By FRED KRONER fred@sjodaily.com The St. Joseph-Ogden volleyball team moved closer to another 20-win season after successive 2-0 sweeps at home to start the week. SJ-O has enjoyed 20-win seasons in volleyball 10 straight years and 17 of the past 18 seasons. The Spartans (18-2 overall) topped Tri-Valley 25-23, 25-16 […]
Author: Fred Kroner
Sparks named as SJO’s softball coach
By FRED KRONER fred@sjodaily.com During Randy Wolken’s 39-year softball coaching tenure at St. Joseph-Ogden, the Spartans were known for aggressive base running and as fundamentally strong defensive teams. Next spring, when Larry Sparks succeeds the Hall of Fame coach who amassed 1,043 career wins, he hopes to field a team […]
Thursday’s Sports-Roundup: Soccer, Volleyball and Golf
By FRED KRONER fred@sjodaily.com St. Joseph-Ogden’s soccer team scored one goal in two early-week matches and salvaged a tie to go with a loss. The Spartans (3-9-2) played to a 1-1 draw with visiting Judah Christian on Monday and then were shut out a day later at Unity (8-6-1), 2-0. […]
Powderpuff football extends homecoming fun
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Some things go together, automatically and naturally. Peanut butter and jelly. Chocolate and chips. Baskets and balls. To the seemingly endless list is an annual rite of fall: Homecoming week and powderpuff football games. Those traditions will be renewed this week when high school girls at […]
Sports Roundup: Big weekend for SJO, Oakwood and Heritage Volleyball
By FRED KRONER fred@sjodaily.com St. Joseph-Ogden’s volleyball team produced a signature win on Thursday in Champaign. The Spartans (13-2) stunned defending state champion St. Thomas More, but only after recovering from a 24-21 third-set deficit. SJ-O lost the opening set 25-22, but bounced back to capture the win with 25-21, […]
Big week for Heritage and Oakwood Sports
By FRED KRONER fred@sjodaily.com Heritage (11-2) extended its volleyball winning streak to five matches with back-to-back two-set sweeps to start the week. On Monday, the Hawks dispatched visiting Chrisman, 25-12, 25-17. Ranked 10th in The News-Gazette area, the Hawks were led by Aliya Holloman’s 10 kills. Malani Smithenry added 15 […]
St. Joe handles Unity, Oakwood wins, Rogers breaks single-game goal record
By FRED KRONER fred@sjodaily.com Dwight Colvin scored three first-half touchdowns as St. Joseph-Ogden overpowered visiting Unity 38-14 Friday night in an Illini Prairie Conference game. Colvin rushed for a game-high 191 yards on 22 carries. SJ-O is 4-0 for the season. Unity is 0-4. Colvin scored the game’s first three […]
Spartan Volleyball continues down winning road, Golf places fourth, Soccer falls to Monticello
By FRED KRONER fred@sjodaily.com St. Joseph-Ogden’s volleyball team is more than halfway to its 11th consecutive 20-win season. The Spartans improved their season record to 12-2 with consecutive non-conference sweeps on Tuesday and Wednesday. SJ-O, ranked third among teams in The News-Gazette area, topped Danville (5-6) 25-21, 25-23 on Wednesday. […]
SJO ties with Bismark, Oakwood-Salt Fork falls to Rantoul
St. Joseph-Ogden Soccer St. Joseph-Ogden ended Thursday’s match against in a 1-1 tie with Bismarck. Both teams remained scoreless throughout the first half. Drew Reifsteck from Bismarck scored off a header first, then SJO’s Kolton Batty scored off a pass from Jordan Kelly to even the score. Oakwood-Salt Fork Soccer […]
