By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Three St. Joseph-Ogden senior volleyball players earned postseason all-star recognition by the Illini Prairie Conference. Chosen for the nine-player first team was SJ-O’s Addie Roesch. The eight-player IPC second team featured the Spartans’ Peyton Williams. Garnering honorable mention status was setter Halle Brazelton. Roesch led the […]
By Fred Kroner Heritage’s Rylan White scored 12 points on Monday (Nov. 20) in the Hawks’ boys’ basketball season-opener, a 71-38 loss to LeRoy in the Cerro Gordo/Bement Thanksgiving Tournament. White drained three three-point shots. Brennan Struck connected for eight points and Clark Roland added seven points. Destin Nickle hit […]
By Fred Kroner The Heritage girls’ basketball team had four different scoring leaders in its first four games of the season. The fourth-game leader, in a 68-11 loss on Monday (Nov. 20) at Central A&M, was Bri Ploense with seven points. She dropped in one three-pointer. Brooklyn Powell had two […]
By Fred Kroner Jaydah Arrowsmith tallied 10 points on Monday (Nov. 20) for Oakwood, which suffered a 51-27 loss to Covington, Ind., in second-round action of the Comet Classic girls’ basketball tournament in Fithian. Mady Nicoson made seven points. Nikita Taylor hit six points. Finishing with two points apiece were […]
By Fred Kroner The Oakwood Comets opened the boys’ basketball season with back-to-back victories in the Tri-County Turkey Tournament in Oakland. Oakwood overpowered Martinsville, 72-25, on Monday (Nov. 20) and then blitzed Villa Grove, 68-35, on Tuesday (Nov. 21). Against Martinsville, Alec Harrison and Carsen Dudley both made 18 points. […]
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.co Katie Ericksen scored 11 of her team-high 12 points in the third quarter on Tuesday (Nov. 21), but the St. Joseph-Ogden girls’ basketball team lost an overtime thriller to visiting Paris, 44-38.Addison Frick made 11 points and Addy Martinie scored 11 points for the Spartans. Addison Seggebruch […]
By Fred Kroner Cameron Johnson poured in 27 points on Saturday (Nov. 18) as the Heritage eighth-grade boys’ basketball team won at Arcola, 43-39. Landin McComas contributed eight points and DaKarai Hill chipped in with six points. Colby Schrock scored two points. On Thursday (Nov. 16), Gifford snapped a two-game […]
By Fred Kroner Prairieview Ogden’s eighth-grade girls’ basketball team moved into the championship game of the IESA Class 1A Rantoul St. Malachy Regional with a 30-20 semifinal win on Monday (Nov. 20) against Schlarman Academy. Atleigh Miller totaled 14 points. Bella Frerichs counted six points. Top-seeded PVO (18-3) faces third-seeded […]
By Fred Kroner Morgan Kearney scored nine points on Monday (Nov. 20) as the second-seeded St. Joseph Middle School eighth-grade girls’ basketball team dispatched sixth-seeded Paxton-Buckley-Loda, 31-12, in an IESA Class 3A regional semifinal game at Hoopeston. The Panthers (12-9) will return to the court on Wednesday (Nov. 22) to […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The St. Joseph seventh-grade boys’ basketball team recorded its seventh consecutive win on Thursday (Nov. 16) by topping Schlarman Academy, 38-26, in Danville. Brock Franzen tallied a team-high 14 points. Jasper Snyder netted 10 points. St. Joseph (7-0) returns to action on Monday (Nov. 27) at […]
