Trevor Ames shot an 86 to lead the St. Joseph-Ogden golf team on Saturday (Sept. 21) at the 13-school Paris Invitational.

Ames had a top-20 finish individually and SJ-O ended in sixth place with a team score of 359.

Asher Pruemer carded an 89 for the Spartans. Following him were teammates Graham Ray (90), Devan Swisher (94), Garrett Loschen (95) and Isaiah Uskali (103).

The Spartans return to action on Tuesday (Sept. 24) in the Illini Prairie Conference Tournament.

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For the fourth consecutive game, a St. Joseph-Ogden soccer player recorded a hat trick on Saturday (Sept. 21) in a 7-1 win at home on Dick Duval Field over Chillicothe IVC.

Alex Acosta led the offensive attack. He logged three assists in addition to his three-goal performance.

The hat trick was his first of the season.

Logan Mills scored twice for the Spartans. Zach Harper contributed a goal and an assist. Davin Alvarez notched a goal and Steven Newman had an assist.

Jaxson Colvin saved seven shots.

SJ-O (11-2-1) is on an 11-match streak where it has outscored the opposition, 73-6.

The Spartans return to action on Tuesday (Sept. 24) at Tolono Unity.

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St. Joseph-Ogden teammates Savanna Franzen and Grace Bressner ran second and third, respectively, on Saturday (Sept. 21) in the open division of the 540-runner Peoria Notre Dame Richard Spring girls’ cross-country invitational at Peoria’s Detweiller Park.

Franzen covered the 3-mile layout in 18 minutes, 24.83 seconds. Bressner crossed the finish line in 19:05.73.

In the team chase, the Spartans tied for 17^th among the 40 full teams in the open division with 540 points. Meet champion St. Ignatius totaled 63 points.

The Spartans’ other finishers were Abigail Bello (134^th in 21:52.28), Sydney Steinbach (321^st in 24:30.04) and Kiah Riesel (411^th in 26:05.87).

Bressner and Bello both posted season-best times.

SJ-O returns to action on Saturday (Sept. 28) in its own Spartan Classic.

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St. Joseph-Ogden runners Jack Fisher and Lance Retz secured top-15 finishes on Saturday (Sept. 21) in the open division of the 665-runner Peoria Notre Dame Richard Spring boys’ cross-country invitational at Peoria’s Detweiller Park.

Fisher ran the 3-mile course in 16 minutes, 7.75 seconds and placed fifth. Retz was 13^th in 16:40.54.

As a team, SJ-O ended in 11^th with 200 points. Open division champion Mason had 46 points. A total of 47 schools fielded full teams.

Other Spartan placers were E.J. Beckett (44^th in 17:14.48), Colin Burnett (51^st in 17:18.57), Nate Farney (106^th in 17:56.42), Aiden Hundley (180^th in 18:36.99), Mark Harbourt (362^nd in 20:22.93) and Hunter Dilley (437^th in 21:06.79).

Fisher, Retz, Beckett, Hundley and Harbourt all ran their quickest 3-mile times of the season.

SJ-O will return to action on Saturday (Sept. 28) in its own Spartan Classic.

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Ava Seggebruch logged four kills and four digs on Thursday (Sept. 19) for the St. Joseph-Ogden volleyball team, which dropped its Illini Prairie Conference opener at home to St. Thomas More, 25-10, 25-12.

Seggebruch and Addi Childers each had one block assist.

Emma McKinney handed out seven assists and Emerson Williams finished with four digs.

SJ-O (8-8) returns to action on Monday (Sept. 23) at home against Marshall.

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Lily Rice, in singles, and the doubles team of Samantha Kelso and Madison Clampitt were victorious on Thursday (Sept. 19) for St. Joseph-Ogden, which dropped a 7-2 decision to Pontiac in a girls’ tennis meet at the Atkins Tennis Center.

Rice won at No. 6 singles, 6-1, 6-4.

Kelso and Clampitt, competing at No. 2 doubles, came out on top, 6-4, 4-6, 10-8.

SJ-O (4-4) returns to action on Monday (Sept. 23) at Atkins against Decatur St. Teresa.

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St. Joseph-Ogden’s state-ranked football team eclipsed the 40-point mark for the third time in four games on Friday (Sept. 20) en route to a 42-28 triumph at Chillicothe IVC in a penalty-marred contest.

Kodey McKinney and Wyatt Wertz both scored two touchdowns for SJ-O, which built a 21-0 lead in the opening quarter.

