By Fred Kroner Despite having two of the first four finishers, the St. Joseph-Ogden girls’ cross-country squad was edged out for team honors by Tolono Unity on Saturday (Oct. 16) in the 28-team Peoria Heights Invitational at Detweiller Park. Tolono Unity had a team composite score of 81 points. SJ-O, […]
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Franzen, Knap lead Illini Prairie Conference meet
By Fred Kroner Freshman Savanna Franzen and senior Ava Knap were the individual leaders on Tuesday (Oct. 5) in the Illini Prairie Conference girls’ cross-country meet at Stanford Olympia. Franzen was the individual champion in the 58-runner field, completing the 3-mile course in 18 minutes, 16.4 seconds. Knap was the […]
Spartans place 13th at Indiana’s Nike XC Town Twilight Meet
By Fred Kroner Senior Ava Knap was the front-runner for the St. Joseph-Ogden girls’ cross-country team on Saturday (Oct. 2) in Indiana’s Nike XC Town Twilight Meet. She ran the 5,000-meter course in 19 minutes, 25.6 seconds and ended 17th in a field of 149 competitors. Rounding out the Spartans’ […]
Spartans take third at Spartan Classic
By Fred Kroner Three of the state’s top six-ranked Class 1A cross-country teams competed in the Saturday (Sept. 25) Spartan Classic at St. Joseph, with team honors going to third-ranked Unity (56 points), ahead of No. 2 Monticello (66 points) and the sixth-ranked SJ-O squad (87 points). Nineteen schools entered […]
Eight SJO athletes compete at Richard Spring Invitational
By Fred Kroner Eight St. Joseph-Ogden athletes competed in the Richard Spring Invitational on Saturday (Sept. 18), but they were scattered among three races so the state-ranked Spartans weren’t scored as a team in any of the races. In the varsity race, featuring 63 full teams and 463 runners, SJ-O […]
SJO girls’ cross country finishes meet at Monticello in pack
By Fred Kroner In a Tuesday (Sept. 14) dual meet at Lodge Park, in Monticello, the top seven St. Joseph-Ogden runners crossed the finish line within 15 seconds of one another in the girls’ 2-mile race. Leading the way was Kaytlyn Baker, who was third overall in 15 minutes and […]
Knap, Franzen place in top 30 at First to the Finish Invitational
By Fred Kroner St. Joseph-Ogden’s state-ranked girls’ cross-country team had two runners place among the top 30 individuals on Saturday (Sept. 11) in the First to the Finish Invitational at Peoria’s Detweiller Park. Ranked seventh in Class 1A by milesplit.com, SJ-O elected to compete in the Class 3A race at […]
SJO Running places third at Cowchip Classic
By Fred Kroner The Spartans had the individual runner-up in three of the seven flighted races on Saturday (Sept. 4) at the Chrisman Cowchip cross-country invitational. The 26-school event was a flighted race where the No. 1 runners from each school ran only against each other, with other races held […]
Knap, Franzen lead SJO Running at Doc Acklin Memorial Invitational
By Fred Kroner A St. Joseph-Ogden senior and a freshman from the school were the top two runners on Saturday (Aug. 28), helping the Spartans to the team title in the girls’ division of the Doc Acklin Memorial cross-country invitational in Paris. The meet is named in honor of the […]
Spartan Volleyball handles Danville and PBL, SJ-O CC sweeps Monticello
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com St. Joseph-Ogden completed a unique three-match homestand in three nights on Wednesday with its third two-game sweep in as many days. The Spartans (13-3) turned back Danville 25-13, 25-13 on Wednesday. Katelyn Berry had 10 digs, Kennedi Burnett had eight digs and Rylee Stahl had six […]