By Fred Kroner Jack Fisher was the leading runner for St. Joseph-Ogden on Saturday (Sept. 10) in the Class 3A division of the First to Finish boys’ cross-country race at Detweiller Park, in Peoria. Fisher ran the 3-mile course in 16 minutes, 54.3 seconds and wound up in 141st place. […]
By Fred Kroner Savanna Franzen ran eighth on Saturday (Sept. 10) in a field of 274 runners in the Class 3A division of the First to Finish girls’ cross-country meet at Detweiller Park, in Peoria. Franzen’s 3-mile time was 18 minutes, 9.2 seconds. SJ-O placed 24th in the 32-school field […]
By Fred Kroner Raw scores often don’t create an accurate picture of a game. Prairie Central beat St. Joseph-Ogden, 55-28, in a high school football game on Friday (Sept. 9) in Fairbury. While it appears to be a lopsided game, it was not until the end. The Hawks held a […]
By Fred Kroner Mary Roland registered 18 assists, eight digs and two kills on Tuesday (Sept. 6), but the Heritage volleyball team suffered a 25-16, 26-24 non-conference loss at home to unbeaten Bismarck-Henning/Rossville-Alvin. Lilli Montgomery wound up with 10 digs and two assists for the Hawks, who also received nine […]
By Fred Kroner Reef Pacot’s hat trick on Wednesday (Sept. 7) highlighted a soccer victory for Oakwood/Salt Fork at home over Georgetown-Ridge Farm/Westville. The Comets prevailed, 8-0, scoring five of the goals in the opening half. Grant Powell collected one goal and three assists for Oakwood/Salt Fork. Other goals were […]
By Fred Kroner Maria Adams distributed 17 assists on Tuesday (Sept. 6) as Oakwood’s volleyball team captured a hard-fought three-set win at Danville Schlarman Academy. The Comets were victorious 25-18, 21-25, 26-24. Luci Morris put up 13 blocks to go with eight kills. On Wednesday (Sept. 7), SJ-O pulled away […]
By Fred Kroner Case Kopacz recorded an 81 on Friday (Sept. 2) for Oakwood, which placed 17th in the Danville Invitational at Turtle Run Golf Course. Oakwood had a team composite of 420. The Comets’ other scorers were Nate Stewart (104), Mason Goodner (110) and Kyle McFarland (125). On Tuesday […]
By Fred Kroner Two of the top four runners on Tuesday (Sept. 6) in a four-school boys’ cross-country meet at Kickapoo State Park were from Oakwood/Salt Fork. Thomas Wells ran third in 20 minutes and 12 seconds. Just behind him was Saul Carrillo (fourth in 20:19). Other participants for the […]
By Fred Kroner St. Joseph-Ogden suffered a 9-0 loss on Wednesday (Sept. 7) in a girls’ tennis dual meet match at Danville Schlarman. Madison Clampitt dropped a three-set decision at No. 5 singles, losing to Anna Lehmann, 6-3, 3-6, 10-3. The Spartans arranged their lineup so that 12 different squad […]
By Fred Kroner Jack Fisher and Lance Retx raced to a joint victory on Tuesday (Sept. 6) in a four-school boys’ cross-country meet at Kickapoo State Park. The St. Joseph-Ogden athletes were each timed in 20 minutes and 7 seconds for the 3-mile race. The meet, which also featured Oakwood/Salt […]
