By Fred Kroner For the first time this soccer season, St. Joseph-Ogden was kept off the scoreboard on Friday (March 19) in a 3-0 loss at St. Thomas More, in Champaign. SJ-O trailed, 1-0, at intermission. The Spartans (0-3) return to action on Monday (March 22) at home against Macon […]
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Spartan Volleyball begins season at 5-0
By Fred Kroner Playing five matches in the first six days of the high school volleyball season was not a problem for the St. Joseph-Ogden Spartans. The Spartans emerged from the week with a 5-0 record and played all but one of their matches away from home. SJ-O ended the […]
Spartans open football season against Chillicothe IVC
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Featuring a team where 12 of the 22 players in the opening lineup were making their first varsity start, St. Joseph-Ogden fell short in its Illini Prairie Conference football opener on Saturday (March 21) at Chillicothe IVC, 33-16. SJ-O’s Brady Buss scored the first touchdown and […]
Hawks fall in Lincoln Prairie Conference match
By Fred Kroner Despite eight digs from senior Anna Smith and eight assists from freshman Mary Roland, Heritage dropped a 25-23, 25-16 loss in its volleyball home-opener on Tuesday (March 16) to Tri-County in a Lincoln Prairie Conference match. Kiley Knoll had three kills and four digs for the Hawks. […]
Spartan Soccer falls to Comets
By Fred Kroner Senior Logan Ingram scored two goals for St. Joseph-Ogden, but the Spartans dropped a 6-2 non-conference decision on Wednesday (March 17) at Oakwood. Oakwood/Salt Fork’s lead was 1-0 at intermission. Spartan goalkeeper Hunter Ketchum had nine saves. SJ-O (0-2) returns to action on Thursday (March 18) at […]
Spartans pick up Illini Prairie Conference win
By Fred Kroner Becca Steinbach handed out 27 assists on Tuesday (March 16) as St. Joseph-Ogden opened the volleyball season with a 25-17, 31-29 triumph at Chillicothe IVC in an Illini Prairie Conference match. Payton Vallee pounded a team-high 14 kills. Kennedi Burnett contributed seven kills and a team-high 10 […]
Oakwood volleyball falls to Salt Fork
By Fred Kroner The Comets dropped their volleyball opener on Tuesday (March 16) against Vermilion Valley Conference rival Salt Fork, 25-16, 25-13, on the road. Oakwood (0-1) returns to action on Thursday (March 18) at home against Armstrong-Potomac.
Oakwood Soccer tops St. Joseph-Ogden
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Seniors Brady Tevebaugh and Sam Howie each scored two goals on Wednesday (March 17) as the Oakwood/Salt Fork co-ed soccer team dispatched visiting St. Joseph-Ogden 6-2 in a non-conference match. Tevebaugh had two assists and Howie had one. The Oakwood/SF lead was 1-0 at intermission, thanks […]
Oakwood Junior High volleyball falls to St. Joseph
By Fred Kroner Both Oakwood junior high volleyball teams suffered season-ending losses in IESA Class 3A regional postseason matches at Westville. The seventh-graders dropped a 25-16, 25-10 decision to eventual regional champion St. Joseph in the semifinals on Monday (March 8). Sixth-seeded Oakwood reached the semifinals after upsetting third-seeded Georgetown […]
8th grade PVO volleyball falls to Chrisman/Scotland in Regional Tournament
By Fred Kroner Chrisman/Scotland dealt top-seeded Prairieview Ogden a season-ending loss on Monday (March 15) in the championship match of an IESA Class 1A volleyball regional tournament which PVO hosted. Chrisman posted a 25-15, 25-16 triumph. To reach the finals, PVO handled visiting Schlarman Academy on Saturday (March 13) in […]