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 […]
Friends Fore Life Golf organizers pay it forward
Almost always, tragedy strikes in an instant. One moment, the day seems like it will bleed into all of the other days, and then the very next moment, you know the days will never again be the same. This is what happened on May 29, 2013 when St Joseph’s Todd […]
Lemonade stand and local support sweetens spring Saturday in St. Joe
*Picture left to right: Lexie Barrowman, Kylie Barrowman, Amelia Huckstadt By Jessica Peterson Last Saturday three of St. Joe’s fifth graders had a surprisingly successful lemonade stand out on the corner of Rosewood Drive. Amelia Huckstadt, 10, and sisters Lexie and Kylie Barrowman, who are both 11, found community members […]
St. Joseph Spring 2019 Garage Sale Listings and Maps
The following listings were submitted to the SJO Daily. The list may not reflect all of the garage sales in the area from April 11 to April 13. To be included on this map and list, email dani@sjodaily.com. 207 S. Fourth St., St Joseph: Thursday 4/11 3pm-7pm, Friday 4/12 7am-7pm: […]
Heritage baseball tops Oblong, relay teams finish strong at Caitlin
By FRED KRONERfred@sjodaily.com Villa Grove/Heritage averted a shutout by scoring three runs in the bottom of the seventh inning on Monday, but they couldn’t overcome their deficit and dropped an 8-3 decision in baseball to Cumberland. Keagan Patterson had both of the Hawks’ hits. Ryan Cheatham had two RBI for […]
Comet baseball rallies for comeback wins, softball defeats Chrisman
By FRED KRONERfred@sjodaily.com Starting pitcher Andy Hohn — who didn’t retire a batter — stayed in the game and delivered the game-winning hit in the bottom of the seventh inning on Tuesday as Oakwood rallied at home to edge Schlarman Academy 17-16 in a wild Vermilion Valley Conference baseball game. […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]