After recording their 1000th career win this past Saturday night, the St. Joseph-Ogden Spartans have begun the climb toward the next 1000 with a statement win over the #6 ranked team in Class 2A, the Williamsville Bullets 68-56 on Friday evening in St. Joseph.
Hannah Dukeman has a flair for the dramatic.
Dukeman, who is a sophomore, hit the game-winning jumper to lift the St. Joseph-Ogden Lady Spartans to a 52-51 victory over the Monticello Sages in an Illini Prairie Conference game on Monday evening in St. Joseph.
The St. Joseph-Ogden boys’ basketball team has begun the 2018 calendar year much like they ended 2017, on a roll and continuing to put up a lot of points.
Since their 98-66 win over Shelbyville in the first annual SJO Christie Clinic Shootout last Saturday, the Spartans have taken the floor three times, all of those being victories.
The St. Joseph-Ogden Lady Spartan girls’ basketball team has started off the new year on a tear, winning their first three games of 2018.
The inaugural SJO Christie Clinic Shootout was held on Saturday, January 6th, 2018 at St. Joseph-Ogden High School, and featured twelve teams from both large and small schools converging to offer an afternoon and evening of quality high school basketball action.
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The St. Joseph-Ogden girls’ basketball team completed their impressive run in the 2017 State Farm Holiday Classic, bringing home a trophy and their best finish in the event since the 2006 season, when they finished second overall.
The St. Joseph-Ogden girls’ basketball team advanced to the semifinals of the 2017 State Farm Holiday Classic in Bloomington-Normal on Thursday on a last second shot by sophomore Hannah Dukeman, and earned the right to play top-seeded Annawan on Friday in a game that would put the winner in the championship game.
The St. Joseph-Ogden girls’ basketball team is turning heads under first-year head coach Kevin Taylor, and the area had better take notice.
The St. Joseph-Ogden boys’ and girls’ basketball teams began play on Wednesday at the State Farm Holiday Classic in Bloomington-Normal, and both teams came away with victories in their respective opening round matchups.
DANVILLE — Athletes receiving Division I attention in high school hoops often play a big role in their squad’s success. But they don’t entirely make a team go, as became readily apparent Thursday for the Schlarman girls’ basketball outfit.