By Fred Kroner The Spartans suffered their first volleyball loss on Tuesday (Sept. 7) at home to Class 3A opponent Champaign Central. SJ-O won the opening set 25-22, but the visiting Maroons regrouped to salvage a 26-24, 25-16 triumph. Three Spartans finished the match with double-doubles. Kennedi Burnett totaled 15 […]
By Fred Kroner The Spartans won seven of nine matches on Tuesday (Sept. 7) to capture a dual-meet victory over Schlarman Academy in Danville. In singles, Angie Chahine didn’t lose a game against Anjoelina Anderson, posting an 8-0 win at No. 6. Other SJ-O singles winners were: Claire Huffman at […]
By Fred Kroner St. Joseph-Ogden dropped a 4-3 decision at Bismarck-Henning/Rossville-Alvin on Monday (Sept. 6). The Spartans overcame a two-goal first-half deficit and created a 2-2 tie in the second half before again falling behind by two goals. Collin Thomey had a goal and an assist for SJ-O. Teammate Spencer […]
By Fred Kroner The Heritage Junior High Hawks’ baseball team was held to three hits on Tuesday (Sept. 7) and were shut out at home by Westville, 12-0. Anthony Happ belted two of the Hawks’ three hits and also walked once. Happ had a double. Destin Nickle swatted the team’s […]
By Fred Kroner Two boys and two girls from Heritage Junior High School competed individually in the Chrisman Cowchip Chip cross-country invitational on Friday (Sept. 3). There were separate races for each gender for students in eighth-, seventh- and sixth-grade. Heritage eighth-grader Kiara Jones ran third out of 76 competitors […]
By Fred Kroner Gracie Hanner and Caydence Vermillion both belted two hits on Thursday (Sept. 3), but the Oakwood Knights dropped an 11-3 softball decision on the road against Gifford. Hanner’s run-scoring hit in the first lifted Oakwood into the early lead. Vermillion pitched all seven innings and struck out […]
By Fred Kroner The Oakwood Knights were limited to three singles on Thursday (Sept. 2) and were shutout at Gifford, 10-0. Sharing the pitching duties for the Knights were Cam Harris (2 2/3 innings) and Collin Furry (1 1/3 innings). Each pitcher recorded three strikeouts. Carsen Dudley, Walker Enos and […]
By Fred Kroner The Mustangs extended their winning streak to six games on Thursday (Sept. 2), scoring the tie-breaking run in the sixth-inning of a 7-6 triumph at Georgetown. The teams were tied, 5-5, after five innings. Coy Hayes picked up his third win of the season, yielding three hits […]
By Fred Kroner The St. Joseph Panthers junior high softball team hit its stride late in the season, producing a seven-game winning streak that featured the team scoring in doubles figures for runs in five of those contests. The streak started on Saturday (Aug. 21) with an 11-3 win over […]
By Fred Kroner Bryson Houchens has been on a week-long tear for the St. Joseph Junior High baseball team. In a three-game span from Tuesday (Aug. 31) through Tuesday (Sept. 7), Houchens had six hits in nine at-bats. Four of his hits landed for extra bases and two were home […]
