By Fred Kroner Junior Thomas Wells placed 70th on Saturday (Oct. 28) in the 21-school IHSA Decatur Class 1A Sectional cross-country meet and did not qualify for the state finals. Wells ran the 3-mile course in 17 minutes, 41.52 seconds. He was the Comets’ only participant in the 157-runner sectional […]
By Fred Kroner Senior Macie Russell was the lone Oakwood/Salt Fork runner to advance to the IHSA girls’ Class 1A cross-country state meet based on performances in the Saturday (Oct. 28) Decatur Sectional. Russell was timed in 19 minutes, 28.83 seconds on a 3-mile course at South Shores Park. She […]
By Fred Kroner St. Joseph-Ogden fell one win short of being able to play one more volleyball match on its own court. In the championship match of the Watseka Class 2A regional tournament on Thursday (Oct. 26), the host Warriors downed SJ-O, 25-16, 25-14. The win moves Watseka (26-8) into […]
By Fred Kroner Two St. Joseph-Ogden girls continued their cross-country seasons on Saturday (Oct. 28) by virtue of their performance in the IHSA Decatur Class 1A sectional. In addition to the top six teams in the 20-team meet, the first 10 individuals not on an advancing team qualified for state. […]
By Fred Kroner With three Spartans placing among the top 15 runners on Saturday (Oct. 28), St. Joseph-Ogden finished second in the 21-school IHSA Decatur Class 1A boys’ cross-country sectional meet and qualified its entire team for state. This is the third consecutive state tournament berth for SJ-O under veteran […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The film was studied. The game plan was prepared and the players were instructed on the plan of attack for St. Joseph-Ogden’s IHSA Class 3A first-round playoff contest on Saturday (Oct. 28) at Dick Duval Field. The Spartans will never know if their strategy would work. […]
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By Fred Kroner For the second time in a week, sixth-seeded Argenta-Oreana defeated second-seeded Heritage in a high school volleyball match. The latest win occurred on Wednesday (Oct. 25) in a semifinal match of the LeRoy Class 1A Regional, 25-17, 25-9. Heritage finishes the season with an overall record of […]
By Fred Kroner Oakwood dropped a first-round Class 2A regional volleyball match to Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond on Monday (Oct. 23) at Westville. Ninth-seeded A-L/A-H (14-22) handed the seventh-seeded Comets a 25-12, 25-17 loss. The Comets finish the season with an 11-18 overall record. Senior Nikita Taylor led the team in kills (233), […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com St. Joseph-Ogden’s volleyball team cruised into the championship match of the Watseka Class 2A regional tournament by dominating Hoopeston Area, 25-7, 25-4 on Tuesday (Oct. 24) in a semifinal match. The Spartans (29-5) will seek their first 30-win season since 2019 when they take on the […]
