May 17, 2026 Local Stories in and Around St. Joseph, Illinois

5 questions with TREVOR AMES

How would you describe this team?
This team is special.

What is a lesson you have learned this season?
Having a chip on your shoulder is great thing to have sometimes.

What was your favorite moment from this season?
My favorite moment is after beating Unity.

Do you have any superstitions before games?
I don’t have any superstitions.

What has the fan support been like this season?
The fan support has been great and is part of the reason we’re doing what we’re doing.

By Nora Maberry March 1, 2024

in Athletics

Athletics

Rose throws shutout

April 5, 2019 Nora Maberry

In baseball After last weekend’s games at Teutopolis were rained out, the St. Joseph-Ogden High School baseball team lost to...

Athletics

Expectations remain high for SJO baseball in 2019 season

March 28, 2019 Nora Maberry

For a program that has accomplished everything in the last decade except win a state championship, the goals veteran St....

Athletics

Dukeman, Martlage help SJO softball get back to winning streak

April 29, 2019 Nora Maberry

Challenging road games await the St. Joseph-Ogden High School softball team at the start of this week. But the Spartans...

Athletics

Student section brings the enthusiasm versus Olympia

March 10, 2021 JIm Cotter

Over the past year, students at St. Joseph-Ogden High School have endured many different changes in their lives during the...

Athletics

Brazelton, Roesch combine on no-hitter as SJO baseball wins its first six games

April 23, 2021 Nora Maberry

The St. Joseph-Ogden baseball team last played in the state tournament in 2017. With the way the Spartans have opened...

Athletics

Hamilton, relay team place first at conference meet for Spartans

May 2, 2019 Nora Maberry

The intensity of a postseason meet is right around the corner for the St. Joseph-Ogden High School girls’ track and...

Athletics

SJO baseball adapting to strange times this spring: ‘The most difficult part is not seeing the players’

April 17, 2020 Nora Maberry

Ever since Josh Haley took control of the St. Joseph-Ogden High School baseball team, success has followed. So have solid...

Athletics

With Illini Prairie title in rearview, Duval and Spartans turn attention to the postseason

February 21, 2024 Nora Maberry

Playing against the likes of Bloomington Central Catholic, Chillicothe IVC, Monticello, Paxton-Buckley-Loda, Pontiac, Prairie Central, Rantoul, St. Thomas More and...