By Fred Kroner St. Joseph Junior High had two top-10 finishers on Thursday (Sept. 14) in a six-school boys’ cross-country meet at Lake of the Woods, in Mahomet. The Panthers’ pacesetters were Camden Fisher (fifth in 11 minutes, 51 seconds for the 2-mile course) and Eli Franklin (seventh in 12:05). […]
By Fred Kroner A single by leadoff batter Vivian Smith was the lone hit for St. Joseph in the IESA Class 2A regional championship game against unbeaten Tolono Unity. Unity (15-0) posted an 8-0 victory over the Panthers on Saturday (Sept.16). Lyla Patton was the starting pitcher and struck out […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Top-seeded St. Joseph received banner pitching performances in both the semifinals and finals and annexed an IESA Class 2A baseball regional championship on their home field. In the semifinals on Saturday (Sept. 16), the Panthers defeated fifth-seeded Oakwood, 9-2. In the finals on Monday (Sept. 18), […]
By FRED KRONER Basketball teams aren’t the only ones that use an uptempo game. St. Joseph-Ogden’s football team has implemented its version of a fast-paced offense this season and the result is a 4-0 start for the Spartans following a 56-19 homecoming win at Dick Duval Field over Chillicothe IVC […]
By Fred Kroner In the team’s 12th match of the season, St. Joseph-Ogden soccer athletes registered the squad’s 10th and 11th hat tricks of the year on Thursday (Sept. 14). Alex Acosta tallied four goals and Zach Harper hit three as SJ-O shut out Olympia, 9-0, in Stanford. Spencer Wilson […]
By Fred Kroner Addie Roesch blasted 14 kills on Thursday (Sept. 14) as the St. Joseph-Ogden volleyball team opened Illini Prairie Conference play with a 27-25, 25-16 triumph over St. Thomas More in Champaign. Roesch also had four digs and one service ace. Halle Brazelton handed out 25 assists to […]
By Fred Kroner Senior Carson Maroon, from St. Joseph-Ogden, was the individual winner on Saturday (Sept. 16) in the open race at the 62-school Richard Spring boys’ cross-country invitational at Detweiller Park, in Peoria. Maroon ran the 3-mile race in 15 minutes, 57.70 seconds. One other teammate – Adan Armstrong […]
By Fred Kroner St. Joseph-Ogden had its runners split between three races on Saturday (Sept. 16) in the 61-school Richard Spring girls’ cross-country invitational at Detweiller Park, in Peoria. In the varsity race, Savanna Franzen took 116th in a 500-runner field with a time of 19 minutes, 0.90 seconds. Teammate […]
By Fred Kroner Ashten Cafarelli posted the low score for the St. Joseph-Ogden boys’ golf team on Saturday (Sept. 16) for the 10th consecutive meet, firing an 80 in the 14-school Paris Invitational. The Spartans placed seventh in the team chase with a composite score of 360. Other SJ-O competitors […]
By Fred Kroner Ethan Merritt’s third hat trick of the season on Thursday (Sept. 14) propelled the Oakwood/Salt Fork soccer team to a 9-0 victory on the road against Schlarman Academy. The Comets held a 38-0 edge on total shots. Other Oakwood/Salt Fork goal-scorers were Jacob Pricer, Thomas Wells, Cooper […]
