By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Ty Pence came into the basketball season as a varsity letter winner at St. Joseph-Ogden High School. Most of his teammates were in the same club, with one major difference. Pence is a freshman, who lettered in the fall as a receiver on a playoff-qualifying football […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com St. Joseph-Ogden won the first half, but Bismarck-Henning/Rossville-Alvin captured the second half and the victory in Friday’s Class 2A boys’ basketball regional championship game at the Spartans’ sold-out gymnasium. B-H/R-A improved to 32-0 with a 38-28 triumph. The game attracted an estimated 1,500 spectators. Ty Pence […]
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com St. Joseph-Ogden boys’ basketball took a double-digit lead in the first quarter of Wednesday’s Class 2A regional semifinal game in their gym and then had to hang on in the final period to collect a victory. SJ-O opened up a 17-4 first-quarter lead and never lost […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The Spartans lost a lead that was one point at halftime and grew to four in the third period on Friday at Bloomington Central Catholic and wound up dropping a 62-53 decision. The loss was the first for SJ-O in Illini Prairie Conference games. SJ-O led […]
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 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 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 With wins on back-to-back nights, the Spartans extended their winning streak to eight games. On Friday, SJ-O improved to 7-0 in Illini Prairie Conference games with a 63-52 win at Pontiac. On Saturday, the Spartans opened up a 44-16 halftime lead against Auburn and went on […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Ty Pence scored a career-high 25 points on Tuesday, leading the Spartans to their sixth consecutive Illini Prairie Conference win. Pence nailed four three-point shots in SJ-O’s 57-52 win at home over Monticello. The game marked the fourth time in the past six games that the […]
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The Spartans stayed unbeaten in Illini Prairie Conference play with Tuesday’s 54-46 win at Tolono Unity. Payton Cain led SJ-O with 15 points and also grabbed six rebounds to go with four steals. Chance Izard hit four three-pointers in a game for the sixth time as […]
