By Fred Kroner The St. Joseph Panthers junior high softball team hit its stride late in the season, producing a seven-game winning streak that featured the team scoring in doubles figures for runs in five of those contests. The streak started on Saturday (Aug. 21) with an 11-3 win over […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com They were a group of 17 teen-aged girls, brought together during nine weeks of summer vacation 2019 for a series of softball games and practices. They played in France. They played in Ireland. They played throughout the United States. Five of them had just finished with […]
By FRED KRONERfred@sjodaily.com Missed opportunities were the main story of St. Joseph-Ogden’s sectional softball semifinal game on Wednesday. Against an opponent it had beaten earlier in the season, SJ-O left the bases loaded in three different innings and dropped a 4-2 decision to Stanford Olympia in the Olympia Class 2A […]
BY FRED KRONERfred@sjodaily.com St. Joseph-Ogden’s reward for beating Maroa-Forsyth on its softball field on Saturday is the opportunity to play Stanford Olympia on its field next. Zoey Witruk pitched a complete-game two-hitter on Saturday, striking out 15 and walking two as the Spartans earned their 11th consecutive softball regional crown, […]
By FRED KRONERfred@sjodaily.com St. Joseph-Ogden’s girls’ 3,200-meter relay placed third in Monday’s 38th News-Gazette Honor Roll Track and Field meet at Urbana High School. The relay runners were Hannah Rajlich, Rylee Sjuts, Kailyn Ingram and Addie Allen. The foursome was timed in 10 minutes, 41.99 seconds. That relay is one […]
By FRED KRONERfred@sjodaily.com Officially, the wait was four days and three games. On Monday, St. Joseph-Ogden junior Bailey Dowling broke the state career record for softball home runs when she blasted a solo shot to right field in her first at-bat against visiting Charleston. It was the 61st home run […]
By FRED KRONERfred@sjodaily.com St. Joseph-Ogden cruised to team honors on Friday in its own 17-school Class 1A girls’ sectional track and field meet. The Spartans qualified individuals for state in seven events, along with all four relays. The state meet, for Class 1A, starts on Thursday at Eastern Illinois University, […]
By FRED KRONERfred@sjodaily.com Crayton Burnett’s third consecutive shutout win came on Tuesday as the Spartans traveled to Gibson City and blanked the Falcons, 11-0, in a non-conference game. Burnett allowed six singles, walked no one and struck out 13 in seven innings. For the season, Burnett has been a part […]
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 […]
