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All conference basketball teams announced

The 2021 Illini Prairie Conference Girls Basketball All Conference Team has been announced. Junior Taylor Wells from St. Joseph-Ogden was named to the first team. Junior Ella Armstrong was named to the second team.

Sophomore Ty Pence was named to the Boys Basketball All Conference first team. Junior Evan Ingram was named to the second team and Junior Andrew Beyers was named an honorable mention.

By Nora Maberry April 16, 2021

in Athletics

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Student section brings the enthusiasm versus Olympia

March 10, 2021 JIm Cotter

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SJO football bows out in first round of playoffs

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SJO volleyball state preview: In the players’ own words

November 15, 2019 Nora Maberry

Before the St. Joseph-Ogden High School volleyball team plays Breese Mater Dei at noon on Friday in a Class 2A...

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5 Question Friday with senior Goalie Hunter Ketchum

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Blackburn soars on Friday nights

September 6, 2019 JIm Cotter

Kaylee Blackburn isn’t afraid of heights. In fact, the St. Joseph-Ogden High School cheerleader is known as a high-flyer. Blackburn,...

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Spartans learn postseason foe, lose close game at Charleston

May 2, 2019 Nora Maberry

Playing for the first time in a week after inclement weather caused multiple postponements, the St. Joseph-Ogden High School baseball...

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Hamilton, relay team win state titles as Spartans place third

May 21, 2019 Nora Maberry

Bringing state trophies home isn’t an easy task. But the St. Joseph-Ogden High School girls’ track and field team sure...

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SJO softball vies for 11th straight regional title on Saturday

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A year ago, the St. Joseph-Ogden High School softball team defeated Maroa-Forsyth to win a Class 2A sectional title. On...

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SJO baseball loses heartbreaker in sectional title game

June 6, 2019 Nora Maberry

For six innings, Crayton Burnett was unhittable. But all it took were two singles that just fell out of the...

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Get to know SJO Volleyball player Chloe harper

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What do you think makes the team so successful? I think the motivation and fight our team has is what...

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GCMS awaits as SJO girls’ basketball continues postseason run

February 11, 2019 Nora Maberry

Four high school girls’ basketball teams, including St. Joseph-Ogden, will descend upon the Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley gymnasium on Monday night. By...