The Spartans led, 28-7, at halftime and showed TDs on all four of their first-half possessions.

The two teams combined to be whistled for 28 penalties resulting in 190 yards of total walk-offs.

“It was hard to get any flow or rhythm,” SJ-O coach Shawn Skinner said, “but the kids did a good job of responding. We did as good of a job as we could want from an effort standpoint.”

McKinney got his team on the board with a 12-catch scoring strike to Tanner Siems in the opening period. The first of Charlie Schmitz’s six conversion placements lifted the Spartans into a 7-0 lead.

McKinney connected on 18 of 21 pass attempts, throwing for 230 yards. He is 23 yards from reaching 1,000 for the season.

“He had his cleanest game and was more of a vocal leader,” Skinner said. “He’s getting a feel for what we’re trying to do.”

Wertz rushed for 51 yards and McKinney gained 33 yards on the ground.

The team’s other TD was on a 5-yard run by Coy Taylor, who snared nine passes for 112 yards. Siems had 68 receiving yards and Tim Blackburn-Kelley hauled in five receptions for 50 yards.

The SJ-O defense and special teams units also fared well.

Blackburn-Kelley returned a punt to the 50-yard line and a subsequent penalty allowed SJ-O to start at the IVC 35-yard line.

“Three of our touchdown drives started in their territory,” Skinner said.

Collin Thomey intercepted a pass and broke up another attempt. Logan Rosenthal, who filled in at middle linebacker after Jared Altenbaumer was injured, had a team-high 12 tackles in what Skinner said was “his first extended varsity-level time.”

James Barron not only had 10 tackles, but also had a sack, three tackles for loss and a pass defended. Kyler Swanson broke up two passes.

“This was the fourth week in a row the offense we prepared for turned out to be something different than what we had seen on film,” Skinner said. “Teams are doing things to try and keep our offense off the field or to keep up with us.

“Our linebackers are doing a really good job. We’re starting five linebackers because we’ve got them and our defense is based on that.”

Ryker Lockhart finished with 10 tackles and Nolan Earley – the lone two-way starter for the Spartans – ended with nine  stops and a tackle for loss.

SJ-O’s 4-0 start includes three wins away from home. The Spartans return to action on Friday (Sept. 27) at Dick Duval Field against Carterville (3-1), which has been receiving votes in the Class 4A state rankings.

SJ-O was ranked fourth in last week’s Associated Press Class 3A state poll. Three of the team’s final five regular-season games will be at home.

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Alex Vaughn and Jacob Walker both fired 50s to place among the top five individually in a junior varsity boys’ golf meet for St. Joseph-Ogden at Willow Pond, in Rantoul, on Thursday (Sept. 12).

The Spartans’ JV team lost to Hoopeston Area.

Other leaders for SJ-O were Conlan Gill (55), Finn Miller (55), Caleb Cotter (59) and Jackson Good (59).

SJ-O returns to action on Monday (Sept. 16) against St. Thomas More at Lincolnshire Fields, in Champaign.

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Jack Fisher was the top St. Joseph-Ogden runner in the Saturday (Sept. 14) in the 607-runner Richard Spring boys’ cross-country invitational at Peoria’s Detweiller Park.

Fisher’s 3-mile time was 16 minutes, 28.80 seconds. He placed 40th.

He was one of 10 Spartan competitors.

Trailing him were Colin Burnett (110^th in 17:17.80), Nate Farney (139^th in 17:34.60), Joe Griebat (148^th in 17:40.00), E.J. Beckett (151^st in 17:42.90), Aiden Hundley (283^rd in 19:19.90), Hunter Dilley (386^th in 20:37.80), Mark Harbourt (410^th in 21:01.90), Nathan Hinkel (432^nd in 21:35.10) and Sam Zadeh (510^th in 22:47.70).

SJ-O returns to action on Tuesday (Sept. 17) at Monticello’s Lodge Park.

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Franzen’s 3-mile time was 18 minutes, 23.50 seconds.

Other Spartan finishers were Grace Bressner (39^th in 19:28.90), Abigail Bello (175^th in 22:17.80), Sydney Steinbach (256^th in 24:2.440) and Kiah Riesel (261^st in 24:25.70).

Team honors were captured by Williamsville with 181 points. SJ-O ended in 20^th place by 582 points.

SJ-O returns to action on Tuesday (Sept. 17) at Monticello’s Lodge Park.

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