Spartan soccer picks up two wins, Volleyball wins three
BY FRED KRONER
fred@mahometnews.com
St. Joseph-Ogden Soccer
Junior Logan Ingram broke up a scoreless match on Tuesday with a goal in the final 2 minutes, lifting the Spartans to a 1-0 Illini Prairie Conference triumph over Unity.
Ingram’s heroics came on his birthday.
SJ-O goalkeeper Hunter Ketchum collected seven saves and posted his first shutout of the season.
SJ-O (4-12-2) has won two of its last three matches.
In Saturday’s 3-2 triumph at home over Georgetown-Ridge Farm, SJ-O’s Luke Cohen scored for the second match in a row, hitting two goals for the Spartans.
Zac Seeley had the other SJ-O goal.
Cohen also had a goal in a 2-1 Thursday loss at home to Argenta-Oreana.
Ketchum had six saves against A-O and four against G-RF. He also had four stops on Monday in a 1-0 loss to Judah Christian in Champaign.
The Spartans return to action on Thursday at Bloomington Central Catholic.
SJ-O Volleyball
SJ-O hit the trifecta this week, with three wins on three straight days.
Three Spartans swatted six kills apiece on Monday as SJ-O earned a 25-9, 25-10 win over GCMS in Gibson City.
Katelyn Berry, Kennedi Burnett and Payton Vallee each had six kills.
Emily Bigger had 20 assists, seven digs and four aces. Burnett totaled six digs.
On Tuesday, SJ-O returned to Illini Prairie Conference action with a two-set sweep at Rantoul, 25-16, 25-7.
Bigger again handed out 20 assists.
Burnett was the team-leader with eight kills and nine digs. Vallee and Berry each drilled six kills. Lacey Kaiser contributed seven digs and Berry ended with five digs.
On Wednesday, the Spartans captured their third two-set win in as many days, overpowering Bloomington Central Catholic, 25-11, 25-12.
Bigger had 28 assists to go with six service aces.
Burnett managed a double-double (10 kills, 10 digs). Berry totaled eight kills and Valllee added five kills. Burnett also had two blocks.
The Spartans (18-4) return to action on Monday at Downs against Tri-Valley. SJ-O has won eight of its last nine matches.
SJ-O Golf
Payton Grimsley and Joe Acton were the SJ-O leaders in Tuesday’s Illini Prairie Conference meet at El Paso.
Grimsley fired an 87.
Acton closed at 91.
Other scores for the team were: Riley Myren (93), Jacob Kern (112), Jack Robertson (117) and Maddux Carter (124).
The Spartans’ final team tally was 392. SJ-O ended in seventh place. Meet champion Prairie Central registered a 319.
On Monday, Grimsley tied for fifth in the Sam Wells Memorial Tournament at Savoy with an 85. The Spartans placed sixth with a composite of 407.
