BY FRED KRONERfred@sjodaily.com Playing its 37th game of the season on Wednesday, St. Joseph-Ogden’s baseball team scored its highest number of runs since the second game of the year. SJ-O crushed Bloomington Central Catholic, 16-8, in a Class 2A sectional semifinal game on the Saints’ field at McGraw Park. BCC […]
By FRED KRONERfred@sjodaily.com Missed opportunities were the main story of St. Joseph-Ogden’s sectional softball semifinal game on Wednesday. Against an opponent it had beaten earlier in the season, SJ-O left the bases loaded in three different innings and dropped a 4-2 decision to Stanford Olympia in the Olympia Class 2A […]
Homer, Ogden and Royal will host Memorial Day Service on May 27, 2019. The ceremonies will include a service, food and community. May 26 RoyalThe Royal American Legion will host a Memorial Day Service on Sunday May 26 at Kopmann cemetery at 10 and then in Royal at 11. This […]
BY DANI TIETZdani@sjodaily.com The chilly and windy conditions of Wednesday night were not enough to keep members of St. Joseph’s Boy Scout Troop 40, Pack 40 and Holy Cross’ Pack 9 inside. The 30 boys knew that the conditions they faced were nothing compared to the conditions those they were […]
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,” […]
