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 […]
By Fred Kroner The cross-country season for Villa Grove Junior High ended on Saturday (Oct. 9) at the Class 1A IESA St. Thomas More Sectional. The school had three girls who participated. Lilly-Lynn Davis was 34th in a 58-runner field. Her 2-mile time was 17 minutes and 31 seconds. Teaghan […]
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 Three Villa Grove runners competed in the 19-school Monticello girls’ cross-country invitational on Saturday (Oct. 2) at Lodge Park. In a field of 143 competitors, Eva Piercy was 80th, with a 2-mile time of 15 minutes, 41.6 seconds. Teammates Lilly-Lynn Davis (100th in 16:46.6) and Teaghan Henderson […]
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 Freshman Kurt Zimmerman was the lone top-10 placer for the Villa Grove boys’ cross-country team on Saturday (Oct. 2) in the Lincoln Prairie Conference meet in Arthur. Zimmerman ran to a seventh-place finish with a 3-mile time of 17 minutes, 42.35 seconds. Other teammates who competed at […]
By Fred Kroner Three Villa Grove runners participated in the boys seventh-and eighth-grade Spartan Classic cross-country meet on Friday (Sept. 24). Leading the way for the team was Bailey Keith. He finished 50th with a 2-mile time of 16 minutes, 25.1 seconds. Trailing him were teammates Cole Cardiff (59th in […]
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 Dani Tietz The Blue Devils had one top-five runner on Tuesday (Sept. 21) in a four-school boys’ cross-country meet at the UI Arboretum, in Urbana. Urbana Uni High (33 points) was the team winner, followed by Heritage (41), Tuscola (69) and Villa Grove (90). Kurt Zimmerman led VG, placing […]
By Fred Kroner The Blue Devils didn’t have enough runners to be scored as a team in the 44th Tuscola Cross-Country Invitational on Saturday (Sept. 18) at Wimple Park. Junior Emma Buesing led Villa Grove, placing 45th in a field of 134 competitors. Her 3-mile time was 23 minutes, 7.41 […]
