By Fred Kroner Hayden Brazelton drove in Isaiah Immke with the tie-breaking run in the bottom of the fourth inning on Monday (May 31) as St. Joseph-Ogden topped Chillicothe IVC 2-1 in an Illini Prairie Conference baseball game. Brazelton and Immke each had two hits.They accounted for all but one […]
By Fred Kroner Senior Hayden Knott and sophomore Aidan McCorkle were individual conference champions for St. Joseph-Ogden in the Tuesday (June 1) Illini Prairie Conference boys’ track and field meet at Bloomington Central Catholic. Knott maintained his hold on the top spot in the shot put (53 feet) and the […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Senior Atleigh Hamilton qualified for state in four individual events and all four St. Joseph-Ogden relays won sectional titles on Wednesday (June 2) in a Class 1A girls’ sectional track and field meet hosted by the Spartans. With a victory in the meet-ending 1,600-meter relay, SJ-O […]
By Fred Kroner Junior Daelin Price was the shot put champion for Villa Grove/Heritage on Thursday (May 27) in the Lincoln Prairie Conference boys’ track and field meet at Bethany. Price’s top toss was 45 feet, 8 inches. He took fifth in the discus (115 feet, 5 inches). Teammate Liam […]
By Fred Kroner Sophomore Emma Buesing and senior Madison Burwell were individual winners for Villa Grove/Heritage on Thursday (May 27) in the Lincoln Prairie Conference girls’ track and field meet at Bethany. Buesing topped the field in the 3,200-meter race. Her winning time was 14 minutes, 33.29 seconds. Burwell re-broke […]
By Fred Kroner Jacob Spears produced three hits and Dalton Hobick registered his fifth consecutive multiple-hit game on Thursday (May 27), but Oakwood dropped an 8-3 decision in a non-conference baseball game against Reed Custer in Braidwood. Hobick’s double was the only extra-base hit in the contest. On Saturday (May […]
By Fred Kroner Three St. Joseph-Ogden wrestlers went 2-0 on Thursday (May 27) as the Spartans split two dual meets at home. SJ-O decisioned Argenta-Oreana 40-6, but lost to Westville 32-12. Garrett Denhart (138 pounds), Chase Chapman (145 pounds) and Conrad Miller (170 pounds) were each 2-0. Both of Miller’s […]
By Fred Kroner Andrew Beyers, Hayden Brazelton, Isaiah Immke and Keaton Nolan all collected two hits on Saturday as St. Joseph-Ogden stayed unbeaten in Illini Prairie Conference baseball games with a 14-8 win at home over Stanford Olympia. Zach Martinie drove in three runs while Brazelton and Coby Miller (who […]
By Fred Kroner Shayne Immke slammed two home runs on Saturday – her fifth multi-homer game this spring – but her game-winning RBI didn’t require her to swing the bat. In a 17-16 triumph over Pinckneyville at Tolono, the walk-off run scored when Immke drew a bases-loaded walk to force […]
By Fred Kroner Kaylee Arbuckle and Emma Bratten-Noice each belted three hits on Monday (May 24) as the Blue Devils won a softball game at Arcola, 6-4. Bratten-Noice wound up with a single, double and home run. She drove in three runs. Alexandria Brown pitched all seven innings. She walked […]
