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 […]
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. […]
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), […]
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com St. Joseph-Ogden Volleyball Emily Bigger delivered 19 assists on Tuesday as the Spartans topped Prairie Central 25-12, 25-11 in Fairbury. Bigger also had eight digs and three service aces. Kennedi Burnett swatted six kills and contributed eight digs. Rylee Stahl led the defensive effort with 11 […]
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 St. Joseph-Ogden Soccer Junior Logan Ingram broke up a scoreless match on Tuesday with a goal in the final 2 minutes, lifting the Spartans to a 1-0 Illini Prairie Conference triumph over Unity. Ingram’s heroics came on his birthday. SJ-O goalkeeper Hunter Ketchum collected seven saves […]
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 St. Joseph-Ogden Volleyball The Spartans won for the 10th time in their last 11 matches on Tuesday, securing a 25-16, 25-20 triumph at Maroa-Forsyth. Katelyn Berry led the way with nine kills. Kennedi Burnett had eight digs and Lacey Kaiser served three aces. Emily Bigger distributed […]
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@sjodaily.com Payton Grimsley shot an 85 on Monday to lead St. Joseph-Ogden in its season-opening golf meet at Urbana in the Tiger Kick-Off Classic. SJ-O’s 422 composite placed it 16th in the team standings. Meet champion Champaign Central teamed up for a 323. Other Spartan competitors were […]
