By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Unbeaten and top-ranked Paris ended the girls’ basketball season for St. Joseph-Ogden on Monday with a 62-35 win in a Class 2A sectional semifinal game at Paris. The Tigers scored all 62 of their points in the first three quarters. Paris led 18-13 after one quarter […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com One set of statistics helps to paint the most accurate picture of the St. Joseph-Ogden girls’ basketball team this season. Ten squad members have led the team in scoring at least once. All 10 have also had games where they didn’t score a point. “All season […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The Spartans’ four-game winning streak came to an end on Wednesday as visiting Bismarck-Henning/Rossville-Alvin posted a 47-31 non-conference victory. In a game where SJ-O made 7-of-7 free throws, senior Hannah Dukeman made her first appearance of the season and scored two points. In her return from […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com St. Joseph-Ogden’s girls’ basketball team dropped its first Illini Prairie Conference game on Thursday, losing a 42-33 decision at Stanford Olympia. The teams were tied at halftime, 11-11. The difference was the third quarter where Olympia held a 16-7 edge, which accounted for its final victory […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The offensively balanced St. Joseph-Ogden girls’ basketball team received a season-high 12 points from Taylor Wells on Monday and remained unbeaten in Illini Prairie Conference games. Wells became the 10th different squad member to lead – or share the team-lead – in scoring for a game […]
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The Spartans had their second-best defensive effort of the season on Saturday and opened Illini Prairie Conference play with a decisive 55-19 victory over visiting Chillicothe IVC. Payton Jacob tallied 14 points for SJ-O. Katie Cramer hit 10 points. Both players converted two three-point shots. Seven […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The St. Joseph-Ogden girls’ basketball team put up 58 points in successive home games to start the week while snapping a two-game losing streak. On Monday, SJ-O overpowered Paxton-Buckley-Loda 58-47. On Tuesday, the Spartans topped Urbana 58-40. Four players scored in double figures against PBL. Abby […]
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 […]
