By Fred Kroner The Heritage seventh-graders lost their regular-season finale on Thursday (Jan. 18) at Prairieview Ogden, 44-16, and then dropped a first-round decision in the IESA Class 1A regional tournament at Martinsville on Saturday (Jan. 20) to the host school, 37-13. Against PVO, Bryson Warren scored eight points and […]
By Fred Kroner Oakwood’s eighth-grade boys’ basketball team split its first four games after the calendar flipped to 2024. In the Vermilion County Tournament, at Salt Fork, Oakwood opened with a 34-27 victory over Hoopeston Area on Thursday (Jan. 4) before dropping decisions to Bismarck-Henning (36-22) on Saturday (Jan. 6) […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The St. Joseph seventh-grade boys’ basketball team has won five of its first six games since the calendar turned to 2024. The Panthers topped Prairieview Ogden, 50-18, on Monday (Jan. 8), then followed up with wins over Mount Zion at home on Wednesday (Jan. 10), 39-31, […]
The housing market in Champaign County has experienced a turbulent year in 2023, marked by the dual challenges of inflation and rising mortgage rates. Despite these hurdles, the area saw an increase in both median and average home sales prices, as reported by the Champaign County Association of REALTORS® (CCAR). […]
The Vermilion River basin, a treasure trove of biodiversity, is set to be the center of attention on February 13, 2024, with a special seminar focused on its freshwater mussel population. This educational event, hosted by mollusk experts from the Illinois Natural History Survey, will offer the public an insightful […]
In a remarkable natural phenomenon not witnessed since 1803, Central Illinois is poised to experience a rare, synchronized emergence of two different cicada broods this spring. Brood XIII, a 17-year cycle cicada, and Brood XIX, a 13-year cycle species, will simultaneously break ground in an event that last occurred when […]
By Fred Kroner Heritage couldn’t hold onto a first-quarter lead on Friday (Jan. 19) and dropped a first-round decision in the Lincoln Prairie Conference Tournament at Villa Grove, 71-34. The Hawks held a 12-11 lead after one quarter. Rylan White led Heritage with 17 points, including two baskets from three-point […]
By Fred Kroner Jaydah Arrowsmith and Nikita Taylor each scored 19 points on Friday (Jan. 19) as Oakwood earned a win in the fifth-place game of the Vermilion County Tournament at Salt Fork with a 46-35 victory over Armstrong-Potomac. Arrowsmith knocked down the Comets’ lone three-pointer. Rylee Wright scored four […]
By Fred Kroner Top-seeded Bismarck-Henning/Rossville-Alvin upended second-seeded Oakwood, 62-50, on Saturday (Jan. 20) in the championship game of the boys’ Vermilion County basketball tournament at Danville Area Community College. Alec Harrison led the Comets with 16 points. Carsen Dudley tallied 13 points and Cort Vermillion netted 11 points. Jackson Dudley […]
By Fred Kroner Capping a week where it competed in 10 dual meets in a five-day period at four different sites, the St. Joseph-Ogden wrestling team swept meets at home from four opponents on Saturday (Jan. 20). The Spartans whipped St. Thomas More (66-18), Decatur MacArthur (60-21), Decatur Unity Christian […]
