BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The Comets (14-4) continue to move up in the Class 1A state rankings released on Tuesday by The Illinois Best Weekly. The Comets are ranked 14th, an improvement of three positions from the previous state poll. Oakwood returns to action tonight at Westville in a meet […]
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 […]
The 2020 Christie Clinic Shootout at St. Joseph-Ogden High School will be played on January 11, 2020. Saturday, January 11, 2020 Varsity (SJO HS Main Gym) Varsity: 8 Minute Quarters – 10 Minute Halftimes & 12-15 Minute Warm-Ups 11:00 AM: SE (Locker Room) Crete-Monee vs. Mahomet-Seymour NW (Locker Room) 12:30 […]
BY DANI TIETZ dani@sjodaily.com Marine Corps Reserve Pfc. Jack B. Van Zandt, 22, of Danville, Ill., killed during World War II, will be laid to rest in his hometown on Dec. 17, 2019. After 76 years, Van Zandt’s remains were identified by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) on Sept. […]
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The Spartans (7-1) continue to flourish in close games. SJ-O followed up on a seven-point Thursday win at Danville (52-45) with a one-point triumph (41-40) on Saturday at Oakwood. For the season, five of the team’s seven wins have been by margins of seven points, or […]
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 […]
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The Spartans (4-1) dropped their home-opener on Tuesday, 65-44, to Paris. Taylor Barnes scored a team-high nine points. Finishing with six points apiece were Alyssa Hamilton, Payton Jacob and Ashlyn Lannert. Paris jumped into a 14-6 lead after one quarter. Lannert and Katie Cramer were picked […]
