By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Payton Cain and Ty Pence both reached their season’s high for points scored in a game on Tuesday as St. Joseph-Ogden’s boys’ basketball team won at home over St. Thomas More, 66-45, in an Illini Prairie Conference game. Cain and Pence each tallied 23 points. Teammates […]
BY DANI TIETZ dani@sjodaily.com The benefits of being on a team run deeper than wearing a school-issued uniform. This is a lesson St. Joseph-Ogden High School’s Katie Cramer learned as a fifth- and sixth-grade student-athlete when she was mentored by her dad, who played at Elmhurst College. “My dad was […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Three players scored in double figures on Thursday as the St. Joseph-Ogden girls’ basketball team denied Prairie Central its 20th victory of the season with a 51-44 conquest at home. Payton Jacob hit a team-high 14 points. Teammates totaling 12 points apiece were Taylor Barnes and […]
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Chance Izard scored 14 points and Payton Cain added nine on Tuesday, but the Spartans dropped a 51-42 decision to visiting Paxton-Buckley-Loda. SJ-O held a 16-13 first-half lead before the Panthers (13-2) gained control. The Spartans (10-5) return to action on Friday at Teutopolis, weather permitting.
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com St. Joseph-Ogden was held to one third-quarter field goal on Monday and suffered a 49-40 Illini Prairie Conference girls’ basketball loss at Unity. Alyssa Hamilton hit the lone Spartan basket in the third quarter. Teammate Ashlyn Lannert’s two free throws accounted for the other SJ-O points […]
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Five Spartans posted at least one pin on Saturday during a series of dual meets at Robinson. SJ-O went 1-3 for the day in its dual meets, edging Lawrenceville 36-33 after losing to Cumberland 39-33, Mount Carmel 46-18 and Robinson 59-21. A.J. Wagner (113 pounds), Isaiah […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com St. Joseph-Ogden’s girls’ basketball team dropped its first Illini Prairie Conference game on Thursday, losing a 42-33 decision at Stanford Olympia. The teams were tied at halftime, 11-11. The difference was the third quarter where Olympia held a 16-7 edge, which accounted for its final victory […]
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The Spartans produced their best defensive effort of the season on Tuesday in front of the home crowd, limiting Williamsville to 22 points in a 50-22 SJ-O triumph. SJ-O held a slender 8-6 lead after one period, but had extended its margin to 22-10 at halftime. […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The offensively balanced St. Joseph-Ogden girls’ basketball team received a season-high 12 points from Taylor Wells on Monday and remained unbeaten in Illini Prairie Conference games. Wells became the 10th different squad member to lead – or share the team-lead – in scoring for a game […]
BY DANI TIETZ dani@sjodaily.com What can a team that only returns one starter from its third-place state finish do in the followup year? St. Joseph-Ogden’s Taylor Barnes believes the Spartans’ girls’ basketball team can do a lot. And from the beginning of the season, Barnes has had her actions set […]
