By Fred Kroner St. Joseph-Ogden’s girls’ tennis team was 12-for-12 in its Tuesday (Oct. 12) regular-season finale against Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley at the UI Atkins Center. All 12 Spartans who took the court were seniors, the total number of seniors on the roster of the second-year program. SJ-O swept the three […]
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SJO Tennis defeats Schlarman Academy
By Fred Kroner St. Joseph-Ogden swept the three doubles matches on Tuesday (Oct. 5) at Danville and handed Schlarman Academy a 7-2 dual-meet loss in girls’ tennis. The win assures the Spartans (7-4) of no worse than a .500 season with three dual meets remaining. In doubles, SJ-O’s teams lost […]
Spartan tennis plays first home meet, defeating Decatur St. Teresa
By Fred Kroner In its first official home meet, the two-year-old St. Joseph-Ogden girls’ tennis team registered its most dominating win in program history on Wednesday (Sept. 29) at the UI Atkins Tennis Center. The Spartans handled Decatur St. Teresa 8-1. In three singles matches and one doubles match, SJ-O […]
SJO tennis defeats GCMS
By Fred Kroner St. Joseph-Ogden won two matches in singles and two in doubles on Thursday (Sept. 23) to turn back Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley, 4-1, in a girls’ tennis match at Gibson City. In singles, Abbey Dow posted a narrow 8-7 win at No. 1 over Katie Steidinger. At No. 2 […]
Spartan tennis steps up to defeat Schlarman Academy
By Fred Kroner The Spartans won seven of nine matches on Tuesday (Sept. 7) to capture a dual-meet victory over Schlarman Academy in Danville. In singles, Angie Chahine didn’t lose a game against Anjoelina Anderson, posting an 8-0 win at No. 6. Other SJ-O singles winners were: Claire Huffman at […]
S-JO tennis sweeps doubles, picks up win over Watseka
By Fred Kroner The St. Joseph-Ogden girls’ tennis team swept the three doubles matches on Wednesday (Sept. 1) and finished off a dual-meet win at Watseka, 7-2. The No. 1 duo of Kelsey Martlage and Hope Rajlich were victorious, 8-2. At No. 2 doubles, Abby Behrens and Jacey Lewis were […]
Chahine, Behrens pick up doubles win for SJ-O
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Angie Chahine and Abby Behrens teamed up for a win in doubles for the St. Joseph-Ogden girls’ tennis team, which opened the season on Thursday (Aug. 19) with an 8-1 loss at Maroa-Forsyth. Chahine and Behrens were playing at No. 3 doubles. The Spartans return to […]
Top-ranked Paris ends St. Joseph-Ogden girls’ basketball season
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Unbeaten and top-ranked Paris ended the girls’ basketball season for St. Joseph-Ogden on Monday with a 62-35 win in a Class 2A sectional semifinal game at Paris. The Tigers scored all 62 of their points in the first three quarters. Paris led 18-13 after one quarter […]
Mental toughness leads Spartans to IHSA Regional Championship
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com One set of statistics helps to paint the most accurate picture of the St. Joseph-Ogden girls’ basketball team this season. Ten squad members have led the team in scoring at least once. All 10 have also had games where they didn’t score a point. “All season […]
Spartans share lead in wins over PBL and Urbana
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The St. Joseph-Ogden girls’ basketball team put up 58 points in successive home games to start the week while snapping a two-game losing streak. On Monday, SJ-O overpowered Paxton-Buckley-Loda 58-47. On Tuesday, the Spartans topped Urbana 58-40. Four players scored in double figures against PBL. Abby […]