By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Even with a missed shot at the buzzer, the game ended for Royal Prairieview Ogden much better than it started on Thursday for the Mustangs. In the IESA Class 1A seventh-grade boys’ basketball state championship game at East Peoria, Lincoln West Broadwell held on to edge […]
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The regional drought continues for Villa Grove/Heritage. The Blue Devils dropped a 50-34 decision to St. Joseph-Ogden in Thursday’s Class 2A girls’ basketball regional finals on the Spartans’ court. The last regional crown for a Villa Grove girls’ basketball team came in 1999. For Heritage, the […]
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Oakwood’s girls’ basketball team learned a lesson that many programs, coaches and fans alike must accept this time of the year. A season seldom ends the way those associated with a program would hope, unless it’s with a championship-game victory. The Comets dropped a 50-47 decision […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com One set of statistics helps to paint the most accurate picture of the St. Joseph-Ogden girls’ basketball team this season. Ten squad members have led the team in scoring at least once. All 10 have also had games where they didn’t score a point. “All season […]
BY DANI TIETZ dani@sjodaily.com Disasters are unpredictable. But, it is imperative to have a select group of people who prepare for the unpredictable. St. Joseph’s Jim Page is one who prepares. Page has been one running to a disaster when everyone else wants to run away. He’s not much of […]
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Jake Eversole scored 16 points and Blake Smith had 10 Tuesday night as the Hawks overcame a slow start to defeat Decatur Lutheran 46-33 at Heritage High School. VG/H trailed 13-8 after one quarter, but shot into a 21-20 lead at halftime. Carson Howard contributed nine […]
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com For the second time in five days, the Comets were victorious in an overtime game when they topped visiting Chrisman 69-64 in a Vermilion Valley Conference game at home. The teams were tied 58-58 after regulation. Chrisman’s only points in OT were on three-pointers. The Comets […]
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Chance Izard scored 29 points on Tuesday as the Spartans won their ninth consecutive boys’ basketball game, earning a 66-53 Illini Prairie Conference decision at Rantoul. Ty Pence hit 14 points and Jordan Kelly contributed nine points. Kelly and Conner Hodge shared the team lead in […]
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The Comets opened postseason play on Monday with a 53-25 victory over Westville at Maroa-Forsyth High School in a Class 2A regional quarterfinal game. Katelyn Young scored 20 of her game-high 29 points in the first half. Oakwood led 28-13 at intermission. The Comets (23-7) return […]
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The Blue Devils took down the 2019 Class 1A state champions in a semifinal regional game on Tuesday at St. Joseph. VG/H ousted Schlarman Academy (17-7) in a Class 2A regional semifinal game 57-49. Kyleigh Block nailed three first-quarter three-point shots, helping VG/H take a 17-14 […]
