By Fred Kroner Madison Stevens fired a six-hitter on Tuesday (March 26) as St. Joseph-Ogden’s softball team topped visiting Kankakee Bishop McNamara, 7-2, at Randy Wolken Field. Stevens walked no one and struck out six batters. Timera Blackburn-Kelly ended with two hits, two runs scored and drove in one run. […]
By FRED KRONER Fred@mahometnews.com Asher Pruemer and Dalton York teamed up on a two-hit shutout on Monday (March 25) as the St. Joseph-Ogden baseball team won at Salt Fork, 15-0, in four innings. Pruemer walked one and fanned five in his three-inning stint. York worked the final inning and struck […]
SPRINGFIELD – The 2024 Illinois spring trout fishing season will open Saturday, April 6 at 58 ponds, lakes, and streams throughout the state. An early opportunity at select trout sites – the spring catch-and-release fishing season – will open Saturday, March 23. No trout may be kept during the catch-and-release period, […]
Champaign County residents may have an Easter egg hunt or two scheduled on their calendar over the next month. But residents don’t have to wait until the big day to find eggs. They could just visit any Champaign County Forest Preserve park. The 2023 hunt includes brightly painted eggs throughout […]
By Fred Kroner Anthony Happ and Rylan White both connected for two hits on Thursday (March 21), but the Heritage baseball team dropped an 8-1 decision at home against Fisher. White drove in Happ with the lone Heritage run. The Hawks did not allow an earned run. Robert Holloman and […]
By Fred Kroner Monticello scored four runs in the top of the seventh inning on Thursday (March 21) to deal Oakwood a 6-2 loss in a non-conference baseball game in Fithian. Carsen Dudley led the Comets offensively, finishing 3-for-4. He scored a run as did Chase Harrison. Derek Drews had […]
By Fred Kroner One St. Joseph-Ogden relay earned state medals on Saturday (March 23) in the unofficial Class 2A boys’ indoor state track and field meet at Illinois Wesleyan University’s Shirk Center. The 3,200-meter foursome of Lance Retz, Aden Armstrong, Spencer Wilson and Carson Maroon ended in third place. Their […]
By Fred Kroner St. Joseph-Ogden athletes Payton Carter and Savanna Franzen won state medals on Saturday (March 23) in the Illinois Prep Top Times unofficial indoor Class 2A girls’ track and field state meet at Illinois Wesleyan University’s Shirk Center. Carter was the runner-up in the pole vault, clearing 11 […]
By Fred Kroner St. Joseph-Ogden’s softball team won its third game of the season on Saturday (March 23) and Timera Blackburn-Kelly became the third squad member with a pitching victory this season. Blackburn-Kelly fired a four-hitter, walking one and striking out six as SJ-O opened Illini Prairie Conference play with […]
By FRED KRONER Fred@mahometnews.com St. Joseph-Ogden baseball pitchers extended their streak of scoreless innings to 23 and the team’s winning streak to five games by finishing the week with three victories. The state-ranked Spartans (No. 10 in Class 2A by Maxpreps) dispatched St. Thomas More, 12-0, at home on Thursday […]
