By FRED KRONER fred@sjodaily.com St. Joseph-Ogden’s Spartans (9-6) bounced back from a first-round loss at the 40th State Farm Classic boys’ basketball tournament to win three consecutive games and capture the consolation championship. SJ-O upended Kankakee Bishop McNamara 61-52 in Friday’s consolation title game at Normal West. The Spartans reached […]
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Top-Seeded SJO Girls’ Basketball dominates Peoria Christian
By FRED KRONER fred@sjodaily.com The top-seeded St. Joseph-Ogden girls’ basketball team scored enough points in the first quarter on Wednesday to overpower Peoria Christian 80-10 in a first-round game of the 40th State Farm Classic at Normal Community High School. SJ-O (12-2) scored 23 first-quarter points and built an 18-point […]
SJO and Oakwood suffer end of week losses
By FRED KRONER fred@sjodaily.com Boys basketball teams from St. Joseph-Ogden and Oakwood both suffered losses on Friday in final-day action of the Toyota of Danville Classic at SJ-O. In the championship game, Cissna Park topped the Spartans 66-37. It was the second win for the Timberwolves (9-0) over SJ-O (6-5) […]
IHSA football districts approved
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com In another 32 months, the structure of the high school football playoffs in Illinois will change dramatically. Those changes — which are no longer proposed, but are confirmed — will be the most sweeping since the postseason format was introduced in the sport in 1974. As […]
SJO earns spot in Classic title game, Oakwood to play for third
By FRED KRONER fred@sjodaily.com The pre-tournament seeds worked out to perfection in the Toyota of Danville boys’ basketball classic at St. Joseph-Ogden High School. The Friday pairings will feature the two 4-0 teams in the round-robin event playing for the championship when the host Spartans take on Cissna Park. The […]
SJO and Oakwood start SJO Classic strong
By FRED KRONER fred@sjodaily.com St. Joseph-Ogden’s boys’ basketball team posted wins in its first three games of the Toyota of Danville Classic in the Spartans’ gym. Playing on back-to-back days, SJ-O handled Chicago Longwood, 72-64, on Friday. The Spartans doubled the score on Oakwood, 56-28, in a Saturday matinee and […]
Oakwood boys’ and girls’ basketball, SJO and Heritage/VG girls’ basketball pick up wins
By FRED KRONER fred@sjodaily.com In its final tune-up before the start of tonight’s Toyota of Danville Classic, St. Joseph-Ogden’s boys’ basketball team dropped a 56-43 decision on Tuesday at unbeaten Cissna Park. Chance Izard and Joel Orcutt led the Spartans (2-4) with 10 points apiece. Jack Cook scored nine points. […]
Oakwood, Heritage/VG boys’ and girls’ basketball pick up weekend wins
By FRED KRONER fred@sjodaily.com St. Joseph-Ogden’s boys’ basketball team split two weekend games. The Spartans bounced back from a Friday loss to earn a Saturday win. SJ-O (2-3) dropped a 55-52 decision at Rantoul, before salvaging a road win a day later at Downs Tri-Valley, 61-45. In the […]
SJO, Heritage and Oakwood basketball programs pick-up wins, SJO and Oakwood fall to Clifton Central
By FRED KRONER fred@sjodaily.com The winning streak has reached nine games for the St. Joseph-Ogden girls’ basketball team. The unbeaten Spartans dispatched visiting Mahomet-Seymour on Monday, 44-30. Bree Trimble scored a game-high 18 points for SJ-O (9-0). Peyton Crowe added 11 points and Hannah Dukeman chipped in with 10. The […]
Weekend Sports Round-up: SJO girls’ basketball remains undefeated, Heritage boys’ win fourth consecutive game
By FRED KRONER fred@sjodaily.com Four different players hit three-point shots as the undefeated St. Joseph-Ogden girls’ basketball team won games against non-conference foes Danville and Oakwood. The Spartans (8-0) overpowered visiting Danville on Thursday, 71-48. SJ-O led by 10 points at halftime and by 21 points after three quarters. Bree […]
