BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The Spartans extended their winning streak to five games on Saturday with a 79-44 conquest at Westville. SJ-O led 25-19 after one quarter, but scored the first 10 points of the second period in a 4-minute, 14-second span and took a commanding lead. Ty Pence led […]
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The Spartans stayed unbeaten in Illini Prairie Conference play with Tuesday’s 54-46 win at Tolono Unity. Payton Cain led SJ-O with 15 points and also grabbed six rebounds to go with four steals. Chance Izard hit four three-pointers in a game for the sixth time as […]
BY DANI TIETZ dani@mahometnews.com Being able to play basketball has been a means to something bigger for St. Joseph-Ogden‘s Payton Cain: building connections. Cain started playing sports as a young boy with his dad and brother. “(My dad) passed that love for all sports down to me and my brother,” […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Three players scored in double figures on Thursday as the St. Joseph-Ogden girls’ basketball team denied Prairie Central its 20th victory of the season with a 51-44 conquest at home. Payton Jacob hit a team-high 14 points. Teammates totaling 12 points apiece were Taylor Barnes and […]
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The Spartans went 4-4 in the Illini Prairie Conference dual-meet series, which ended on Saturday at Pontiac, and placed fifth in the nine-team event. Individually, two SJ-O athletes compiled 7-1 records during the two-day competition. A.J. Wagner (113 pounds) won all but one of his bouts, […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com St. Joseph-Ogden was held to one third-quarter field goal on Monday and suffered a 49-40 Illini Prairie Conference girls’ basketball loss at Unity. Alyssa Hamilton hit the lone Spartan basket in the third quarter. Teammate Ashlyn Lannert’s two free throws accounted for the other SJ-O points […]
