By Dani Tietz dani@sjodaily.com St. Joseph-Ogden’s Anna Wentzloff has had to live through the unexpected. At age 16 she was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma— formerly known as Hodgkin’s disease — a cancer of the lymphatic system. But Wentzloff also knows how to get through the unexpected. In March 2019 Wentzloff […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Ty Pence came into the basketball season as a varsity letter winner at St. Joseph-Ogden High School. Most of his teammates were in the same club, with one major difference. Pence is a freshman, who lettered in the fall as a receiver on a playoff-qualifying football […]
Chance Izard, St. Joseph-Ogden High School senior guard, was named to the Special Mention list of the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association (IBCA) Class 2A All-State Team for his accomplishments during the 2019-20 season. Izard led the 23-9 Spartan squad, averaging 16.2 points per game with a high game of 36 […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com St. Joseph-Ogden won the first half, but Bismarck-Henning/Rossville-Alvin captured the second half and the victory in Friday’s Class 2A boys’ basketball regional championship game at the Spartans’ sold-out gymnasium. B-H/R-A improved to 32-0 with a 38-28 triumph. The game attracted an estimated 1,500 spectators. Ty Pence […]
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com St. Joseph-Ogden boys’ basketball took a double-digit lead in the first quarter of Wednesday’s Class 2A regional semifinal game in their gym and then had to hang on in the final period to collect a victory. SJ-O opened up a 17-4 first-quarter lead and never lost […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The Spartans lost a lead that was one point at halftime and grew to four in the third period on Friday at Bloomington Central Catholic and wound up dropping a 62-53 decision. The loss was the first for SJ-O in Illini Prairie Conference games. SJ-O led […]
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The Spartans couldn’t hold onto an early lead and dropped a 61-45 non-conference decision on Monday at Teutopolis. SJ-O led 14-13 after one quarter, but trailed 26-21 at halftime. Chance Izard led the Spartans with 20 points, including three baskets from three-point range. Izard has a […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Unbeaten and top-ranked Paris ended the girls’ basketball season for St. Joseph-Ogden on Monday with a 62-35 win in a Class 2A sectional semifinal game at Paris. The Tigers scored all 62 of their points in the first three quarters. Paris led 18-13 after one quarter […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The Spartans moved closer to an undisputed Illini Prairie Conference championship after a Senior Night win at home on Friday over Chillicothe IVC, 60-54. The win helped SJ-O improve to 9-0 in IPC games with one league game remaining. Chance Izard posted 18 points, Ty Pence […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com One set of statistics helps to paint the most accurate picture of the St. Joseph-Ogden girls’ basketball team this season. Ten squad members have led the team in scoring at least once. All 10 have also had games where they didn’t score a point. “All season […]
