By Fred Kroner The Villa Grove girls’ cross-country team was edged by Paxton-Buckley-Loda, 25-34, on Tuesday (Oct. 12) in a dual meet in Paxton. Three Blue Devils were among the first seven finishers. Emma Buesing ended third, with a 3-mile time of 24 minutes and 16 seconds. Scarlett Howard was […]
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 […]
By Fred Kroner The Blue Devils placed second in the Saturday (Oct. 2) girls’ Lincoln Prairie Conference cross-country meet at Arthur. Argenta-Oreana won the team crown with 27 points. Villa Grove was next with 41 points. Junior Emma Buesing was the fifth-place finisher, completing the 3-mile course in 22 minutes, […]
By Fred Kroner Villa Grove captured a runner-up finish on Tuesday in a four-school girls’ cross-country meet at the UI Arboretum, in Urbana. Team honors were won by Urbana Uni High (19 points), followed by Villa Grove (67), Oakwood (75) and Tuscola (81). Emma Buesing led the Blue Devils, running […]
By Fred Kroner Three juniors set the pace on Saturday (Sept. 11) for the Villa Grove girls’ cross-country team in the Shelbyville Trails Invitational. Emma Buesing placed 14th in the 81-runner field. She toured the 3-mile layout in 22 minutes, 3.8 seconds. Madison Logan was 37th in 24:17.1 and Kyleigh […]
By Fred Kroner Three juniors represented Villa Grove in the Saturday (Sept. 4) Chrisman Cowchip Classic cross-country invitational. 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 the second through seventh runners from each […]
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Heritage Volleyball Bri Struck and Bree Buck were the catalysts on Thursday as Heritage dispatched visiting Cerro Gordo 25-16, 27-25 in a Lincoln Prairie Conference match. Struck piled up seven kills, six digs and five aces. Buck’s stat line included six kills, four digs and three […]
BY FRED KRONER fred@sjodaily.com Heritage High School volleyball evened their season record (1-1) with a two-set sweep at Salt Fork on Thursday, 25-22, 25-23. Olivia Sorensen handed out 17 assists. Bri Struck (seven kills) and Aliya Holloman (five kills) were the offensive catalysts. Struck and Anna Sanders each collected six […]
