BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com St. Joseph-Ogden Girls’ cross-country SJ-O’s girls’ cross-country team finished third in the varsity division of Tuesday’s Illini Prairie Conference meet and first in the girls’ open division. The Spartans’ top five varsity runners all completed the 3-mile course at Fairbury within 16.2 seconds of one another. […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The St. Joseph Junior High girls’ cross-country team finished third in Saturday’s 14-school Monticello Invitational at Lodge Park. Meet champion Unity had 26 points. St. Joseph had 87 points. The school had two finishers among the top 15. Savanna Franzen was fourth individually, running the 2-mile […]
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The Spartans (4-1) rebounded from a shutout loss the previous week to hold Pontiac scoreless on Friday in a 19-0 homecoming triumph in St. Joseph. Coach Shawn Skinner sees a pattern in the team’s 4-1 season record. “We are 4-0 in games when we win the […]
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com SJ-O Football The gains made by St. Joseph-Ogden’s football team Friday night were not enough. The Spartans’ offense was stymied by Unity’s defense and the Rockets made SJ-O its third successive shutout victim with a 20-0 win for homecoming at Hicks Field. “Their defensive players are […]
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 After mustering one touchdown during the first three quarters, SJ-O added two late scores and remained unbeaten with a 22-8 triumph on Friday at Rantoul. “We played with a lot of effort,” SJ-O coach Shawn Skinner said. “Rantoul was just massive up front and it was […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Eric Poe is going places and has found it helpful to learn from others who have traveled down the same roads. The St. Joseph-Ogden senior will serve the boys’ cross-country team as a leader for a season which will start with the first competition on Saturday, […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The path to becoming a captain for the St. Joseph-Ogden girls’ cross-country team traveled through the library. Aspiring captains had required summer reading. And then, head coach Jason Retz asked the captain candidates to answer questions about the book. The girls’ team captains – Ally Monk, […]
The Spartans are ready to play! St. Joseph-Ogden High School will host their Fall Sports Kickoff on Friday, August 23 beginning at 5:45 p.m. The SJ-O volleyball team will take the court first at 5:45 with introductions and a scrimmage. At 6 p.m. the Spartan soccer team will take the […]
The 2019 SJ-O Girls’ Cross Country schedule will begin at in Paris at the Doc Acklin Memorial Invite on August 31 and end on Oct. 19 at Peoria Heights at the Patriot XC Invite. 08/31/2019* Sat @ Doc Acklin Memorial Invite A 8:30 AM Paris 09/07/2019* Sat @ Chrisman Cowchip Classic […]
