SJ-O closes regular season with win over PBL
By Fred Kroner
Three Spartans scored in double figures on Monday (Feb. 5) as St. Joseph-Ogden’s girls’ basketball team closed its regular-season home schedule with a 63-24 win over Paxton-Buckley-Loda.
Addison Frick netted 15 points, Katie Ericksen contributed 13 points and Addy Martinie added 12 points. Ericksen and Frick each knocked down three three-pointers. Martinie hit two shots from beyond the arc.
Sara Kearney, Timera Blackburn-Kelley and Kayla Osterbur all scored six points. Addison Brooks registered five points and converted one shot from three-point range.
On Wednesday (Feb. 7), in a game that could be a preview of a possible sectional contest, SJ-O lost at Peotone, 46-34.
Frick totaled 15 points and Martinie contributed 11 points. Each player bagged three three-point shots.
Blackburn-Kelley and Brooks both contributed three points and Mackenzie Loschen scored two points.
Peotone led, 12-7, after one quarter and 23-12 at halftime.
If SJ-O and Peotone win regional championships next week, they would have a rematch on Tuesday (Feb. 20) in a Class 2A sectional semifinal game at Iroquois West.
SJ-O (15-11) returns to action on Monday (Feb. 12) in a semifinal game of the Clifton Central Class 2A IHSA Regional Tournament. The third-seeded Spartans will take on either eighth-seeded Iroquois West or 12th-seeded Prairie Central.
