By Fred Kroner fred@mahometnews.com Three Blue Devils matched or achieved their best score of the season on Thursday (Sept. 17) in a meet at Tri-City Country Club against St. Joseph-Ogden, which did not have enough players to be scored as a team. The VG/Heritage leaders were Kyleigh Block and Logan […]
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Buesing edges out all golfers at Tri-City Country Club
By Fred Kroner fred@mahometnews.com Medalist Zach Buesing carded a 41 and defeated two others – including teammate Jake Gilles – by one shot on Thursday (Sept. 17) at Tri-City Country Club. St. Joseph-Ogden won the dual meet 185-189. Okaw Valley participated but did not have enough players to be scored […]
Taylor Hug earns medal honors at Tri-City Country Club
By Fred Kroner fred@mahometnews.com Taylor Hug was the lone SJ-O competitor and she earned medalist honors with a 51 on Thursday (Sept. 17) at Tri-City Country Club in Villa Grove. Hug won medalist honors by seven strokes. SJ-O returns to action on Monday (Sept. 21) in the Illinois Prairie Conference […]
Spartan golf picks up fifth consecutive dual-meet win
By Fred Kroner fred@mahometnews.com St. Joseph-Ogden’s boys’ golf team captured its fifth consecutive dual-meet win on Thursday (Sept. 17), edging Villa Grove/Heritage 185-189 at Tri-City Country Club. The Spartans’ team score was their best of the season. Ty Pence carded a 42 to lead SJ-O. He finished in a second-place […]
Spartans capture runner-up at Decatur St. Teresa Invitational
By Fred Kroner fred@mahometnews.com Four Spartan runners finished either first or second in their respective flighted races on Saturday (Sept. 19) at the Decatur St. Teresa Invitational, helping SJ-O to a runner-up team finish in the 12-school event. SJ-O’s Helene Jones was the winner of the fourth flight, running the […]
Spartans emerge as champions at Decatur St. Teresa Invitational
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The Spartans won five of seven flight races at the Decatur St. Teresa Invitational on Saturday (Sept. 19) and emerged as team champions in the 12-school event. When the places of the flighted races were totaled, SJ-O had 14 points. Runner-up Paxton-Buckley-Loda had a final score […]
Pritzker defends decision on high school football
By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois phancock@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – Gov. JB Pritzker said Wednesday that he stands behind his decision to prohibit high school football for the fall season amid the COVID-19 pandemic, even as professional and many college leagues have decided to resume play. “Over the summer, we saw […]
Central Illinois native Joe Mills shares no-hitter with son, Cubs’ pitcher Alec Mills
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Joe Mills remembers taking his sons and his father to Cubs baseball games at Wrigley Field. One particular game stands out in his mind because it was the last time he accompanied his father Thomas, who is now deceased, to a game. Chicago’s starting pitcher that […]
Changes in IHSA fall schedule prompts girls’ tennis team at St. Joseph-Ogden High School
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Adding girls’ tennis was never part of the long-term plan for 2020 at St. Joseph-Ogden High School. It only became a reality as the COVID-19 pandemic took away other opportunities for girls at SJ-O when the school year started. Volleyball was pushed to a Feb. 15 […]
Montgomery finishes third at Tuscola
By Fred Kroner fred@mahometnews.com Freshman Lilli Montgomery ended third in a four-school meet on Tuesday (Sept. 15) at Tuscola. Her 3-mile time was 22 minutes and 17 seconds. Other team leaders were Emma Buesing (12th in 25:18), Hailey Stutz (13th in 25:58), Kyleigh Price (14th in a PR of 26:12) […]
