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 Katie Cramer hit a three-pointer for the 14th consecutive game, but St. Joseph-Ogden girls’ basketball dropped a 47-29 decision at Mattoon on Tuesday in a makeup game. Mattoon built a 34-16 halftime lead and kept SJ-O off the free-throw line. The Spartans attempted just two free […]
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Taylor Barnes scored a season-high 18 points on Monday and teammate Payton Vallee grabbed 13 rebounds to lead St. Joseph-Ogden past visiting Monticello 47-39 in a girls’ Illini Prairie Conference basketball game. SJ-O held a slim 21-20 halftime lead, but built its advantage to 34-27 after […]
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com St. Joseph-Ogden’s girls’ basketball team recovered from an early-game deficit on Monday at Mahomet-Seymour and extended its winning streak to four games. SJ-O rallied past the Bulldogs 41-30 in a game it trailed 7-4 after one quarter. An 18-2 second-quarter spurt created a double-figure lead at […]
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 girls’ basketball team won the championship in the Lady Falcon/Lady Bunny Tournament on Friday at Fisher. SJ-O (4-0) pulled out close wins in both the semifinals and the finals. The Spartans edged Villa Grove/Heritage 46-43 in Thursday’s semifinal contest. Katie Cramer drained four three-point […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com St. Joseph-Ogden’s girls’ basketball team opened the season with two wins in two nights this week and had different scoring leaders in each game. On Monday, the Spartans handed Fisher a 39-22 setback in the first round of the Lady Falcon/Lady Bunny Tournament at Fisher. Alyssa […]
St. Joseph Ogden Girls Basketball Roster 2 Ashlyn Lannert G 5’4″ 2022 4 Nora Walden F 5’6″ 2021 5 Taylor Campbell G/F 5’4″ 2021 10 Payton Jacob G/F 5’9″ 2022 11 Taylor Wells F/C 6’1″ 2022 12 Atleigh Hamilton G 5’5″ 2021 13 Kathryn Cramer G 5’5″ 2020 14 Abby […]
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The Spartans had two players eclipse the 100-yard mark in rushing on Friday and continued their unbeaten start to the season with an 18-7 conquest of visiting Bloomington Central Catholic. One highlight for SJ-O was the play of the defense, which head coach Shawn Skinner said […]
BY FRED KRONER fred@sjodaily.com SJ-O Boys’ cross-country With Brandon Mattsey and Eric Poe finishing second and third, respectively, the SJ-O Spartans opened the boys’ cross-country season on Saturday by winning the Doc Acklin Memorial Invitational, at Paris. SJ-O had a team score of 25. Runner-up Marshall had a score of […]
