By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The St. Joseph-Ogden girls’ basketball team put up 58 points in successive home games to start the week while snapping a two-game losing streak. On Monday, SJ-O overpowered Paxton-Buckley-Loda 58-47. On Tuesday, the Spartans topped Urbana 58-40. Four players scored in double figures against PBL. Abby […]
Business owners throughout Illinois will have to comply with new laws and regulations in 2020. Employers throughout the state will begin the minimum wage increase to $15 an hour by 2025 with two minimum wage increases this year. Public Act 101-0001 mandates that employers who have minimum wage employees will go from […]
BY DANI TIETZ dani@sjodaily.com There’s something about the process: a gym, a ball, a hoop and some friends. This is what Payton Grimsley has enjoyed the most since he was five or six years old. “Basketball was always something I enjoyed the process of working and practice and trying to […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com St. Joseph-Ogden’s A.J. Wagner won all three of his matches on Saturday to win the 113-pound weight class in the Rex Avery Porta Invitational in Petersburg. Wagner is 7-1 for the season and had one pin. He was top-seeded in his weight class. Wagner was among […]
The 2019 BSN Classic, which begins on Dec. 26, 2019, has released the boys’ schedule. At Heritage Salt Fork vs. Lexington 10:00 Georgetown-Ridgefarm vs. Heritage/Villa Grove 11:30 Judah Christian vs. Blue Ridge 1:00 Lexington vs. Georgetown-Ridgefarm 4:00 Blue Ridge vs. Salt Fork 5:30 Heritage/Villa Grove vs Judah Christian 7:00 At […]
The St. Joseph-Ogden boys’ basketball team will begin play in the 2019 State Farm Classic on Dec. 26 at 5 p.m. against Annawan at Normal West High School. [pdf-embedder url=”https://sjodaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/state-farm-classic-small-school-boys-bracket.pdf” title=”state farm classic small school boys bracket”] The St. Joseph-Ogden girls’ basketball team and the Oakwood girls’ basketball team will […]
The 2020 Christie Clinic Shootout at St. Joseph-Ogden High School will be played on January 11, 2020. Saturday, January 11, 2020 Varsity (SJO HS Main Gym) Varsity: 8 Minute Quarters – 10 Minute Halftimes & 12-15 Minute Warm-Ups 11:00 AM: SE (Locker Room) Crete-Monee vs. Mahomet-Seymour NW (Locker Room) 12:30 […]
BY DANI TIETZ dani@sjodaily.com It’s a small gift that means a lot. The Oakwood High School student council hosted its annual Senior Citizen’s Dinner Dec. 5. Attracting senior citizens from Oakwood-area communities, students greet guests at the door and hand out raffle tickets for door prizes. Student council sponsor Teresa […]
BY DANI TIETZ dani@sjodaily.com It may not be a need that is always seen or known, but hard times are everywhere. Even in his first year as Student Resource Officer at St. Joseph-Ogden High School, Champaign County Sheriff’s Deputy Shawn Hallett recognized that some students may not have everything they […]
BY DANI TIETZ dani@sjodaily.com Getting injured is something that every athlete thinks about, but the majority go through their entire careers without suffering from one. Unfortunately, for Brayden Weaver, the injury he suffered on Senior Night when St. Joseph-Ogden’s football team faced Olympia, will put him on the sidelines for […]
