Seniors Luke Stegall and Charlie Mabry continue to show their strength as the Spartans enter the Class 1A boys cross-country state meet. Stegall finished sixth (16:38.17) in the 3-mile course at Hickory Point Golf Course and Mabry finished eighth (16:43.69) as the Spartans placed second in the IHSA Sectional. Mabry […]
Oakwood High School will shut down temporarily due to COVID-19 exposures among the student body. As of Nov. 2, at least 11 students in the district have tested positive for COVID-19, along with over 200 students and rising that are considered close contact and testing positive. “This situation has negatively […]
Freshmen Savanna Franzen helped lead the St. Joseph-Ogden girls’ cross country team to a third-place finish at the Class 1A Chrisman Sectional Saturday. Franzen placed fourth, running the 3-mile course in 19 minutes and 3 seconds. Recently, Franzen has been recognized as the runner-up at the Peoria Heights Invitational at […]
St. Joseph’s Wheelhouse owners Abbie and Ryan Rogiers will help the University of Illinois Division of Intercollegiate Athletics open a new restaurant, Homegrown in the Atkins Golf Club by early December. The farm-to-table concept is an extension of their vision for St. Joseph’s Wheelhouse, with opened in 2017. Natives of […]
The Oakwood football team picked up their second win of the season with a big performance from senior Gaven Clouse on Oct. 15. The Comets defeated Georgetown-Ridge Farm 47-6, with Clouse providing 97 rushing years and four touchdowns. While many of Oakwood’s losses have come by slim margins, Clouse has […]
The St. Joseph Youth Football program is gearing up for their Central Illinois Youth Football League Super Bowl appearance at the Rantoul Sports Complex on Saturday. The program’s Varsity team beat the Champaign Colts 20-0 while the Junior Varsity team defeated the Champaign Panthers 18-14 on Oct. 10. The Pee […]
Kiara Jones is headed to state for the second time in her career. As a seventh-grader, the Heritage Junior High student won the Class 1A Sectional Championship and repeated the feat in 2021 with a time of 12 minutes and 50 seconds, a 28-second margin of victory. Jones won the […]
In East Central Illinois, we are on the lands of the Peoria, Kaskaskia, Piankashaw, Wea, Miami, Mascoutin, Odawa, Sauk, Mesquaki, Kickapoo, Potawatomi, Ojibwe, and Chickasaw Nations. Although it has not been recorded that Natives lived on the land in Champaign County because of its marshy qualities, the tribes nearby surely […]
Thank you to Christie Clinic for sponsoring this St. Joseph-Ogden and Heritage cross country photo gallery. To see all the photos in gallery format visit https://sjodaily.smugmug.com/2021-St-JosephHeritage-Cross-Country/.
