By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Recruiting is often viewed as a numbers’ game. There are only a certain number of scholarships available for colleges to offer. There are only a certain number of positions to be filled on a team. There is also another part of the equation. No matter how […]
By Fred Kroner Salt Fork shut out visiting Heritage, 5-0, on Monday (May 13) in a first-round Class 1A regional baseball game. The Hawks were limited to singles by Brennan Struck, Anthony Happ and Robert Holloman. Happ pitched six innings, striking out eight and permitting four hits. Heritage ends the […]
By Fred Kroner Caydence Vermillion’s single was the only Oakwood hit on Tuesday (May 14) in a 15-0 Class 2A regional softball loss to Westville. The Comets end the season with an overall record of 8-20. The team’s leading hitters for the season were Gracie Hanner (.453), Samantha Dunavan (.425) […]
By Fred Kroner Cort Vermillion, Chase Harrison and Carsen Dudley managed hits for Oakwood on Wednesday (May 15) in a 4-1 loss to St. Joseph-Ogden in a semifinal game of the Bismarck-Henning Class 2A Regional. Bryson Marcinko scored the lone Oakwood run. Harrison pitched 4 2/3 innings and suffered the […]
By Fred Kroner St. Joseph-Ogden captured 10 IHSA state-meet berths on Wednesday (May 15) in the 17-school Rantoul Class 2A Sectional. The Spartans had two qualifiers in the 1,600 meters, two in the discus and two in the pole vault. Distance runners Carson Maroon (second in 4:31.41) and Lance Retz […]
By Fred Kroner Timera Blackburn-Kelly pitched St. Joseph-Ogden’s third consecutive softball shutout on Tuesday (May 14) as the Spartans blanked visiting Toledo Cumberland, 4-0, in a Class 2A regional semifinal contest. Blackburn-Kelly (13-1) allowed five hits. She issued one walk and struck out 13 hitters. Hayden Dahl stroked two hits […]
By FRED KRONER Fred@mahometnews.com Braxton Waller clubbed a two-run homer on Wednesday (May 15) as St. Joseph-Ogden started its postseason baseball journey with a 4-1 Class 2A regional semifinal victory at Bismarck-Henning over Oakwood. Jared Altenbaumer had two hits for the Spartans. Teammates with one hit, besides Waller, were Tanner […]
By Fred Kroner Heritage eighth-grader Christian Paul was a two-event placer in the IESA Class 1A boys’ state track and field meet. Paul achieved personal-best times in both of his races, placing seventh in each one. In the 800 meters, he was timed in 2:16.18. In the 1,600 meters, his […]
By Fred Kroner Heritage eighth-grader Kalyn Miller placed 11th in the IESA Class 1A girls’ state track and field meet in the shot put. Her top effort was 27 feet, 9 inches. Miller was the lone Heritage girl to qualify for state.
By Fred Kroner Prairieview Ogden seventh-grader Dorian Davenport placed fourth in the IESA boys’ Class 1A state track and field meet in the 400 meters. Davenport ran the race in a personal-best 59.89 seconds. He also ran a leg on the 10th-place 1,600-meter relay. He was joined in that event […]
