SJO Daily

By Fred Kroner Oakwood suffered a 25-19, 25-12 loss at home to Hoopeston Area on Tuesday (Sept. 20) in a Vermilion Valley Conference volleyball match. The Comets (2-9) return to action on Thursday (Sept. 22) at Chrisman.

By Fred Kroner The Oakwood/Salt Fork soccer program remained unbeaten in Vermilion Valley Conference matches on Tuesday (Sept. 20), collecting a 7-0 win at Watseka. The Comets are 9-0 in league play. Sophomore Macen Phillips posted a first-half hat trick to lead Oakwood/SF. Besides Phillips’ three goals, Saul Carillo tallied […]

By Fred Kroner Senior Case Kopacz captured medalist honors on Monday (Sept. 19) at Turtle Run Golf Course, in Danville, as Oakwood placed second in a three-school golf meet. Kopacz fired a 41. Bismarck-Henning/Rossville-Alvin (188) was the meet winner followed by Oakwood (205) and Westville (225). Other scores for the […]

By Fred Kroner Four different players scored goals on Tuesday (Sept. 20) as the St. Joseph-Ogden soccer team posted a 4-0 win at Tolono Unity. Netting goals were senior Jackson Greer, senior Aiden Cromwell, freshman Ryker Lockhart and sophomore Alex Accosta. Assists were credited to Collin Thomey, Spencer Wilson and […]

By Fred Kroner Junior Ashten Cafarelli and senior Jacob Kern secured top-10 finishes on Tuesday (Sept. 20) in the boys’ Illini Prairie Conference Golf Tournament at Willow Pond, in Rantoul. Cafarelli placed fifth after firing a 77. Kern ended in 10th place with an 81. Other SJ-O scores were: Maddux […]

By Fred Kroner St. Joseph-Ogden started the week with two volleyball wins, raising its winning streak to eight matches. The Spartans won at home on Monday (Sept. 19), handling Marshall, 25-13, 25-9. Senior Taylor Hug turned in a 24-assist, three-dig performance. Leading the balanced attack were Addie Roesch (eight kills), […]

By Fred Kroner Prairieview Ogden’s baseball team suffered a hard-luck 1-0 loss to Gifford on Monday (Sept. 19) in the championship game of an IESA Class 1A regional tournament at Gifford. The lone run was unearned and was scored in the third inning. PVO’s Kaden Wedig pitched 5 2/3 inning […]

By Fred Kroner Nolan Franzen teamed up on a five-hitter on Monday (Sept. 19) as top-seeded St. Joseph Middle School captured a Class 2A IESA baseball regional championship at Salt Fork with a 9-2 victory over second-seeded Westville. The Panthers overcame a 1-0 deficit with a two-run fourth inning. Franzen […]

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com St. Joseph-Ogden’s 10th Hall of Fame class – to be inducted on Friday (Sept. 17) at halftime of the homecoming football game against Nokomis – will establish a first. The list of honorees will include the first family to be enshrined. The Gary Olson family will […]

By Fred Kroner Junior quarterback Logan Smith completed 12 straight passes and directed a St. Joseph-Ogden football offense that amassed 520 yards of total offense on Friday (Sept. 16) as the Spartans thumped IVC, 41-14, in Chillicothe. Overall, Smith connected on 20 of 23 pass attempts and threw for 380 […]