BY DANI TIETZdani@sjodaily.com The SJO Daily has sent questions to all St. Joseph-Ogden High School valedictorians and salutatorians. SJ-O High School has recognized valedictorians Eve Owens, Rylee Sjuts, Ben Setterdahl, Brianna Suits and salutatorians Nathan Emmert and Jacob Shaw. Each student who responds to their interview questions will be featured. […]
Education: it’s something many American children take for granted. But Oakwood’s Kylie Neuman feels blessed to have had the opportunity to learn. “I guess it’s hard to describe what having the opportunity to learn is because I’ve always had it, and I think that is something we all take advantage […]
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com No girls’ track and field program in the state – regardless of class – has been more successful during the past four years than St. Joseph-Ogden in Class 1A. Coach Kelly Steffen’s Spartans secured a fourth consecutive top three finish in state meets on Saturday by scoring […]
BY FRED KRONERfred@sjodaily.com Three individuals and three relays will represent St. Joseph-Ogden in the Class 1A state meet. The Spartans scored 55 points in the sectional meet they hosted on Friday and finished fourth in the 15-team field. The meet champion, Salt Fork, amassed 111 points. The SJ-O individual qualifiers […]
BY FRED KRONERfred@sjodaily.com St. Joseph-Ogden’s reward for beating Maroa-Forsyth on its softball field on Saturday is the opportunity to play Stanford Olympia on its field next. Zoey Witruk pitched a complete-game two-hitter on Saturday, striking out 15 and walking two as the Spartans earned their 11th consecutive softball regional crown, […]
By FRED KRONERfred@sjodaily.com Sophomore Crayton Burnett registered his seventh win on Saturday as SJ-O defeated Monticello 3-1 in the championship game of the Tolono Class 2A baseball regional. Burnett, who had a no-hitter through four innings, scattered three hits, walked one and struck out 11. “He’s doing a nice job,” […]
By FRED KRONERfred@sjodaily.com For two years, Katelyn Young has been on the fast track to success as a shot-putter. Now a junior at Oakwood High School, the three-sport athlete participated in softball as a freshman. A year later, she decided to switch her spring sport to track and field. She […]
By FRED KRONERfred@sjodaily.com Villa Grove/Heritage sophomore Meike Herbrandt placed 19th out of 40 qualifiers in the long jump in the Class 1A girls’ state track and field meet at Eastern Illinois University, in Charleston. Herbrandt had a best mark of 16 feet, 7 ½ inches on Thursday. Boys’ track and […]
Why do birds sing? Where do they live? How much do they eat? Where do their babies come from? What time is it? As every young child tries to figure out the world, they have a million questions. For Oakwood High School’s salutatorian Katelyn Blankenship, the time her family took […]
The SJO Daily has sent questions to all St. Joseph-Ogden, Heritage and Oakwood valedictorians and salutatorians. SJ-O High School will recognize valedictorians Eve Owens, Rylee Sjuts, Ben Setterdahl, Brianna Suits and salutatorians Nathan Emmert and Jacob Shaw. Each student who responds to their interview questions will be featured. Being at […]
