By FRED KRONER fred@mahometdaily.com Katie Ericksen amassed 11 digs on Tuesday (Oct. 22) for the St. Joseph-Ogden volleyball team, which handed Paxton-Buckley-Loda a 25-20, 25-14 loss at home. Tinley Ideus and Ava Seggebruch each put down six kills. Ideus had nine digs and Seggebruch had five. Emma McKinney recorded 14 […]
On August 15, 2024, the Champaign County Board passed Resolution No. 2024-179, which will place an important question on the November 5, 2024, General Election ballot: whether or not to eliminate the office of the Champaign County Auditor. This action follows the Board’s July 18, 2024, approval of Resolution No. […]
Champaign County voters will soon decide whether to raise the county’s Public Safety Sales Tax by a quarter of a cent, a measure that could generate an estimated $7 million annually to bolster various public safety departments. The proposed tax hike, on the November 5, 2024 ballot, would increase the […]
Early voting is now open county-wide for the 2024 election in Champaign County. Voters can cast their ballots at any designated early voting location before Election Day. Early Voting at Brookens Administrative Center The Brookens Administrative Center, located at 1776 E Washington Street, Urbana, IL, offers early voting during the […]
By Fred Kroner St. Joseph-Ogden’s volleyball team split its four matches on Saturday (Oct. 19) in the Bradley-Bourbonnais Tournament. The Spartans defeated Kankakee (25-18, 25-20) and Rock Island (25-24, 25-18), but lost to Newark (25-23, 25-16) and Tri-Valley (25-23, 25-20). Ava Seggebruch blasted 25 kills for the day and shared […]
By Fred Kroner Hat tricks by Alex Acosta and Tyler Hess propelled the St. Joseph-Ogden soccer team to a victory in the IHSA Class 1A regional semifinals, a 10-1 win over Iroquois West at St. Anne on Friday (Oct. 18). Besides scoring three goals apiece, Acosta and Hess each collected […]
By Fred Kroner Two St. Joseph-Ogden entries in the IHSA girls’ Class 1A tennis sectional tournament finished one win away from qualifying for state on Saturday (Oct. 19) at Paris. Samantha Kelso lost to the No. 2 singles seed in the quarterfinals, after opening the postseason with a 6-2, 6-1 […]
By Fred Kroner St. Joseph-Ogden’s Savanna Franzen finished fifth in the 260-runner field on Saturday (Oct. 19) in the Patriot Girls’ Cross-Country Invitational at Peoria’s Detweiller Park. Franzen ran the 3-mile course in 17 minutes and 51 seconds. SJ-O’s other competitors were Grace Bressner (17th in 18:52.80), Tessa Walker (30th […]
By Fred Kroner Jack Fisher ran a season-best 3-mile time on Saturday (Oct. 19), helping the St. Joseph-Ogden boys’ cross-country team to a third-place finish in the 34-school Patriot Invitational at Peoria’s Detweiller Park. Fisher was the individual runner-up in 15:31.70. The Spartans’ next five varsity runners entered the finish […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometdaily.com By the time St. Joseph-Ogden’s offensive unit had run six plays on Friday (Oct. 18) at Rantoul, the Spartans held a 21-0 lead in an Illini Prairie Conference football contest which ended with SJ-O winning, 53-0. The shutout was the team’s first this season. The big […]
