By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Area high schools are in the process of preparing their athletes to return to competition. The IHSA permitted limited participation last week, allowing districts to conduct conditioning, agility and strength training exercises in small groups. Oakwood chose to wait until this week in order to get […]
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 Heritage Volleyball The Hawks concluded their home season on Thursday with a 25-12, 25-10 win against Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond. It was a memorable victory for the school. The win was No. 25 for the year and broke the school record for most wins in a single season. The […]
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Heritage Volleyball Heritage players pounded 37 kills Thursday night and avenged a loss to Okaw Valley with a 25-13, 21-25, 25-17 victory in the championship match of the first Lincoln Prairie Conference tournament at Kansas. The Hawks (24-4) have won 11 matches in a row. During […]
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The Hawks reached the 20-win mark for the second year in a row, overpowering Argenta-Oreana 25-21, 25-11 on Thursday in Argenta. Heritage is 20-4 overall and 6-2 in Lincoln Prairie Conference action. Bri Struck collected seven kills and four digs. Olivia Sorensen contributed 13 assists, nine […]
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Heritage Volleyball Bri Struck reached double figures in kills and Anna Sanders had double figures in digs, but the Hawks were decisioned at home on Thursday by Cumberland 25-17, 25-22. Struck had a team-high 10 kills. Sanders led the way with 10 digs, three more than […]
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@mahometnews.com Heritage Volleyball The Hawks won their 10th match in their last 11 outings on Thursday, sweeping DeLand-Weldon on the Eagles’ court, 25-18, 25-23. Olivia Sorensen had 24 assists and two aces. Bri Struck pounded 14 kills and added seven digs. Anna Sanders had seven digs. Teammate […]
