Spartans to play for Sectional title
By FRED KRONER
Luke Landrus scored a season-high 22 points on Tuesday (Feb. 27) as the St. Joseph-Ogden boys’ basketball team topped Floria, 50-40, in a semifinal game of the Shelbyville Class 2A Sectional Tournament.
Landrus connected on 10 of 14 shots from the field.
Logan Smith tallied 16 points and hit the lone SJ-O three-point shot. Smith also doled out four assists.
Tanner Jacob and Coy Taylor each ended with four points. Taylor had team-high totals of six assists and five rebounds.
Tanner Siems and Collin Thomey hit the Spartans’ other two points. Siems recorded three assists.
The Spartans are 27-6 overall and will play in Friday’s 7 p.m. sectional championship game against Teutopolis at Shelbyville. The winner will be one of the state’s final eight Class 2A teams in contention for a state title.
SJ-O, ranked 11th in Class 2A, played at unranked Teutopolis (23-10) in January and suffered a 53-40 loss. The Spartans will carry a nine-game winning streak into the sectional finals.
Flora finishes the season with a 19-14 record.
