By Fred Kroner Shayne Immke and Peyton Jones each swatted three hits on Wednesday (March 15) as the St. Joseph-Ogden softball team evened its season record at 1-1 with a 13-1 non-conference conquest at Downs Tri-Valley. Immke hammered two triples and a home run. Jones also swiped two bases. Alyssa […]
By Fred Kroner Top-seeded Heritage lost to second-seeded DeLand-Weldon on Thursday (March 9) in the championship match of the Holy Cross eighth-grade Class 1A IESA regional volleyball tournament, 25-21, 15-25, 26-22. Heritage ends with a 15-9 overall record. DeLand-Weldon subsequently fell in the championship match of the sectional. “This is […]
By Fred Kroner Prairieview Ogden’s seventh-grade volleyball team suffered a season-ending loss on Friday (March 10) in the Class 1A IESA state quarterfinal match to unbeaten Pontiac St. Mary’s, 25-14, 25-7. The tournament was played at Clinton Junior High. PVO was led by Leighna Larson with six service points and […]
By Fred Kroner St. Joseph’s seventh-grade girls’ volleyball team ended the season as one of the top eight teams in the IESA Class 3A state tournament. The Panthers dropped their state quarterfinal match on Friday (March 10), suffering a 25-20, 25-9 loss to Pleasant Plains in the tourney hosted by […]
By Fred Kroner St. Joseph-Ogden freshman Coy Hayes lost both of his matches on Saturday (March 11) in the IWCOA Freshmen-Sophomore wrestling state tournament at the BOS Center, in Springfield. Hayes dropped a 10-4 decision in his first state bout and then was pinned in 4 minutes and 5 seconds […]
By Fred Kroner Sophomore Saul Carrillo was the lone Oakwood competitor to finish among the top 20 in an individual event on Saturday (March 4) in the Eastern Illinois University Track and Field Indoor Invitational, at Charleston. Carrillo was 18th in the 400 meters. He was timed in 57.57 seconds.
By Fred Kroner Two St. Joseph-Ogden girls secured top-eight finishes on Friday (March 3) in the Eastern Illinois University Track and Field Indoor Invitational, at Charleston. Junior pole vaulter Payton Carter ended in fifth place, clearing 10 feet, 6 inches. Senior hurdler Kaytlyn Baker ended seventh in the 60-meter event […]
By Fred Kroner Five St. Joseph-Ogden boys turned in top-10 performances on Saturday (March 4) at the Eastern Illinois University Track and Field Indoor Invitational, at Charleston. The Spartans’ top placer was junior Carson Maroon, who ran third in the 800 meters. He was timed in 2 minutes, 6.31 seconds. […]
By Fred Kroner Senior Ty Pence – who set the St. Joseph-Ogden record for three-pointers made – hit another trifecta on Wednesday (March 8) without even taking the court. For the third consecutive year, the 6-foot-6 Pence was named to the five-player Class 2A Associated Press All-State boys’ basketball first […]
By Fred Kroner Travis Tiernan was often in attendance when his older brother, Cole Fauver, played in a baseball game. Tiernan wasn’t there as a spectator. “Every time he had a game,” Tiernan said, “I was throwing a ball around or hitting baseballs on the other fields.” There was a […]
