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 […]
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By Fred Kroner Ava Seggebruch collected six kills and six digs on Wednesday (Oct. 16) as the St. Joseph-Ogden volleyball team landed a 25-17, 25-20 win at Fisher. Tinley Ideus added five kills and nine digs. Addi Childers and Ava Midkiff each finished with four kills. Childers contributed two blocks […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometdaily.com Senior Olivia Getty was the lone St. Joseph-Ogden player to score a win on Monday (Oct. 14) in an 8-1 girls’ tennis dual-meet loss at Atkins Tennis Center to Maroa-Forsyth. Competing at No. 5 singles, Getty registered her fifth straight win. She secured a come-from-behind win […]
By Fred Kroner Emma McKinney collected 15 assists and four service aces on Thursday (Oct. 10) as St. Joseph-Ogden handed visiting Salt Fork a 25-15, 25-14 defeat. Tinley Ideus totaled six kills and five digs. Ava Midkiff and Ava Seggebruch both landed four kills. Katie Ericksen served three aces. Reese […]
By Fred Kroner In its regular-season home finale, the St. Joseph-Ogden soccer team reached the 20-win mark in a season for the first time on Thursday (Oct. 10) with a 14-0 verdict over Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond. The Spartans had no shortage of offensive stalwarts. Logan Mills netted four goals to go with […]
