting Normal University High, 77-47. Logan Smith scored 15 points to go along with a team-high seven assists and Luke Landrus […]
