By FRED KRONERfred@sjodaily.com.com PONTIAC — Eighteen seconds. St. Joseph-Ogden’s girls’ basketball team established its revised game plan Monday on the first possession of the second half. Bree Trimble aggressively drove to the basket and drew a foul. When she stepped to the free throw line with 7 minutes, 42 seconds […]
By FRED KRONERfred@sjodaily.com Everyone has days where they arrive at work feeling overwhelmed, thinking about some 3,900 items that have made their way onto the to-do list. Tim Edison can relate. Every day, when he arrives at the office, he has more than 3,900 acres that he is responsible for. […]
By FRED KRONERfred@sjodaily.com St. Joseph-Ogden spotted Watseka a 5-0 lead to start the Class 2A girls’ basketball sectional championship game, but then recovered to post a 55-48 win over the Warriors on Thursday at Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley High School. SJ-O clinched the win by sinking 14 of 18 free throws overall, […]
By FRED KRONERfred@sjodaily.com Oakwood/Salt Fork’s wrestling program didn’t get the first that it was seeking on Saturday, but it did nonetheless achieve a significant first. Senior Mason Ajster fell short in his bid for an individual state championship, dropping a 7-2 decision to unbeaten (51-0) Logan Deacetis, from Prairie Central, […]
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com *photo courtesy of the University of Illinois Jon Davis is accustomed to life on the run. A nine-time individual state champion while at Oakwood High School, Davis hasn’t slowed down since arriving at the University of Illinois. Davis has earned all-Big Ten accolades, All-America honors and owns […]
By FRED KRONERfred@sjodaily.com A slow start didn’t translate into a slow finish on Monday for the state-ranked St. Joseph-Ogden girls’ basketball team. Playing the host school in the Class 2A sectional semifinals at Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley, SJ-O trailed 9-0 before Hannah Dukeman’s perimeter prowess got the Spartans rolling and on their […]
By FRED KRONERfred@sjodaily.com Basketball and success have been synonymous for the Trimble family for more than 60 years. St. Joseph-Ogden senior Bree Trimble is carrying on a long-established family legacy with a state-ranked team that is seeking the school’s first sectional championship in the sport since she was in kindergarten. […]
By FRED KRONERfred@sjodaily.com Oakwood/Salt Fork senior Mason Ajster was one of the standouts Saturday at Carterville’s Class 1A wrestling sectional tournament. Ajster competed four times in the two-day event. He pinned all four opponents, including one in 55 seconds. Most significant is who Ajster pinned. He pinned opponents who wound […]
By FRED KRONERfred@sjodaily.com St. Joseph-Ogden won its 11th consecutive game on Tuesday and secured a berth in tonight’s championship game of the Unity Class 2A girls’ basketball regional. The Spartans eliminated Monticello (10-17) 51-27 in a regional semifinal game. Bree Trimble hit a game-high 22 points and Hannah Dukeman added […]
By FRED KRONERfred@sjodaily.com Oakwood/Salt Fork qualified eight of its wrestlers for the Class 1A sectional and St. Joseph-Ogden had six wrestlers continue their seasons in Saturday’s regional meet at Unity High School. The Comets had two regional champions, sophomore Gage Reed (113 pounds) and junior Caide Borden (285 pounds). Other […]
