By Fred Kroner The St. Joseph Junior High eighth-grade boys’ basketball team opened its season with back-to-back victories. The Panthers defeated Prairieview Ogden, 42-28, on Tuesday (Nov. 1) and then turned back Tuscola, 32-20, on Wednesday (Nov. 2). Cam Wagner was the team’s top scorer in each contest, notching 17 […]
By Fred Kroner The Prairieview Ogden seventh-grade girls’ basketball team continued its outstanding season on Thursday (Nov. 3) by overpowering visiting Westville, 33-7. Kellyn Irwin and Atleigh Miller each made six points. Finishing with four points apiece were Greta Goldenstein and Makayla Hesterberg. On Wednesday (Nov. 2), the seventh-graders topped […]
By Fred Knoner In her second IHSA Class 1A girls’ cross-country state-meet appearance on Saturday (Nov. 5), Oakwood/Salt Fork junior Macie Russell finished among the top half of the runners in the 258-person race. Russell ran the 3-mile course at Peoria’s Detweiller Park in 20 minutes, 2.72 seconds. She finished […]
By Fred Kroner On Saturday (Nov. 5), St. Joseph-Ogden sophomore Savanna Franzen became the seventh athlete in school history to earn All-State accolades in girls’ cross-country in multiple years. Franzen toured the 3-mile course at Peoria’s Detweiller Park in 18 minutes, 13.80 seconds and placed 13th in the IHSA Class […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The football season lasted longer for St. Joseph-Ogden than it had the past six years, but not as long as the Spartans had hoped for in 2022. SJ-O exited the IHSA Class 3A playoffs on Saturday (Nov. 5) after suffering a second-round 60-28 loss at Stanford […]
By Fred Kroner St. Joseph-Ogden’s five-match volleyball winning streak came to an end on Monday (Oct. 31) in a semifinal match of the Riverton Class 2A IHSA Sectional Tournament. The Spartans were swept by Williamsville (25-11), 25-19, 25-17. SJ-O ends the season with a 28-9 overall record. Taylor Hug distributed […]
By Fred Kroner Both the seventh- and eighth-grade girls’ basketball teams from Prairieview Ogden posted wins on Thursday (Oct. 27) at home in Flatville against Rossville. The seventh-graders (10-1) earned a 32-10 victory. Atleigh Miller notched eight points and Grace Bressner added seven points. The eighth-graders (3-8) posted a 25-17 […]
By Fred Kroner The cross-country season ended for the Heritage Hawks on Saturday (Oct. 28) in the IHSA Class 1A Sectional, hosted by St. Joseph-Ogden, at Dodds Park, in Champaign. The Hawks placed 17th in the 21-school field with a team composite of 427 points. Sectional team titlist Decatur St. […]
By Fred Kroner One Oakwood/Salt Fork runner secured a berth at state on Saturday (Oct. 28) by her performance at the St. Joseph-Ogden Class 1A IHSA Sectional meet, held at Dodds Park, in Champaign. Junior Macie Russell – the lone girls’ entry for the Comets – placed 16th overall in […]
By Fred Kroner St. Joseph-Ogden will be represented at the state cross-country meet in both the boys’ and the girls’ races. The entire SJ-O boys’ squad advanced by virtue of a fourth-place finish on Saturday (Oct. 28) in the Class 1A IHSA Sectional that the Spartans hosted at Dodds Park, […]
