SJO Daily

By Fred Kroner A total of 23 St. Joseph-Ogden wrestlers participated in the Quincy Notre Dame Invitational on Saturday (Jan. 28). Nine of those athletes were place-winners and 13 of them finished with at least one pin, with eight securing a fall in the first period. Thanks to their efforts, […]

By Fred Kroner Addy Martinie fired in 19 points and Addison Frick was close behind with 18 points on Friday (Jan. 27) as the St. Joseph-Ogden girls’ basketball team posted a 54-45 victory at Bloomington Central Catholic. SJ-O carried a 36-35 lead into the final quarter. Frick hit 4-of-4 free […]

By Fred Kroner For the third time this season, Ty Pence and Logan Smith hit the 20-point mark in the same game on Friday (Jan 27) as the St. Joseph-Ogden boys’ basketball team topped visiting Monticello, 66-53, in an Illini Prairie Conference contest. Pence totaled a game-high 23 points. Smith […]

By Fred Kroner Seventh-seeded Villa Grove needed overtime on Tuesday (Jan. 24) to turn back Heritage, 65-55, in a consolation bracket game in the Lincoln Prairie Conference boys’ basketball tournament at Argenta. Timmy Wilson led the Hawks with 15 points. Julliyan Gray registered 13 points and Drew Williams chipped in […]

By Fred Kroner Addie Wright tallied a season-high 26 points on Monday (Jan. 23), but Oakwood came up on the short end of a 66-46 score at home in a girls’ basketball game against Vermilion Valley Conference rival Cissna Park. The visitors took a 34-20 halftime lead. With Wright making […]

By Fred Kroner For the third time in the past eight games – covering all of the games played in 2023 – the Oakwood Comets boys’ basketball team matched its highest scoring output of the season on Tuesday (Jan. 24), running past visiting Georgetown-Ridge Farm, 77-44. Incredibly, the game was […]

By Fred Kroner Senior Taylor Hug and junior Addy Martinie sparked a massive St. Joseph-Ogden comeback on Monday (Jan. 23) that resulted in the Spartans claiming a girls’ basketball win at home over Mattoon, 52-49. Mattoon held a 32-19 halftime lead before Hug and Martinie helped SJ-O roar into a […]

By Fred Kroner Ty Pence popped in a game-high 30 points on Tuesday (Jan. 24) as St. Joseph-Ogden blitzed St. Thomas More, 59-28, in an Illini Prairie Conference boys’ basketball game in Champaign. Pence hit four three-point shots and also pulled down a team-high five rebounds. Tanner Jacob added eight […]

By Fred Kroner Prairieview Ogden’s seventh-grade boys’ basketball team reached the 20-win mark for the season with a 52-30 win at St. Malachy in an IESA Class 1A regional semifinal game. The Mustangs are 20-2 overall and own a seven-game winning streak. Airin Rash led the team with 15 points. […]

By Fred Kroner The Heritage eighth-grade volleyball team returned to its winning ways on Monday (Jan. 23) sweeping past Georgetown Mary Miller at home, 25-18, 25-20. On Thursday (Jan. 19), Heritage dropped a three-set thriller at Prairieview Ogden, 21-25, 25-17, 25-22. The eighth-graders have a 6-4 season record. The Heritage […]