By Fred Kroner Oakwood’s seventh-grade girls’ basketball team won its third successive game on Tuesday (Oct. 12), topping Rossville-Alvin at home, 12-7. Brooklyn Myers tallied all of her game-high 10 points in the second half. Avery Trimmell added two points. On Thursday (Oct. 7), also at home, Oakwood topped Prairieview […]
By Fred Kroner In a low-scoring game, the Oakwood eighth-grade girls’ basketball team suffered a narrow 11-5 loss at St. Joseph on Tuesday (Oct. 5). Mady Nicoson and Brynlie Wait each had two points for the Knights. “We could never get our offense going and that hurt us the entire […]
By Fred Kroner Tamara Blackburn-Kelley scored 10 points on Thursday as the eighth-grade St. Joseph girls’ basketball team won a low-scoring game at Paris Mayo, 14-12. The teams were tied, 9-9, after three quarters. Blackburn-Kelley and Kenzie Atwood hit baskets in the fourth quarter and Ashlynn Miller netted one free […]
By Fred Kroner The seventh-grade Oakwood girls’ basketball team has had a rough start, dropping its first three contests. In a 15-10 loss at home to Hoopeston Area on Thursday (Sept. 23), Brooklyn Myers, Avery Trimmell and Chloe Vinson all ended with two points. Lainee Smith was the top scorer […]
By Fred Kroner Oakwood started postseason play in softball on Wednesday (Sept. 8) by matching its season-high for runs scored in a 15-4 IESA Class 1A regional quarterfinal win at fourth-seeded Shiloh. Sophia Hart was 4-for-5 to lead the Knights’ 14-hit attack. Teammates with at least two hits were Brooklynn […]
By Fred Kroner Caydence Vermillion pitched a complete game and Matilyn Griffis drove in three runs as Oakwood defeated Georgetown 8-6 in softball. Vermillion struck out eight in seven innings. Griffis knocked in two first-inning runs to get Oakwood into an early lead. Brooklyn Myers had four hits and stole […]
