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. Two of the Heritage/Villa Grove girls listed for fall-sport recognition received similar honors for the winter-sport season. They are Aliya Holloman and Micaela Childress. Keep reading, however, because there […]
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Villa Grove/Heritage Football The Blue Devils were limited to 104 total yards and went scoreless in a first-round Class 2A playoff game at 10th-ranked Nashville (9-1) and dropped a 35-0 decision on Saturday. Nashville, which registered 453 total yards (including 291 via passing), built a 28-0 […]
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Villa Grove/Heritage Football Despite an edge in total yards (270 to 231), the Blue Devils ended the regular season on Friday with a 23-0 loss at Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond. The game was 0-0 at halftime. VG/H was undone by four turnovers. Finishing the regular season with a 5-4 […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The St. Joseph Junior High boys’ cross-country team hit its stride for Saturday’s 237-runner Class 2A IESA state meet at Normal’s Maxwell Park. In a competition that featured the state’s top 27 teams, St. Joseph earned a third-place finish with 166 points. Meet champion Tolono Unity […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The St. Joseph Junior High girls’ cross-country team finished third in Saturday’s 14-school Monticello Invitational at Lodge Park. Meet champion Unity had 26 points. St. Joseph had 87 points. The school had two finishers among the top 15. Savanna Franzen was fourth individually, running the 2-mile […]
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Heritage Volleyball The Hawks rallied from a one-set deficit on Monday and improved to 4-2 for the season in three-set matches, winning at Chrisman 20-25, 25-22, 25-15. Olivia Sorensen had 28 assists to go with six digs, four kills and two aces. Bri Struck posted a […]
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 dropped a two-point third-set decision to host Blue Ridge on Saturday and finished second in the Blue Ridge Invitational. Heritage won four of its five matches during the day-long tournament. In pool play, the Hawks topped Normal Calvary 25-11, 25-18, Judah Christian […]
BY FRED KRONER fred@sjodaily.com Heritage Volleyball Playing its third successive road match, Heritage upended Oakwood 25-14, 16-25, 25-23 on Tuesday. Bree Buck delivered eight kills while teammates Aliya Holloman and Bri Struck ended with six and five kills, respectively. Olivia Sorensen had 23 assists to go with seven digs and […]
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 […]
