By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Paced by two top-10 runners, the Oakwood/Salt Fork girls’ cross-country team placed seventh in the Saturday (Aug. 28) Saber Corn Classic, at St. Thomas More, in Champaign. Junior Allie Morris was ninth individually, finishing the 3-mile course in 21 minutes, 48.2 seconds. Just behind her was […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com We unveiled our winter-sport all-decade teams on Monday. Today, we check-in for the fall-sport all-decade teams. Fifteen of the Oakwood athletes listed for fall-sport recognition received similar honors for the winter-sport season. The 10 repeaters on the boys’ side are Mason Ajster, Gevin Ashikyan, Cody Ayers, […]
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Oakwood football There has not been a change in offensive philosophy within the Oakwood football program. The Comets are a run-first team which boasts two players with more than 800 yards rushing for the season. And yet, on Friday when the school ended a 31-year streak […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Oakwood bounced back from a three-set loss in Monday’s championship match of the Vermilion County Volleyball Tournament to post a three-set triumph in Tuesday’s Senior Match at Fithian. The Comets fended off the Georgetown-Ridge Farm Buffaloes 27-25, 23-25, 25-18 thanks to a double-double from Katelyn Young […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Led by individual champion Grace Davis, the Oakwood/Salt Fork girls’ cross-country team repeated as Vermilion Valley Conference champions on Tuesday at Kickapoo State Park. Davis was timed in 21 minutes, 52 seconds for the 3-mile course. She finished 20 seconds ahead of the runner-up. Two teammates […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com One Oakwood golfer qualified for next Monday’s Class 1A sectional tournament at El Paso and another just missed advancing. In a Class 1A regional on Monday at Harrison Park, in Danville, junior Logen Hoshauer carded an 88 and tied for eighth place individually. He will move […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Grace Davis and Allie Morris led a 1-2 finish for Oakwood in a four-school, non-scored girls’ cross-country meet on Tuesday at Chrisman. The Comets were running against the host Chrisman/Georgetown-Ridge Farm team, Tri-County and Notre Dame La Salette. Davis’ 3-mile time was 23 minutes, 28.61 seconds. […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com For the second time in the last three weeks, Oakwood shut out its football opponent while maintaining its prolific offensive output. The Comets (4-1) went to Gilman on Friday and blanked Iroquois West in a non-conference contest, 41-0. The Comets are averaging 47 points per game […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com With medalist Logen Hoshauer setting the pace, the Oakwood Comets claimed team honors on Monday in a five-school golf meet at Ironhorse Golf Course, in Tuscola. Hoshauer fired a 38. Hoshauer, Reed Sperry, Travis Goodner and Kyle McFarland teamed up for a composite total of 189 […]
By FRED KRONER fred@sjodaily.com Jack Carey scored two touchdowns on Friday as Oakwood bounced back from a Week 1 loss to overpower visiting Warrensburg-Latham, 35-7, in a non-conference football game. Colby Smiley’s 25-yard scoring jaunt, followed by Caleb Lashuay’s conversion kick, lifted the Comets into a 7-0 first-quarter lead. W-L […]
