By Fred Kroner One of the hottest football teams in the Illini Prairie Conference continued its upward trend on Friday (Oct. 15). St. Joseph-Ogden posted its fifth consecutive victory, winning its Senior Night regular-season home finale, 29-6, against Rantoul at Dick Duval Field. During the winning streak, the Spartans have […]
By Fred Kroner The Spartans delighted their homecoming crowd on Friday (Oct. 1) with their best defensive performance of the season in a 33-0 win over Bloomington Central Catholic at Dick Duval Field. SJ-O not only posted its first shutout of the season, but senior Ethan Vanliew returned an interception […]
By Fred Kroner Seniors Keaton Nolan and Coby Miller each scored three touchdowns on Friday (Sept. 24) as St. Joseph-Ogden scored a season’s high in points during a 60-36 romp at Stanford Olympia. Quarterback Evan Ingram completed 14 of 15 passes for 180 yards and five TDs. He hooked up […]
By Fred Kroner St. Joseph-Ogden’s football team broke into the win column in a big way on Friday (Sept. 17), building a 35-point halftime lead en route to a 48-7 Illini Prairie Conference triumph at home over Chillicothe IVC. Spartan coach Shawn Skinner praised the leadership of five seniors – […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Some perspective is needed for the St. Joseph-Ogden football team after the Spartans’ season record dropped to 0-3 following a Friday (Sept. 10) 34-28 loss at home to Prairie Central. The first three SJ-O opponents have a combined 8-1 record. “We haven’t played three teams that […]
By Fred Kroner For the second game in a row, the St. Joseph-Ogden football team got on the scoreboard early and held an 8-0 first-quarter lead. Also for the second game in a row, that turned out to be the team’s final point total as SJ-O dropped a 33-8 decision […]
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com SJ-O Football The gains made by St. Joseph-Ogden’s football team Friday night were not enough. The Spartans’ offense was stymied by Unity’s defense and the Rockets made SJ-O its third successive shutout victim with a 20-0 win for homecoming at Hicks Field. “Their defensive players are […]
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The Spartans had two players eclipse the 100-yard mark in rushing on Friday and continued their unbeaten start to the season with an 18-7 conquest of visiting Bloomington Central Catholic. One highlight for SJ-O was the play of the defense, which head coach Shawn Skinner said […]
