Dylan Diaz scored a season-high four goals on Thursday (Sept. 9) as Oakwood/Salt Fork ran its soccer winning streak to four matches with a 7-2 triumph at home over Rantoul.

Diaz notched two goals in each half.

Oakwood/Salt Fork led 3-1 at intermission.

Macen Phillips and Joe Lashuay also hit goals for the Comets.

Saul Carrillo and Brody Taflinger each ended with two assists.

Josh Ruch collected two keeper saves.

Oakwood/Salt Fork went 2-2 in the two-day Cornjerker Classic, in Hoopeston, which ended on Saturday (Sept 11).

The Comets opened with an 8-0 win over Clifton Central, then fell to Bloomington Central Catholic, 2-1, before rebounding to whip Hoopeston Area, 4-2. In their tourney finale, Oakwood/SF was shut out by Monticello, 4-0, in the third-place match.

Lashuay and Cooper Myers each netted two goals against Clifton. Also getting in on the scoring action were Diaz, Phillips, Carrillo and Reef Pacot.

Diaz and Pacot had assists as did Carlie Thompson, Ty Smoot and Grant Powell.

Ruch produced three saves.

Against BCC, the lone Comet goal was courtesy of Diaz, assisted by Lashuay. Ruch had 10 saves.

Against Hoopeston, Powell had two goals and one assist. Other goals were by Pacot and Phillips. Ruch collected five saves.

Despite the shutout loss to Monticello, Oakwood/SF has outscored its opponents 52-23 thus far this season.

Ruch had seven saves against the Sages.

Through 13 matches, six Oakwood/Salt Fork players have hit at least five goals, led by Powell with 12. Four players have at least five assists, led by Powell with 10.

Oakwood/Salt Fork (8-5) returns to action on Tuesday (Sept. 14) at Bismarck-Henning/Rossville-Alvin.

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Freshman Saul Carillo’s second-half goal, assisted by senior Joe Lashuay, accounted for the only scoring for the Oakwood/Salt Fork soccer team, which lost its season-opener at home on Monday (Aug. 23) to St. Joseph-Ogden, 2-1.

SJ-O led 1-0 at intermission.

Oakwood/SF goalkeeper Josh Ruch had five saves.

The team bounced back on Tuesday (Aug. 24), handing visiting Schlarman Academy a 5-1 loss.

Reef Pacot hit two goals and had one assist. Teammate Macen Phillips had one goal and one assist.

Other goal-scorers for Oakwood/Salt Fork, which pepperd Schlarman with 37 shots, were Dylan Diaz and Carlie Thompson. Joe Lashuay had one assist.

Ruch posted two saves.

Oakwood/SF (1-1) returns to action on Thursday (Aug. 26) at Watseka.

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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 and also hauled in a 12-yard scoring pass from Rhett Harrison. Carey rushed for 59 yards on eight attempts.

Harrison completed 3 of 9 passes for 47 yards and scored the game’s first TD on a 1-yard keeper.

Josh Young scored the Comets’ other touchdown on a 20-yard pass from Harrison.

Joe Lashuay converted six extra-point place kicks.

The Comets forced five turnovers. Leading the defense were McCord (nine tackles) and Caide Borden (eight tackles).

Oakwood (3-1 wit three consecutive wins) returns to action on Friday against Iroquois West in Gilman.

Oakwood Golf

Oakwood (10-5) dropped a 169-202 decision to Danville on Thursday at Turtle Run.

Oakwood’s top scorers for the day were Logen Hoshauer, Reed Sperry, Travis Goodner and Kyle McFarland.

The Comets return to action today at Harrison Park against Bismarck-Henning/Rossvville-Alvin and Westville.

Oakwood Volleyball

Katelyn Young had six kills, Aaliyah Denius had five kills and Addie Wright added four on Thursday as Oakwood improved to 3-0 in Vermilion Valley Conference matches with a 25-25, 25-17 sweep at Georgetown-Ridge Farm.

Karsen Rupp had nine assists. Young added eight assists to go with two blocks.

The Comets (8-9 overall) return to action on Tuesday at home against Bismarck-Henning/Rossville-Alvin.

Oakwood Soccer

Brady Tevebaugh and Reef Pacot hit first-half goals to boost the Comet into a 2-0 lead on Thursday in a match where they beat Georgetown-Ridge Farm 3-1.

Tevebaugh’s goal was assisted by Carlie Thompson. Pacot was aided by Sam Howie.

The only scoring of the second half was a goal by Joe Lashuay, who was assisted by Tevebaugh.

Goalkeeper Chris Winkler had three assists.

O/SF (4-8-1) returns to action on Tuesday at Arthur/Lovington. The Comets are 2-2 in Vermilion Valley Conference matches.

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The Oakwood/Salt Fork soccer team hasn’t allowed a goal in its first two matches.

The Comets opened the season at home on Monday, battling to a 0-0 draw against St. Joseph-Ogden. Goalkeeper Chris Winkler had seven saves.

On Tuesday, the team went on the road and shut out Watseka 5-0. Five squad members scored goals and four had assists.

Sam Howie and Colin Merritt each had a goal and an assist.

Also scoring goals were Brady Tevebaugh, Joe Lashuay and Grant Powell.

Other assists were credited to Reef Pacot and Carlie Thompson.

Winkler had one save.

Oakwood/Salt Fork returns to action today against Unity in a match to be played at the Oakwood Grade School.

Boys’ golf

Oakwood placed second in a three-school meet on Tuesday at Harrison Park, in Danville.

Logen Hoshauer led the Comets with a 41. He was the individual runner-up.

Other top scores for Oakwood were a 48 by Reed Sperry, a 60 by Travis Goodner and a 63 by Joie Sollers.

Watseka won the meet with a composite of 185. Oakwood had 212 and Westville finished with a score of 232.

The Comets return to action on Monday against Tuscola at Iron Horse Golf Course.

Volleyball

The Comets played on the road and dropped consecutive two-set matches, losing on Monday at LeRoy 25-15, 25-17. Kaitlyn Young had two kills for the Comets.

On Tuesday, Oakwood lost to Kankakee, 25-20, 25-23, in a first-round match of Cissna Park’s Timberwolf Tip-Off.

The Comets return to action tonight at Rantoul.

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