By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com St. Joseph-Ogden’s volleyball team achieved closure on Saturday afternoon. Closure for the season. Closure for the career of nine seniors. Closure for a match that could have gotten away from the Spartans in the same manner that played out in the season-opener. Back in August, SJ-O […]
By FRED KRONER fred@sjodaily.com The duties of captains on high school athletic teams are pretty uniform. They are the team leaders, the ones who counsel younger squad members on expectations as well as serving as the liaison between the coaching staff and the entire squad. They offer encouragement, advice and […]
By FRED KRONER fred@sjodaily.com Six athletes from St. Joseph-Ogden received All-Area first-team accolades on spring-sport honor teams chosen by The News-Gazette in recent weeks. Oakwood had one All-Area first-team representative. Villa Grove/Heritage had spring-sport athletes earn recognition, but none on an All-Area first team. St. Joseph-Ogden softball For the third […]
The St. Joseph-Ogden High School Golf Committee is accepting entries for a 4-person Golf Scramble on June 22 at Willow Pond Golf Course in Rantoul. With an entry fee of $100 per person, golfers will enjoy 18-holes of golf with a cart, food, beverages and will have opportunities to win […]
By FRED KRONERfred@sjodaily.com St. Joseph-Ogden’s softball program is celebrating its 40th year of existence this season. The sport was first offered in the fall of 1979 with an abbreviated schedule of 12 games. As improbable as it seems, the current 2019 team has a link to the inaugural team. The […]
By FRED KRONERfred@sjodaily.com Kaden Jacobs’ seventh-inning double delivered the game-winning run on Saturday as St. Joseph-Ogden pulled out a 2-1 baseball victory over IVC in Chillicothe in the first game of an Illini Prairie Conference game. IVC posted an 8-6 win in the second game. SJ-O is 15-6-2 overall and […]
