The Villa Grove girls placed sixth and the Blue Devil boys were 12th on Saturday (Oct. 9) in the Cumberland Invitational. Junior Emma Buesing was the first Villa Grove finisher in the girls’ race. She ran 29th with a 3-mile time of 24 minutes, 7.27 seconds. Teammates trailing her were […]
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Zimmerman finishes in top 10 at Lincoln Prairie Conference meet
By Fred Kroner Freshman Kurt Zimmerman was the lone top-10 placer for the Villa Grove boys’ cross-country team on Saturday (Oct. 2) in the Lincoln Prairie Conference meet in Arthur. Zimmerman ran to a seventh-place finish with a 3-mile time of 17 minutes, 42.35 seconds. Other teammates who competed at […]
Zimmerman places third at UI Arboretum
By Dani Tietz The Blue Devils had one top-five runner on Tuesday (Sept. 21) in a four-school boys’ cross-country meet at the UI Arboretum, in Urbana. Urbana Uni High (33 points) was the team winner, followed by Heritage (41), Tuscola (69) and Villa Grove (90). Kurt Zimmerman led VG, placing […]
Young Blue Devils compete at Tuscola Cross Country Invitational
By Fred Kroner The Villa Grove Blue Devils were led by freshman Kurt Zimmerman in the 44th annual Tuscola Cross-Country Invitational on Saturday (Sept. 18) at Wimple Park. Zimmerman toured the 3-mile layout in 18 minutes, 12.7 seconds. He finished 28th in a field of 152 competitors. Four of the […]
Zimmerman, White lead Blue Devils at Cumberland
By Fred Kroner Kurt Zimmerman and Chase White were top-10 finishers for Villa Grove on Wednesday (Sept. 8) in the Cumberland County boys’ cross-country invitational at Neoga. Zimmerman was fourth in the 3-mile race in19 minutes, 24.42 seconds. White was ninth in 21:00.04. Other VG participants were: Caleb Wiessing (14th […]
Zimmerman leads Villa Grove runners at Cowchip Classic
By Fred Kroner Five Blue Devils – three of whom were freshmen – participated in the Chrisman Cowchip Classic cross-country invitational on Saturday (Sept. 4). The 26-school event was a flighted race where the No. 1 runners from each school ran only against each other, with other races held for […]