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 The Spartans zipped into an 18-1 lead after one quarter and doubled up Olympia 61-30 on Friday night in Stanford. Ty Pence tallied a team-high 15 points and knocked down three three-point shots. Chance Izard followed with a 13-point performance. Jordan Kelly scored nine points and […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Payton Cain and Ty Pence both reached their season’s high for points scored in a game on Tuesday as St. Joseph-Ogden’s boys’ basketball team won at home over St. Thomas More, 66-45, in an Illini Prairie Conference game. Cain and Pence each tallied 23 points. Teammates […]
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The Spartans were outscored 18-5 in the third quarter on Saturday at home and lost a 65-51 decision to unbeaten Bismarck-Henning/Rossville-Alvin. Chance Izard netted a season-high seven three-point shots and scored 25 points, leading the team in scoring for the 11th time in 16 games. At […]
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The Spartans produced their best defensive effort of the season on Tuesday in front of the home crowd, limiting Williamsville to 22 points in a 50-22 SJ-O triumph. SJ-O held a slender 8-6 lead after one period, but had extended its margin to 22-10 at halftime. […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The St. Joseph-Ogden boys’ basketball team started the New Year with a resounding victory at home on Friday. The Spartans overcame a 16-8 first-quarter deficit and handed visiting Cissna Park a 68-51 loss. SJ-O led at halftime, 31-28, and built its lead thereafter. Chance Izard was […]
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The Spartans started strong on Tuesday at Champaign Central, scoring all eight of the first-period points, but suffered a 43-39 loss to the Maroons. SJ-O held a 31-21 second-half lead before Central (5-5) took control with a 15-0 run. The Maroons’ first lead of the game […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com St. Joseph-Ogden opened Illini Prairie Conference play on Friday with a win against Rantoul before dropping its first game of the season on Saturday against Tri-Valley. Both boys’ basketball games were played on the SJ-O court. The Spartans overpowered Rantoul 60-37, but fell victim to a […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com St. Joseph-Ogden’s boys’ basketball team capped a perfect first week by winning all five games by double-digit margins and capturing the team title in the 31st Toyota of Danville Classic. On Friday, the Spartans handed Cissna Park its lone loss of the week, 65-49 before winning […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com St. Joseph-Ogden’s boys’ basketball team opened its season with a win on Tuesday, despite missing 9 of 17 free throws in the opening round of the 31st Spartan Classic. SJ-O upended Georgetown-Ridge Farm, 65-37. Chance Izard scored 19 points and Jordan Kelly added 12 points for […]
