By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com St. Joseph-Ogden opened Illini Prairie Conference play on Friday with a win against Rantoul before dropping its first game of the season on Saturday against Tri-Valley. Both boys’ basketball games were played on the SJ-O court. The Spartans overpowered Rantoul 60-37, but fell victim to a […]
The St. Joseph-Ogden boys’ basketball team will begin play in the 2019 State Farm Classic on Dec. 26 at 5 p.m. against Annawan at Normal West High School. [pdf-embedder url=”https://sjodaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/state-farm-classic-small-school-boys-bracket.pdf” title=”state farm classic small school boys bracket”] The St. Joseph-Ogden girls’ basketball team and the Oakwood girls’ basketball team will […]
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com St. Joseph-Ogden’s girls’ basketball team recovered from an early-game deficit on Monday at Mahomet-Seymour and extended its winning streak to four games. SJ-O rallied past the Bulldogs 41-30 in a game it trailed 7-4 after one quarter. An 18-2 second-quarter spurt created a double-figure lead at […]
BY DANI TIETZ dani@sjodaily.com Getting injured is something that every athlete thinks about, but the majority go through their entire careers without suffering from one. Unfortunately, for Brayden Weaver, the injury he suffered on Senior Night when St. Joseph-Ogden’s football team faced Olympia, will put him on the sidelines for […]
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The Spartans (7-1) continue to flourish in close games. SJ-O followed up on a seven-point Thursday win at Danville (52-45) with a one-point triumph (41-40) on Saturday at Oakwood. For the season, five of the team’s seven wins have been by margins of seven points, or […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com St. Joseph-Ogden’s boys’ basketball team capped a perfect first week by winning all five games by double-digit margins and capturing the team title in the 31st Toyota of Danville Classic. On Friday, the Spartans handed Cissna Park its lone loss of the week, 65-49 before winning […]
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The Spartans (4-1) dropped their home-opener on Tuesday, 65-44, to Paris. Taylor Barnes scored a team-high nine points. Finishing with six points apiece were Alyssa Hamilton, Payton Jacob and Ashlyn Lannert. Paris jumped into a 14-6 lead after one quarter. Lannert and Katie Cramer were picked […]
BY DANI TIETZ dani@sjodaily.com What does it take to realize your dreams? Like many successful athletes, St. Joseph-Ogden’s Hannah Dukeman learned early on that a dream is only a dream without dedication and hard work. “When I was younger, I wanted to play some sport at the professional level, I […]
The following St. Joseph-Ogden Athletes received their Varsity Letters for their 2019-2020 fall sport contributions. St. Joseph-Ogden Football Ross Booker, Sr. Payton Cain, Sr. Trevon Carr, Sr. Max Chatterton, Sr. Brendan Cooperider, Sr. Drew Coursey, Sr. Blake Dable, Sr. Tristan Fuqua, Sr. Conner Hodge, Sr. Chance Izard, Sr. Jordan Kelly, […]
2019-2020 St. Joseph Ogden Boys Basketball Roster Dade Allinger 6’2″ 2020 Andrew Beyers 5’11” 2022 Payton Cain 6’0″ 2020 Drew Coursey 6’0″ 2020 Payton Grimsley 5’9″ 2020 Conner Hodge 6’3″ 2020 Lukas Hutcherson 5’9″ 2021 Evan Ingram 5’10” 2022 Chance Izard 5’10” 2020 Jordan Kelly 5’9″ 2020 Ty Pence 6’4″ […]
