SJO Daily

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 […]

By Fred Kroner Fourth-seeded Heritage dropped a 46-33 decision in the IESA Class 1A boys’ basketball semifinals to top-seeded Champaign Next Generation on Monday (Jan. 23) at Shiloh. To reach the semis, Heritage handed fifth-seeded Philo St. Thomas a 43-16 first-round loss on Saturday (Jan. 21). On Thursday (Jan. 19), […]

By Fred Kroner Oakwood’s eighth-grade boys’ basketball team closed out the regular season on Thursday (Jan. 19) with a 55-26 win at Chrisman. Carsen Dudley scored a team-high 18 points. Alex Wallace notched 10 points and Collin Furry put in eight points. On Tuesday (Jan. 17), Dudley poured in 36 […]

By Fred Kroner After playing seven straight games away from home, the Heritage girls’ basketball team returned home on Thursday (Jan. 19) and scored its first win of the season, 28-19, over Schlarman Academy. Loran Tate scored a team-high eight points for the Hawks. Contributing six points apiece were Courtney […]

By Fred Kroner Julliyan Gray scored 13 points and Drew Williams added 12 points for Heritage, which dropped a 71-52 decision at Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond in a first-round game of the Lincoln Prairie Conference Tournament. Rylan White contributed 10 points. Joel Bear had six points and Aaron Coffin finished with five points. […]

By Fred Kroner Four Oakwood/Salt Fork wrestlers placed second and one other teammate finished third on Saturday (Jan. 21) in the Randy Bowman Invitational, at LeRoy. Securing runner-up finishes were Tyler Huchel (113 pounds), Reef Pacot (145 pounds), Bryson Capansky (152 pounds) and Dalton Brown (170 pounds). The program’s third-place […]

By Fred Kroner Addie Wright scored a game-high 23 points on Friday (Jan. 20), but Oakwood fell short, 43-42, against Georgetown-Ridge Farm in the third-place game of the Vermilion County Tournament at Danville Area Community College. The Comets held a slender 30-29 lead entering the final quarter. Cherokee Hanner added […]

By Fred Kroner Brody Taflinger scored a team-high 17 points on Saturday (Jan. 21) as Oakwood won the third-place game in the Vermilion County boys’ basketball tournament with a 48-42 conquest of Hoopeston Area at Danville Area Community College. The teams were tied at halftime, 23-23, but Hoopeston carried a […]

By Fred Kroner Two St. Joseph-Ogden senior wrestlers won three matches by pin on Saturday as the Spartans swept to three dual-meet victories at home. Peyton Sarver (195 pounds) and Owen Birt (220 pounds) each produced three pins. Two of Sarver’s falls came in 39 seconds. Birt had two first-period […]