By Fred Kroner The eighth-grade Prairieview-Ogden girls’ basketball had their fourth straight game settled by no more than eight points on Monday (Oct. 18) when they prevailed at Flatville over Unity, 28-27. Caroline Aden hit a team-high 14 points in the Eighth-Grade Night contest. Teammate Emma McKinney added six points. […]
By Fred Kroner The St. Joseph eighth-grade girls’ basketball team extended its winning streak to four with three wins in a seven-day span. On Wednesday (Oct. 13), the Panthers won at Westville, 30-10. That was followed with a 34-4 win at home over Paxton-Buckley-Loda on Thursday (Oct. 14). Kayla Osterbur […]
By Fred Kroner Ally Schmitz’s layup in the final 10 seconds sent Prairieview Ogden past Oakwood, 21-19, on Thursday (Oct. 7) in an eighth-grade girls’ basketball game. Caroline Aden led PVO with nine points. In the seventh-grade game, Oakwood topped the Mustangs, 18-14. PVO trimmed its deficit to two points […]
By Fred Kroner The St. Joseph Junior High eighth-grade girls’ basketball team improved its season record to 4-1 on Tuesday (Oct. 12) with a 28-15 triumph at Champaign Franklin. Timera Blackburn-Kelley scored seven of her game-high 13 points in the opening quarter as the Panthers pushed into a 9-2 lead. […]
By Fred Kroner Tamara Blackburn-Kelley scored 10 points on Thursday as the eighth-grade St. Joseph girls’ basketball team won a low-scoring game at Paris Mayo, 14-12. The teams were tied, 9-9, after three quarters. Blackburn-Kelley and Kenzie Atwood hit baskets in the fourth quarter and Ashlynn Miller netted one free […]
By Fred Kroner Prairieview-Ogden bounced back from a first-game loss to register a win in its second seventh-grade girls’ basketball game of the season. In its first game on Tuesday (Sept. 21), the Mustangs were bested at Cissna Park, 34-11. Bella Frerichs, a sixth-grader, led the team with six points. […]
By Fred Kroner Prairieview Ogden split its first two eighth-grade basketball games before the season was put on pause this week due to COVID-19. PVO dropped its opener, 38-13, at Cissna Park on Tuesday (Sept. 21). Taylor Maddock netted a team-high five points. The Mustangs reached the win column on […]
By Fred Kroner St. Joseph’s seventh-grade girls’ basketball team couldn’t climb out of a 17-0 hole to start the game and dropped a 41-9 decision in the season-opener at home on Tuesday (Sept. 28) to Champaign Edison. Kiah Riesel had four points for the Panthers. Contributing two points apiece were […]
Tamara Blackburn-Kelly netted a game-high 18 points on Tuesday (Sept. 28) as the St. Joseph eighth-grade girls’ basketball team opened its season at home with a 30-22 triumph over Champaign Edison. The Panthers’ defense kicked into high gear in the second half, limiting Edison to just two baskets during the […]
