SJO Daily

By Fred Kroner Joshua Ruch’s one-out single in the bottom of the seventh inning on Saturday (May 20) lifted Oakwood to a 5-4 win in a Class 2A regional championship baseball game over Bismarck-Henning/Rossville-Alvin at Meier Field, in St. Joseph. Hobick had two hits in the game and Ruch delivered […]

By Fred Kroner Team sectional champion St. Joseph-Ogden secured 14 state berths on Friday (May 19) in the Class 1A boys’ track and field sectional meet at Westville. All four SJ-O relays moved on to state as did individuals in six running events and four field events. Earning sectional championships […]

By Fred Kroner St. Joseph-Ogden pole vaulter Payton Carter was the lone Spartan to qualify for the Class 1A state finals in the IHSA girls’ track and field state meet. The junior cleared 10 feet in the preliminary round on Thursday (May 18), which was the height needed to continue […]

By Fred Kroner In her final at-bat in her final high school softball game, St. Joseph-Ogden’s Shayne Immke broke the all-time IHSA season record for home runs in one softball season. Immke slammed her 25th on Friday (May 19) at Sullivan, but the Spartans were outscored by Marshall, 12-8, in […]

By Fred Kroner Faith Latham had the lone hit for Heritage, which lost a 15-0 decision at Villa Grove to the host school in a Class 2A regional softball semifinal game on Tuesday (May 16). Adena Paul pitched the first three innings and was relieved by Courtney Sanford, who struck […]

By Fred Kroner Heritage couldn’t hold onto a 6-2 second-inning lead and suffered a 9-6 loss to Villa Grove in a Class 1A baseball regional tournament quarterfinal game on the Blue Devils’ field. Every player in the Hawks’ lineup either had a hit, scored a run or drove in a […]

By Fred Kroner Three Oakwood athletes achieved their personal-best times on Monday (May 15) while competing in the 40th-annual News-Gazette Honor Roll boys’ track and field meet at Urbana’s McKinley Field. Thomas Wells, the runner-up in the open 1,600-meter race, was clocked in 4 minutes, 55.45 seconds. Connor Smith took […]

By Fred Kroner Oakwood’s softball team suffered a season-ending 12-0 loss at Sullivan against the host school on Monday (May 15) in a Class 2A regional quarterfinal contest. The Comets were held to three hits. They came from the bats of Bella Bradford, Gracie Enos and Karleigh Nelson. Reaching base […]

By Fred Kroner Travis Tiernan earned his school-record 10th pitching victory of the season on Monday (May 15), working three innings of relief as Oakwood held off Heyworth, 3-2, in a non-conference baseball game on the road. Tiernan (10-0) allowed two hits and no walks. He struck out four hitters. […]

By Fred Kroner Top-seeded St. Joseph-Ogden was dealt a season-ending Class 2A regional semifinal baseball loss at home by ninth-seeded Bismarck-Henning/Rossville-Alvin, 4-2, on Wednesday (May 16) at Meier Field. SJ-O had beaten the Blue Devils, 9-2, in the regular season. The Spartans jumped into a 2-0 lead after three innings […]