BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The Comets opened the season on Tuesday with a 58-35 triumph over Judah Christian in Champaign. The Comets led 20-4 after one quarter and expanded their lead into a final 23-point margin. Katelyn Young scored a game-high 26 points and was 6-for-6 from the free-throw line. […]
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 […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Oakwood piled up 64 first-half points on Friday and blitzed Oblong/Palestine/Hutsonville 84-0 in a non-conference football road game. The Comets (2-1) reached the end zone on an interception, a fumble recovery and return, a kickoff return as well as on passing and running plays. Eight squad […]
By FRED KRONER fred@sjodaily.com The Oakwood/Salt Fork soccer program suffered its first loss of the season on Monday, dropping a 4-1 decision at home against Monticello. The Comets led, 1-0, at intermission, thanks to a goal by Brady Tevebaugh, who was assisted by Sam Howie. Chris Winkler had a season-high […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometews.com Oakwood High School’s volleyball program always has a guaranteed captain, though the person’s name is not known until some of the positions are secure. “My setters are usually the captains,” veteran coach Lynn Anderson said. Besides that, Anderson looks to leadership from her seniors. “It is […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Oakwood lost its season-opening football game on Friday when Watseka scored a tie-breaking touchdown in the final two minutes at home to claim a 28-21 triumph. Colby Smiley rushed for 239 yards on 29 carries for the Comets. He scored two touchdowns, each pulling Oakwood into […]
By FRED KRONERfred@sjodaily.com For two years, Katelyn Young has been on the fast track to success as a shot-putter. Now a junior at Oakwood High School, the three-sport athlete participated in softball as a freshman. A year later, she decided to switch her spring sport to track and field. She […]
By FRED KRONERfred@sjodaily.com Junior Katelyn Young was the girls’ shot put winner in Monday’s 38th News-Gazette Honor Roll Track and Field meet at Urbana High School. Her winning toss was a season-best 43 feet, 5 inches. The Comets had two other girls who placed individually. Aaliyah Denius was fifth in […]
By FRED KRONERfred@sjodaily.com Sectional shot put champion Katelyn Young was the lone Oakwood athlete to qualify for state based on performances in Friday’s Class 1A sectional meet at St. Joseph-Ogden High School. Young’s winning toss was 42 feet, 10 inches. The Comets placed 12th in the 17-school field with 21 […]
