St. Joseph-Ogden Boys’ Cross-Country Claims Third Place at Tuscola Regional, Led by Top-10 Finish from Jack Fisher

By Fred Kroner

St. Joseph-Ogden’s boys’ cross-country team finished third on Saturday (Oct. 26) at the IHSA Tuscola Class 1A regional meet at Wimple Park.

Notre Dame De La Salette won team honors (49 points), followed by Urbana Uni High (85 points) and SJ-O (90 points).

Senior Jack Fisher was the Spartans’ top placer. He came in 10^th in 16:03.96 for the 3-mile course.

Teammates trailing him were sophomore Colin Burnett (14^th in 16:13.09), senior E.J. Beckett (19^th in 16:35.85), sophomore Nate Farney (22^nd in 16:29.99), freshman Eli Franklin (25^th in 16:34.49), junior Lance Retz (27^th in 16:38.56) and senior Joe Griebat (30^th in 16:55.23).

There were 99 runners in the race.

SJ-O will return to action on Saturday (Oct. 26) in the Cumberland Sectional at Mattoon’s Lake Land College.