By Fred Kroner Savanna Franzen finished third individually for St. Joseph-Ogden’s girls’ cross-country team in the Illini Prairie Conference meet on Tuesday (Oct. 3) at Chillicothe IVC. Franzen ran the 3-mile course in 19 minutes, 24.10 seconds. Chloe Burkhalter placed eighth (20:34.90). Other SJ-O competitors were Sydney Steinbach (35th in […]
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Paced by three top-10 runners, the St. Joseph-Ogden boys’ cross-country team captured the team championship on Tuesday (Oct. 3) in the Illini Prairie Conference meet at Chillicothe IVC.Carson Maroon was the conference’s individual titlist, running the 3-mile course in 16 minutes and 8 seconds. His margin of […]
By Fred Kroner Heritage’s Christian Paul was the runner-up on Thursday (Sept. 27) in the boys’ Champaign County cross-country meet at Tolono Unity. Paul’s 2-mile time was 11 minutes 0.3 seconds. Heritage had one other entry in the boys’ varsity race. Owen Elmore was 87th in 17:24.5. On Saturday (Sept. […]
By Fred Kroner The Heritage seventh-grade girls’ basketball team made a valiant second-half effort on Thursday (Sept. 28), but fell short at home against Westville, 37-22. Westville led, 27-4 at halftime, but Heritage outscored the visitors thereafter, 18-10, and cut the deficit to single digits. The Heritage eighth-graders also dropped […]
By Fred Kroner Prairieview Ogden’s eighth-grade girls’ basketball team added four more wins to its unbeaten start to the season. PVO toppled Hoopeston Area, 35-17, in Hoopeston on Monday (Sept. 25), Bismarck-Henning, 40-22, in a home game in Flatville on Tuesday (Sept. 26), Salt Fork, 39-17, in a road game […]
By Fred Kroner Ainsley Dirksmeyer’s game-high 13 points sparked the St. Joseph eighth-grade girls’ basketball team to a 40-4 win at home on Monday (Oct. 2) against Hoopeston Area. Megan Kearney scored eight points, Ava Alexander added six points and Avery Lappin totaled four points. Also contributing to the team’s […]
By Fred Kroner Eli Franklin was the lone St. Joseph runner to place among the top 10 on Thursday (Sept.27) in the boys’ Champaign County cross-country meet at Tolono Unity. Franklin’s 2-mile time of 11:37.3 placed him seventh. The school’ other varsity participants in the 91-runner race were Camden Fisher […]
By Fred Kroner Tessa Walker placed third and St. Joseph teammate Tabby Brown ran fifth on Thursday (Sept. 27) in the girls’ Champaign County cross-country meet at Tolono Unity. Walker’s 2-mile time was 12 minutes, 42.4 seconds. Brown was clocked in 13:01.6. Other team leaders in the varsity race were […]
By FRED KRONER fred@Mahometnews.com The St. Joseph Panthers were held scoreless on Friday (Sept. 29) in an IESA Class 2A state tournament quarterfinal game at Eastside Centre, in Peoria. St. Joseph dropped a 2-0 decision to then-undefeated Staunton, allowing single runs in the fifth and sixth innings. The Panthers were […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com St. Joseph-Ogden’s football team twice came back from deficits on Friday (Sept. 29) at home against unbeaten Bloomington Central Catholic, but couldn’t put together a third comeback. BCC, ranked fourth in the state in Class 2A, topped SJ-O, ranked fifth in Class 3A 35-21, in an […]
