By Fred Kroner St. Joseph-Ogden secured the top three finishes on Wednesday (Aug. 24) in a three-school boys’ golf meet at Danville Country Club. Medalist Ashten Cafarelli fired a 39 and had the Spartans’ low score for the fourth consecutive meet. He was followed by Jacob Kern (42) and McGwire […]
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SJO soccer begins season strong
By Fred Kroner Freshman Ryker Lockhart scored a goal in his first varsity match on Monday (Aug. 22), but St. Joseph-Ogden ended a hard-fought battle at home against Oakwood/Salt Fork in a 1-1 deadlock. Junior Spencer Wilson assisted on Lockhart’s goal. Senior goalkeeper Hunter Ketchum ended with 11 saves. On […]
Spartan volleyball bounces back with in over Georgetown-Ridge Farm
By Fred Kroner St. Joseph-Ogden bounced back from a loss in its season-opener to hand visiting Georgetown-Ridge Farm a 25-8, 25-20 volleyball loss on Wednesday (Aug. 24). Taylor Hug handed out 20 assists. Sharing the hitting duties were Addie Roesch (nine kills), Shayne Immke (five kills) and Peyton Williams (five […]
Clark Roland wins meet at Paris
By Fred Kroner Eighth-grader Clark Roland was the individual winner for Heritage in the team’s season-opening boys’ cross-country meet on Tuesday (Aug. 16) at Paris Mayo. He ran the 2-mile course in 12 minutes, 38.4 seconds and had a 59.9-second margin of victory. Teammate Christian Paul, a seventh-grader, placed fifth […]
Panters continue unbeaten streak
By Fred Kroner St. Joseph’s unbeaten streak in baseball ended when the Panthers dropped a 5-2 decision at home on Wednesday (Aug. 17) to Tolono Unity. Both St. Joseph runs were scored in the bottom of the seventh when Finn Miller and Willis Canamore delivered run-scoring singles. They drove in […]
PV-O pitches end week with two no-hitters
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Prairieview Ogden baseball pitchers posted back-to-back no-hitters to end last week and began this week with a one-hitter. On Wednesday (Aug. 17), Kaden Wedig and John Couture held the home team hitless in PVO’s 17-0 victory at Rantoul Eater. Wedig worked 3 1/3 innings. He walked […]
Gadbury and Getty win at Maroa-Forsyth
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Senior Jessica Gadbury and sophomore Olivia Getty teamed up for a hard-fought win in No. 3 doubles on Thursday (Aug. 18) as St. Joseph-Ogden opened its girls’ tennis season with an 8-1 loss against Maroa-Forsyth at the UI Atkins Tennis Center. Gadbury and Getty prevailed 6-4, […]
SJ-O golf wins meet at Harrison Park, Oakwood finishes as runner-up
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Medalist Ashten Cafarelli shot a 40 on Wednesday (Aug. 17) to lead St. Joseph-Ogden to victory in a three-school boys’ golf meet at Danville’s Harrison Park. SJ-O’s team composite was 181. Runner-up Oakwood compiled a 201 and Westville finished at 264. Other Spartan leaders were Jacob […]
Mustangs on a three-game win streak
Prairieview Ogden’s baseball team bounced back from losses in its first two games by compiling a three-game winning streak. The Mustangs scored a 4-1 win on Tuesday (Aug. 16) at home against Hoopeston Area behind a two-hit pitching performance by Lane McKinney. He struck out eight and walked no one […]
Panthers pick up back-to-back wins
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com St. Joseph Middle School Baseball The unbeaten St. Joseph junior high baseball team earned back-to-back road wins to start the week. The Panthers posted a 6-3 win at Paris Mayo on Monday (Aug. 15) and followed up on Tuesday (Aug. 16) with a 16-1 conquest at […]