By Fred Kroner One of the hottest football teams in the Illini Prairie Conference continued its upward trend on Friday (Oct. 15). St. Joseph-Ogden posted its fifth consecutive victory, winning its Senior Night regular-season home finale, 29-6, against Rantoul at Dick Duval Field. During the winning streak, the Spartans have […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Bob Glazier had been a member of the St. Joseph-Ogden football staff for about a month in 1988 when he began to wonder what he had gotten himself into. He was hired as an assistant coach. The St. Joseph and Ogden areas were appealing. After relocating […]
By Fred Kroner The Spartans delighted their homecoming crowd on Friday (Oct. 1) with their best defensive performance of the season in a 33-0 win over Bloomington Central Catholic at Dick Duval Field. SJ-O not only posted its first shutout of the season, but senior Ethan Vanliew returned an interception […]
By Fred Kroner Seniors Keaton Nolan and Coby Miller each scored three touchdowns on Friday (Sept. 24) as St. Joseph-Ogden scored a season’s high in points during a 60-36 romp at Stanford Olympia. Quarterback Evan Ingram completed 14 of 15 passes for 180 yards and five TDs. He hooked up […]
By Fred Kroner St. Joseph-Ogden’s football team broke into the win column in a big way on Friday (Sept. 17), building a 35-point halftime lead en route to a 48-7 Illini Prairie Conference triumph at home over Chillicothe IVC. Spartan coach Shawn Skinner praised the leadership of five seniors – […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Some perspective is needed for the St. Joseph-Ogden football team after the Spartans’ season record dropped to 0-3 following a Friday (Sept. 10) 34-28 loss at home to Prairie Central. The first three SJ-O opponents have a combined 8-1 record. “We haven’t played three teams that […]
By Fred Kroner For the second game in a row, the St. Joseph-Ogden football team got on the scoreboard early and held an 8-0 first-quarter lead. Also for the second game in a row, that turned out to be the team’s final point total as SJ-O dropped a 33-8 decision […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Twenty eight years. Three hundred and twenty six games. Those are some of the numbers in Dick Duval’s football coaching career at St. Joseph-Ogden. His tenure, which ended with his retirement following the 2015 season, included spending approximately 2,600 days at the football field, whether for […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Good news came in small doses for Dick Duval during much of the past 76 days. The month of May, however, has seen a significant upswing for the former St. Joseph-Ogden High School teacher and coach. He was surprised by a drive-by parade at his home […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Brayden Weaver is an advocate of second chances. If he didn’t believe in the concept, then his collegiate future would look drastically different. A senior at St. Joseph-Ogden High School, Weaver started playing football as a 6-year-old. “It was very difficult for me, and for lack […]
