By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com St. Joseph-Ogden won the first half, but Bismarck-Henning/Rossville-Alvin captured the second half and the victory in Friday’s Class 2A boys’ basketball regional championship game at the Spartans’ sold-out gymnasium. B-H/R-A improved to 32-0 with a 38-28 triumph. The game attracted an estimated 1,500 spectators. Ty Pence […]
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com St. Joseph-Ogden boys’ basketball took a double-digit lead in the first quarter of Wednesday’s Class 2A regional semifinal game in their gym and then had to hang on in the final period to collect a victory. SJ-O opened up a 17-4 first-quarter lead and never lost […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The Spartans moved closer to an undisputed Illini Prairie Conference championship after a Senior Night win at home on Friday over Chillicothe IVC, 60-54. The win helped SJ-O improve to 9-0 in IPC games with one league game remaining. Chance Izard posted 18 points, Ty Pence […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com With wins on back-to-back nights, the Spartans extended their winning streak to eight games. On Friday, SJ-O improved to 7-0 in Illini Prairie Conference games with a 63-52 win at Pontiac. On Saturday, the Spartans opened up a 44-16 halftime lead against Auburn and went on […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Ty Pence scored a career-high 25 points on Tuesday, leading the Spartans to their sixth consecutive Illini Prairie Conference win. Pence nailed four three-point shots in SJ-O’s 57-52 win at home over Monticello. The game marked the fourth time in the past six games that the […]
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 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 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 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 […]
