BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com St. Joseph-Ogden Football For the second week in a row, the Spartans were held to two touchdowns and lost an Illini Prairie Conference decision. Friday’s setback at home was against unbeaten Chillicothe IVC, 33-12, and leaves SJ-O (4-3) still one win from playoff eligibility. Brady Buss, […]
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Freshman receiver Ty Pence scored his first varsity touchdown on Friday at Fairbury, but it wasn’t enough for the Spartans, who suffered a 33-13 loss to Illini Prairie Conference rival Prairie Central. Pence hauled in a 3-yard pass from Crayton Burnett for the points that trimmed […]
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@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@sjodaily.com SJ-O Boys’ cross-country With Brandon Mattsey and Eric Poe finishing second and third, respectively, the SJ-O Spartans opened the boys’ cross-country season on Saturday by winning the Doc Acklin Memorial Invitational, at Paris. SJ-O had a team score of 25. Runner-up Marshall had a score of […]
Festivities for St. Joseph-Ogden‘s Homecoming week have been finalized. The Spartans will host Pontiac on Sept. 27. Kick-off is scheduled for 7 p.m. Nominees for homecoming court will be made during the week of September 9 by the student body. Elections will take place the following week- students will make […]
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The Spartans were held scoreless in their first two soccer matches of the season. SJ-O salvaged a 0-0 tie in a road match on Monday against Oakwood/Salt Fork. Goalkeeper Mason Behrens, who earned team Player of the Game recognition, had seven saves. On Tuesday, the Spartans […]
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@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 […]
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, […]
