By Fred Kroner The two-year-old St. Joseph-Ogden girls’ tennis program had wins from all four sectional entries and two of the entries fell just one victory short of advancing to state. Losing in the quarterfinals on Friday (Oct. 15) for the Spartans were junior Abbey Dow in singles and the […]
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Seniors take the court in final Spartan regular season match
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 […]
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 […]
Kearney, Martlage win at No. 1 doubles at Watseka
By Fred Kroner Alison Kearney and Kelsey Martlage teamed up for a win at No. 1 doubles on Tuesday (Sept. 14), but St. Joseph-Ogden dropped a 6-3 decision in girls’ tennis at Watseka. Kearney and Martlage edged Ashton Peters and Baier Rigsby, 9-7. The Spartans also captured the No. 3 […]
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 […]