Spartans overpower Rantoul
By FRED KRONER
In its regular-season home-finale on Tuesday (Feb. 6), the St. Joseph-Ogden boys’ basketball team overpowered Rantoul, 68-35.
Tanner Jacob led the way with 15 points and Coy Taylor drained 14 points. Tanner Siems scored 13 points and Luke Landrus chipped in with 10 points.
Also reaching the scoring column for the Spartans were Logan Smith (nine points), Kodey McKinney (three points), Logan Lackey (two points), Tim Blackburn-Kelley (one point) and Will Haley (one point).
Landrus hauled down eight rebounds. Siems and Collin Thomey gathered six rebounds apiece and Parker Fitch cleared five rebounds.
Smith handed out a game-high eight assists. Siems contributed two blocked shots.
SJ-O (22-6) puts its four-game winning streak on the line on Friday (Feb. 9) at Tolono Unity.
