BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Gage Reed truly earned a first for the Oakwood/Salt Fork program. Until Saturday, the Comets had a total of 12 individual state placers in wrestling, but no Oakwood athlete had ever earned more than one medal. Reed became the first while also becoming a state champion. […]
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Two Oakwood/Salt Fork underclassmen have advanced into the semifinal round of the IHSA Class 1A wrestling state tournament at the UI State Farm Center. Freshman Reef Pacot, at 106 pounds, did not allow a point in either of his two Thursday bouts. He decisioned Marengo’s Ethan […]
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Two Comets are ranked second heading into the start of the IHSA Class 1A state wrestling tournament Thursday at the UI State Farm Center. Reef Pacot (106 pounds) and Gage Reed (113 pounds) are projected to advance to Saturday’s championship matches according to Rob Sherrill, whose […]
Three Comets qualified for the Class 1A wrestling state tournament, including two at the two lowest weights: 106-pound freshman Reef Pacot and 113-pound junior Gage Reed. They will be joined at the UI State Farm Center by 132-pound sophomore Joe Lashuay. In Saturday’s Olympia Sectional, Pacot and Reed won their […]
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The Comets advanced eight wrestlers to the Class 1A sectional this weekend at Stanford Olympia and finished a scant one-half point behind LeRoy/Tri-Valley in Saturday’s 11-school Class 1A regional at St. Joseph-Ogden High School. Oakwood had regional champions at the two lowest weight classes with 106-pound […]
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The state-ranked Comets, led by individual champion Gage Reed, placed fifth in the 18-school Randy Bowman Invitational at LeRoy on Saturday. Meet champion LeRoy accumulated 156 points. Oakwood, ranked 11th in Class 1A by The Illinois Best Weekly, amassed 119 ½ points. Reed was the 113-pound […]
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The state-ranked Comets dropped a narrow 31-30 decision to Danville on Thursday in Westville. Three Comets posted pins: Connor Hutson, Colby Smiley and Josh Miller. Reef Pacot was dominant with a 15-0 technical fall triumph. Caide Borden won a major decision and Caleb Lashuay won a […]
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The Comets (4-0) opened their season on Saturday at the Pirate Duals in Cumberland by winning all four of their meets. Oakwood/Salt Fork dispatched Shelbyville 60-6, Quincy Notre Dame 52-15, Cumberland 61-15 and Effingham 68-12. For the day, Oakwood wrestlers compiled a cumulative 47-9 record. Fifteen […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Oakwood’s football team became playoff-eligible on Friday as it raced past Georgetown-Ridge Farm 34-20 in its homecoming game at Fithian. Oakwood is 5-1 overall and faces the other 5-1 team from the Vermilion Valley Conference on Friday when it plays host to Bismarck-Henning/Rossville-Alvin. Neither team has […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Oakwood Football Five players scored touchdowns on Friday as Oakwood celebrated homecoming with a 54-12 football victory over Hoopeston Area. Jack Carey, Gaven Clouse and Blaine McCord all scored two TDs. McCord rushed for a game-high 122 yards on 13 carries. Clouse rushed for 64 yards […]
