By Fred Kroner One of the hottest football teams in the Illini Prairie Conference continued its upward trend on Friday (Oct. 15). St. Joseph-Ogden posted its fifth consecutive victory, winning its Senior Night regular-season home finale, 29-6, against Rantoul at Dick Duval Field. During the winning streak, the Spartans have […]
By Fred Kroner The Spartans delighted their homecoming crowd on Friday (Oct. 1) with their best defensive performance of the season in a 33-0 win over Bloomington Central Catholic at Dick Duval Field. SJ-O not only posted its first shutout of the season, but senior Ethan Vanliew returned an interception […]
By Fred Kroner Seniors Keaton Nolan and Coby Miller each scored three touchdowns on Friday (Sept. 24) as St. Joseph-Ogden scored a season’s high in points during a 60-36 romp at Stanford Olympia. Quarterback Evan Ingram completed 14 of 15 passes for 180 yards and five TDs. He hooked up […]
By Fred Kroner St. Joseph-Ogden’s football team broke into the win column in a big way on Friday (Sept. 17), building a 35-point halftime lead en route to a 48-7 Illini Prairie Conference triumph at home over Chillicothe IVC. Spartan coach Shawn Skinner praised the leadership of five seniors – […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Some perspective is needed for the St. Joseph-Ogden football team after the Spartans’ season record dropped to 0-3 following a Friday (Sept. 10) 34-28 loss at home to Prairie Central. The first three SJ-O opponents have a combined 8-1 record. “We haven’t played three teams that […]
By Fred Kroner For the second game in a row, the St. Joseph-Ogden football team got on the scoreboard early and held an 8-0 first-quarter lead. Also for the second game in a row, that turned out to be the team’s final point total as SJ-O dropped a 33-8 decision […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Twenty eight years. Three hundred and twenty six games. Those are some of the numbers in Dick Duval’s football coaching career at St. Joseph-Ogden. His tenure, which ended with his retirement following the 2015 season, included spending approximately 2,600 days at the football field, whether for […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Area high schools are in the process of preparing their athletes to return to competition. The IHSA permitted limited participation last week, allowing districts to conduct conditioning, agility and strength training exercises in small groups. Oakwood chose to wait until this week in order to get […]
BY DANI TIETZ dani@sjodaily.com “Do you want fast or forever?” When Shawn Skinner and Kelly Miller joined dating sites in 2006, they weren’t sure they were looking for either. In fact, Shawn, who was recently divorced didn’t even want to join a dating site. “One of my best friends decided […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The tradition continues with the St. Joseph-Ogden girls’ cross-country program. By placing third in Saturday’s Effingham St. Anthony Class 1A Sectional, SJ-O advanced its entire girls’ team to state for the 13th consecutive year and for the 25th time in school history. They did it by […]
