BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Three players scored in double figures on Tuesday as the Hawks broke a two-game losing streak with a 64-47 win at Tri-County. Blake Smith tallied a game-high 19 points to lead VG/H, which led 20-6 after one quarter and 36-15 at halftime. Carson Howard generated a […]
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Samantha Campbell scored nine first-quarter points on Monday, staking the Blue Devils to an early 19-11 lead in a game they won at Cerro Gordo 67-41. Aliya Holloman hit a team-high 28 points. Campbell put up 15 points, just shy of her season-high of 16. Madie […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Olivia Sorensen started with a dream that transitioned into a goal. Now, it’s a reality. The Heritage High School senior setter will have the chance to play collegiate volleyball after signing a national letter of intent with Illinois College, in Jacksonville, last week. Sorensen’s interest in […]
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The Hawks lost their second successive Lincoln Prairie Conference game on Friday, 51-48, at Cerro Gordo/Bement. It was the team’s fourth loss of the season by no more than eight points. Issac Mahoe and Logan Nohren each scored 13 points for VG/H. For Mahoe, it marked […]
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Logan Nohren was the lone double-digit scorer for the Hawks in a Tuesday loss at home to Okaw Valley. Nohren netted 20 points, but Villa Grove/Heritage dropped a 59-47 decision. Okaw Valley jumped into a 24-9 lead after one quarter. Issac Mahoe and Sam Reno each […]
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com For the fifth time this season, the Blue Devils on Tuesday held an opponent to fewer than 30 points in a game, overpowering Uni High 52-25 in Urbana. Aliya Holloman scored 18 points and for the 11th time this season was the top VG/H point-maker. She […]
Logan Nohren’s career-high 32-point performance – the top single-game scoring output this season for a Hawk – led VG/H to a 67-45 victory on Friday at Chrisman. Nohren had the team’s previous high scoring game with 24 points. Issac Mahoe also reached a season-high at Chrisman with 12 points. Ierik […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Villa Grove/Heritage Girls’ basketball The Blue Devils (13-3) won four of their five games in the BSN Classic, at Bismarck, and placed second. VG/H capped its performance with a final-game 52-33 triumph over a Unity team it had lost to earlier in the month by four […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Twenty years ago, I was tasked with a challenge that was nothing less than daunting. My superiors at The News-Gazette asked me to select an all-decade team. They limited the choices to those individuals who had attended high school or junior college in Vermilion County. As […]
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The Hawks used a 28-point third-quarter on Friday to pull away from Arthur Okaw Christian, 65-40, in a non-conference game at Heritage. VG/H carried a 26-23 lead into halftime, but built its lead to 54-31 after three quarters. Blake Smith netted a season-high 21 points to […]
