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Oakwood baseball splits two in Attica, Garrett hits winning shot, Neuman spends weekend on the mound and the court

By FRED KRONERfred@sjodaily.com Elijah Harden, Lucas Huchel and Isaiah Ruch each collected three hits, but the Comets dropped a 10-7 decision at Attica, Ind., in the first game of a baseball doubleheader on Saturday. Brady Howard and Josh Young finished with two hits apiece. Six of the team’s 13 hits […]

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Burnett picks up second shutout, Softball falls to BCC, Spartan Track and Field places second at Unity

By FRED KRONERfred@sjodaily.com St. Joseph-Ogden’ s Crayton Burnett struck out 11 batters in six innings and was the winning pitcher in his second baseball shutout of the spring on Thursday, a 6-0 decision in Bloomington against Central Catholic. Offensively, Burnett, Drew Coursey and Sam Wesley collected two hits apiece. Kaden […]

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Haley picks up 300th career win, Spartan softball remains unbeaten, Girls’ track hits stride at Rantoul

By FRED KRONERfred@sjodaily.com St. Joseph-Ogden baseball coach Josh Haley picked up his 300th career win on Tuesday as the Spartans overpowered visiting Prairie Central by the 10-run rule, 13-3. SJ-O’s Nick Boggs had a single, a double and a home run, driving in seven runs in the milestone victory. Crayton […]

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Illinois Raises Age Requirement To Buy Tobacco Products

Illinois has joined Arkansas, California, Illinois, New Jersey,Massachusetts, Oregon, Hawaii, Maine, Utah, Washington and Virginia in raising the legal age to purchase tobacco products from 18 to 21. Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed HB0345 bill (“Tobacco 21”), which restricts the sale of both tobacco and vaping products, including cigarettes, chewing tobacco, […]

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Ziegler spent career teaching life lessons

Sewing, cooking, washing dishes and balancing a checkbook are often skill sets that are overlooked while subjects like math, science, reading and writing are focused on during a student’s education. But Paula Ziegler knows that when she retires from her time as the Family and Consumer Sciences teacher at the […]