By Fred Kroner The Villa Grove Blue Devils were led by freshman Kurt Zimmerman in the 44th annual Tuscola Cross-Country Invitational on Saturday (Sept. 18) at Wimple Park. Zimmerman toured the 3-mile layout in 18 minutes, 12.7 seconds. He finished 28th in a field of 152 competitors. Four of the […]
By Fred Kroner Three juniors set the pace on Saturday (Sept. 11) for the Villa Grove girls’ cross-country team in the Shelbyville Trails Invitational. Emma Buesing placed 14th in the 81-runner field. She toured the 3-mile layout in 22 minutes, 3.8 seconds. Madison Logan was 37th in 24:17.1 and Kyleigh […]
By Fred Kroner The Blue Devils were led by two freshmen in the Saturday (Sept. 11) Shelbyville Trails Invitational cross-country meet. Kurt Zimmerman was 11th in the 98-runner field. He ran the 3-mile course in 17 minutes, 50.3 seconds. Chase White was the second VG finisher, entering the chute in […]
By Fred Kroner Kurt Zimmerman and Chase White were top-10 finishers for Villa Grove on Wednesday (Sept. 8) in the Cumberland County boys’ cross-country invitational at Neoga. Zimmerman was fourth in the 3-mile race in19 minutes, 24.42 seconds. White was ninth in 21:00.04. Other VG participants were: Caleb Wiessing (14th […]
By Fred Kroner Five Blue Devils – three of whom were freshmen – participated in the Chrisman Cowchip Classic cross-country invitational on Saturday (Sept. 4). The 26-school event was a flighted race where the No. 1 runners from each school ran only against each other, with other races held for […]
By Fred Kroner Three juniors represented Villa Grove in the Saturday (Sept. 4) Chrisman Cowchip Classic cross-country invitational. The 26-school event was a flighted race where the No. 1 runners from each school ran only against each other, with other races held for the second through seventh runners from each […]
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Eighth-grader Zach Ruwe captured a regional championship on Saturday in the Class 1A IESA race at St. Thomas More. Ruwe was timed in 11 minutes, 57 seconds for the 2-mile course. He finished 23 seconds in front of the runner-up. He will have plenty of familiar […]
