By Fred Kroner St. Joseph-Ogden dropped a two-set decision on Thursday (Oct. 19) at Bloomington Central Catholic, 25-13, 25-17. Addie Roesch led the Spartans with seven kills and six digs. Halle Brazelton doled out eight assists. SJ-O (28-5) returns to action on Tuesday (Oct. 24) in a semifinal match of […]
By Fred Kroner All-Regional runner Savanna Franzen helped St. Joseph-Ogden’s girls’ cross-country team land a sectional berth by virtue of their performance on Saturday (Oct. 21) at the Chrisman Class 1A Regional. SJ-O placed fifth in the regional. The top seven schools automatically qualified for the upcoming Decatur St. Teresa […]
By Fred Kroner For the third consecutive year and the 16th time in school history, the St. Joseph-Ogden boys’ cross-country team ran away with a regional championship. Coach Jason Retz’s Spartans took top honors on Saturday (Oct. 21) in the 12-school Chrisman Class 1A regional. Led by the top two […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Displaying a balanced offensive attack that featured seven players running the ball or catching passes, St. Joseph-Ogden’s football team ended the regular season with a 50-21 victory at Paxton-Buckley-Loda on Friday (Oct 20). The Spartans (7-2) will start into the postseason on Saturday (Oct. 28) at […]
By Fred Kroner Undefeated Judah Christian dealt Heritage a 25-20, 25-13 setback on Monday (Oct. 16) in Champaign. Lilli Montgomery led the Hawks with 14 digs. Riley Miller posted six kills and Gracie Tate landed four kills. Tate also contributed five digs and two service aces. Miller had one block. […]
By Fred Kroner The Oakwood Comets dropped the third-place match in the Vermilion County Volleyball Tournament to Armstrong-Potomac, 25-23, 26-24, on Monday (Oct. 16) at Danville Area Community College. In the championship match, Bismarck-Henning/Rossville-Alvin (20-8) handled defending champion Westville (28-4) 17-25, 25-22, 25-15 in the 26th annual tournament. Salt Fork […]
By Fred Kroner The Oakwood/Salt Fork soccer program claimed its second regional championship ever on Tuesday (Oct. 17) with a 6-3 decision over St. Joseph-Ogden. The first regional crown for the Comets was in 2016. Ethan Merritt’s eighth hat trick of the season was a flour-goal performance that provided Oakwood/Salt […]
By Fred Kroner St. Joseph-Ogden won its seventh straight match – all in two-set sweeps – on Tuesday (Oct. 17) when it defeated Paxton-Buckley-Loda 25-22, 25-11, in its regular-season home finale. The Spartans were paced by Halle Brazelton with 15 assists and two digs. Addie Roesch collected eight kills, four […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com St. Joseph-Ogden dropped a 6-3 decision on Tuesday (Oct. 17) to Oakwood/Salt Fork in a Class 1A regional championship soccer match played at St. Anne. Logan Mills scored twice for the Spartans. Zach Harper hit one goal. Spencer Wilson and Will Besson each had one assist. […]
By Fred Kroner Heritage eighth-grader Christian Paul won the IESA Class 1A boys’ cross-country meet on Saturday (Oct. 14) at Normal’s Maxwell Park. Paul ran the 2-mile course in 10 minutes, 54.6 seconds. There were a total of 221 runners in the state race. Paul was victorious by seven seconds […]
