By Fred Kroner Neither of St. Joseph-Ogden’s sectional golf qualifiers were able to qualify for state on Monday (Oct. 4) in the IHSA Class 1A boys’ sectional tournament at Balmoral Woods Country Club, in Beecher. Jacob Kern fired a 96 and placed 70th in a field with 111 competitors. Teammate […]
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Kern, Atwood advance to Sectional Golf Tournament
By Fred Kroner Two St. Joseph-Ogden underclassmen secured berths in a Class 1A sectional golf tournament after carding 18-hole rounds in the 80s on Wednesday (Sept. 29) at a regional held at Turtle Run, in Danville. Junior Jacob Kern tied for seventh individually after shooting a team-best 85. He was […]
Kern shoots best 18 at Illini Prairie Conference tournament
By Fred Kroner St. Joseph-Ogden’s Jacob Kern placed 12th in a field of 54 golfers on Tuesday (Sept. 21) in the Illini Prairie Conference tournament at Prairie Vista, in Bloomington. Kern shot an 82, his best 18-hole round of the season. A junior, Kern missed all-conference designation by one stroke. […]
Logan Smith earns honors at Tri-City Country Club
By Fred Kroner St. Joseph-Ogden sophomore Logan Smith captured medalist honors on Thursday (Sept. 16) in a three-school boys’ golf meet at Tri-City Country Club, in Villa Grove. Smith fired a season-low 41 to win by one shot over teammate Maddux Carter and Okaw Valley’s Trey Hall. Other SJ-O scores […]
SJO golf wins meet at Indian Springs
By Fred Kroner Medalist Jacob Kern led the St. Joseph-Ogden boys’ golf team past two opponents on Thursday (Sept. 9) in a triangular meet at Indian Springs. Kern fired a 4-over-par 40 and was three shots ahead of the runner-up teammate Maddux Carter. SJ-O’s McGwire Atwood tied for third with […]
SJ-O golf places second at Willow Pond Golf Course
By Fred Kroner The Spartans’ boys’ golf team suffered its first loss of the season on Thursday (Sept. 2), placing second in a three-school meet at Willow Pond, in Rantoul. Monticello, which had the three lowest scores, was the meet champion with a composite of 164. SJ-O was next at […]
Jacob Kern earns top honors in Rantoul
By Fred Kroner Medalist Jacob Kern led the St. Joseph-Ogden golf team to a dual-meet victory over Bismarck-Henning/Rossville-Alvin, 188-215, on Tuesday (Aug. 31) on the back nine at Willow Pond, in Rantoul. Kern captured medalist honors by three shots over teammates Maddux Carter and Jack Robertson, each of whom posted […]
SJO Golf picks up win over Fisher and Hoopeston
By Fred Kroner Jacob Kern and McGwire Atwood were co-medalists on Thursday (Aug 26) at Willow Pond as St. Joseph-Ogden won a three-team golf meet. Kern and Atwood each fired 43s. In the team chase, SJ-O had a team composite of 178. Runner-up Fisher totaled 217 and Hoopeston Area ended […]
SJ-O golf defeats Salt Fork/Schlarman
By Fred Kroner The Spartans won a weather-shortened triangular golf meet on Wednesday (Aug. 25) at Danville Country Club. With junior Jacob Kern tying for medalist honors (30) for the six holes that were played, SJ-O turned back both Schlarman Academy and Salt Fork. SJ-O’s six-hole composite score was 129. […]
Kern leads Spartans at Urbana Kickoff Classic, defeats Oakwood
By Fred Kroner Jacob Kern posted the top score for the St. Joseph-Ogden boys’ golf team in their season-opening meet on Monday (Aug. 16) at Urbana. Kern fired an 87 in the 15-school Tiger Kickoff Classic at Urbana Country Club. Other SJ-O participants were: McGwire Atwood (101), Logan Smith (107), […]