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 three Spartans who qualified for Saturday’s Class 1A sectional at Stanford Olympia all won at least one match. Two of them earned berths at the state tournament, which starts on Thursday at the UI State Farm Center. A.J. Wagner (113 pounds) and Isaiah Immke (145 […]
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 […]
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Chance Izard scored 29 points on Tuesday as the Spartans won their ninth consecutive boys’ basketball game, earning a 66-53 Illini Prairie Conference decision at Rantoul. Ty Pence hit 14 points and Jordan Kelly contributed nine points. Kelly and Conner Hodge shared the team lead in […]
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The Spartans continue to play teams close, salvaging a 34-32 win in Tuesday’s Class 2A regional semifinal game at home against Tuscola (17-10). Seventeen of SJ-O’s 30 games have been settled by nine points, or less. The Spartans are 12-5 in those games. SJ-O’s Ella Armstrong […]
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Junior Isaiah Immke was the Spartans’ lone individual champion in Saturday’s Class 1A wrestling regional which SJ-O hosted. Immke won all three of his matches and captured top honors in the 145-pound weight class. He registered pins in two of his wins. “Isaiah Immke gutted out […]
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The Spartans’ 10th loss of the season, Thursday’s 54-52 setback at Bloomington Central Catholic, was the team’s fifth loss settled by nine points, or less. SJ-O led 29-24 at halftime, but attempted just two free throws in the Illini Prairie Conference encounter. Katie Cramer converted both […]
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Katie Cramer hit a three-pointer for the 14th consecutive game, but St. Joseph-Ogden girls’ basketball dropped a 47-29 decision at Mattoon on Tuesday in a makeup game. Mattoon built a 34-16 halftime lead and kept SJ-O off the free-throw line. The Spartans attempted just two free […]
