By Fred Kroner Top-seeded Bismarck-Henning handed second-seeded St. Joseph a 25-21, 25-16 loss on Wednesday (March 9) in the championship match of the St. Joseph Class 3A IESA volleyball regional tournament. St. Joseph ends the season with a 13-7 overall record. Bismarck-Henning, 16-6, won its next match to qualify for […]
By Fred Kroner Oakwood, the No. 6 seed, ousted third-seeded Westville in a Class 3A IESA volleyball eighth-grade regional at St. Joseph on Saturday (March 5), 18-25, 25-23, 25-23. Oakwood dropped a season-ending 25-17, 25-22 decision to the host Panthers in the semifinals on Tuesday (March 8). The Oakwood seventh-graders […]
By Fred Kroner The St. Joseph seventh-grade volleyball team suffered a season-ending loss on Monday (March 7) in the championship match of an IESA Class 3A sectional at home against Warrensburg-Latham. Warrensburg knocked off the Panthers, 25-21, 27-25, to advance to the state finals. St. Joseph ends the season with […]
By Fred Kroner El Paso/Gridley dealt St. Joseph-Ogden its first loss of the boys’ basketball season in December. On Wednesday (March 2), the Titans handed the Spartans their final loss of the season. The rematch came in a semifinal game of the Clifton Central Class 2A sectional tournament, 45-32. The […]
By Fred Kroner Oakwood junior Addie Wright was selected to the first team of both the Vermilion Valley Conference and the Vermilion County all-star girls’ basketball teams. Senior teammate Ashlynn Pinnick was a first-team all-County pick, but was a special mention choice for the all-conference team. Two other Comets were […]
By Fred Kroner Prairieview Ogden’s seventh-grade volleyball team, seeded second in an IESA Class 1A regional at Rantoul St. Malachy, dropped a 25-23, 25-17 decision to the host school on Tuesday (March 1). PVO was the No. 2 seed. St. Malachy was seeded third. The third-seeded PVO eighth-graders start postseason […]
By Fred Kroner The Heritage seventh-grade volleyball team opened IESA Class 1A regional play at Chrisman on Monday (Feb. 28) by staging a comeback to beat sixth-seeded Champaign Next Generation, 12-25, 25-13, 25-16. McKenna Roedl registered five kills and five aces while Jayden Schrock landed six aces to go with […]
By Fred Kroner The St. Joseph seventh-grade volleyball team kept its unbeaten streak intact through the IESA Class 3A regionals, which the Panthers won at home on Tuesday (March 1). To reach the championship match, top-seeded St. Joseph ousted fourth-seeded Paxton-Buckley-Loda in the semifinals on Monday (Feb. 28), 25-19, 25-16. […]
By Fred Kroner St. Joseph-Ogden was limited to three free throws in overtime – all made by Payton Jacob – and fell short of the seventh sectional championship in school history in girls’ basketball, 52-46, to Fieldcrest on Friday (Feb. 25) in the Peotone Class 2A Sectional. SJ-O recovered from […]
By Fred Kroner Fourteen days after losing to the same school in the same gymnasium, St. Joseph-Ogden’s boys’ basketball team gained a measure of revenge on Friday (Feb. 25). In the championship game of the Tolono Unity Class 2A regional tournament, SJ-O upended the Rockets, 58-50. Unity (19-10) had posted […]
