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 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’s A.J. Wagner won all three of his matches on Saturday to win the 113-pound weight class in the Rex Avery Porta Invitational in Petersburg. Wagner is 7-1 for the season and had one pin. He was top-seeded in his weight class. Wagner was among […]
