BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The Spartans had their second-best defensive effort of the season on Saturday and opened Illini Prairie Conference play with a decisive 55-19 victory over visiting Chillicothe IVC. Payton Jacob tallied 14 points for SJ-O. Katie Cramer hit 10 points. Both players converted two three-point shots. Seven […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The St. Joseph-Ogden boys’ basketball team started the New Year with a resounding victory at home on Friday. The Spartans overcame a 16-8 first-quarter deficit and handed visiting Cissna Park a 68-51 loss. SJ-O led at halftime, 31-28, and built its lead thereafter. Chance Izard was […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The final installment in our series on all-decade athletic teams (fall, winter) concludes today with the release of the elite spring-sport athletes. Before we get to the particular sports, we will recognize two athletes. The designation is for Male and Female Athlete of the Decade. In […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com St. Joseph-Ogden Girls’ basketball The Spartans won three of four games at the State Farm Classic, taking fifth place in a tournament where none of the games were decided by more than eight points. In Saturday’s fifth-place game at Bloomington High School, SJ-O (13-4) trailed after […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Twenty years ago, I was tasked with a challenge that was nothing less than daunting. My superiors at The News-Gazette asked me to select an all-decade team for the 1990s. They limited the choices to those individuals who had attended high school or junior college in […]
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The Spartans started strong on Tuesday at Champaign Central, scoring all eight of the first-period points, but suffered a 43-39 loss to the Maroons. SJ-O held a 31-21 second-half lead before Central (5-5) took control with a 15-0 run. The Maroons’ first lead of the game […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The St. Joseph-Ogden girls’ basketball team put up 58 points in successive home games to start the week while snapping a two-game losing streak. On Monday, SJ-O overpowered Paxton-Buckley-Loda 58-47. On Tuesday, the Spartans topped Urbana 58-40. Four players scored in double figures against PBL. Abby […]
BY DANI TIETZ dani@sjodaily.com There’s something about the process: a gym, a ball, a hoop and some friends. This is what Payton Grimsley has enjoyed the most since he was five or six years old. “Basketball was always something I enjoyed the process of working and practice and trying to […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com St. Joseph-Ogden’s A.J. Wagner won all three of his matches on Saturday to win the 113-pound weight class in the Rex Avery Porta Invitational in Petersburg. Wagner is 7-1 for the season and had one pin. He was top-seeded in his weight class. Wagner was among […]
The Spartans were held to a season-low for points in consecutive games to end the week. On Thursday, SJ-O was beaten at home by Teutopolis, 48-31. Ella Armstrong led SJ-O with nine points. Atleigh Hamilton scored six points. The Spartans attempted just two free throws, and both came in the […]
