Area Covid-19 Dashboard for January 14, 2022

The total number of Covid-related deaths in Champaign County grew 241 today. According to The Champaign-Urbana Public Health District website today, three patients, including a woman between the ages of 20-30, lost their lives to Covid-19. The county is close to averaging one Covid-19 related death to a day.

On average, over the past five days, 283 residents per day in the Sentinel area of coverage are testing positive for Covid-19. There are currently 3,079 infected in isolation.



Active Champaign County Cases:

7,054

Net change in the county: -55



Current local cases 1/14/22
Number in parenthesis indicates new cases since 1/13/22

Ogden • 37 (0)
Royal • 9 (0)
St. Joseph • 267 (29)
Urbana • 2454 (152)
Sidney • 51 (4)
Philo • 63 (3)
Tolono • 146 (17)
Sadorus • 20 (0)
Pesotum • 32 (3)


Total Active Local Cases:

3,079

Net change in local cases: 7



Total Local Confirmed Cases: 18,758

New cases: 208


The information on this page is compiled from the latest figures provide by the Champaign-Urbana Public Health District and the Illinois Department of Public Health at the time of publishing. Active cases are the number of confirmed cases reported currently in isolation. Local is defined as cases within the nine communities The Sentinel covers.

Prep Sports Notebook | SJO knock off IVC, Unity roll past Rantoul


Rockets improve to 4-0 in conference play

Taylor Henry recorded five steals in the Rockets home game against Rantoul on Tuesday. She scored eight points along the way and had four rebounds to help the Unity (16-4 overall, 4-0 IPC) girls team clip the Eagles, 37-8.

Maddie Reed, who was 5-5 from the free-throw line, led all scorers with the 13 points she collected in the first half of the conference game.

Though scoreless, Erika Steinman led the team effort in the paint with five boards. Raegan Stringer and Lauren Miller chipped another four rebounds apiece as well as chalked up four points and a pair of assists each in the rout.

Box Score

Final: Unity 37 - Rantoul 8
  1 2 3 4 F
Unity 9 16 10 2 37
Rantoul 4 0 2 2 8

Unity --
Ray () - -- 0, Flesch 0 (0) 1-2 -- 1, Renfrow 0 (0) 0-1 -- 0, Miller 1 (0) 2-2 -- 4, Steinman 0 (0) 0-0 -- 0, Stringer 2 (0) 0-0 -- 4, Moore 1 (0) 2-2 -- 4, Reed 1 (2) 5-5 -- 13, Alagna 0 (0) 0-0 -- 0, Henry 2 () 4-6 -- 8, Chandler 0 (0) 0-0 -- 0, Henry 0 (0) 3-4 -- 3,

Rantoul --
Walton 0 (0) 0-0 -- 0, Emery 0 (0) 0-0 -- 0, Jackson-Rope 2 (0) 0-2 -- 4, Poke 0 (0) 0-0 -- 0, Dixon 0 (0) 0-0 -- 0, Sutherland 0 (0) 0-0 -- 0, Autman 0 (0) 0-0 -- 0, Martin 0 (0) 0-0 -- 0, Naverette 1 (0) 1-2 -- 3, Vermillion 0 (0) 1-2 -- 1, Ortiz 0 (0) 0-0 -- 0,


Armstrong rains treys

St. Joseph-Ogden senior Ella Armstrong hit three treys in the first quarter on her way to a game-high 14 points against Illinois Valley Central (8-12) in Thursday's 46-26 win over the Grey Ghost.

The Spartans exploded early to a 14-point lead at the end of the first quarter thanks to five points from Ashlyn Lannert, two baskets from Payton Jacob, and Armstrong's nine.

Marley Williamson led IVC's offense with 13 points. Sage Geltmaker added six points to round out the top scorers for the hosts.

Undefeated in conference play, the Spartans (13-5 overall, 3-0 IPC) play their next two contests on the road starting tomorrow with Mattoon. After their non-conference battle down south, SJO plays St. Thomas More on Monday in north Champaign.

Box Score

Final: St. Joseph-Ogden 46 - IVC 26
  1 2 3 4 F
St. Joseph-Ogden 23 10 6 7 46
IVC 7 11 5 3 26

St. Joseph-Ogden --
Lannert 2 (2) 0-1 -- 10, Hug 0 (0) 0-0 -- 0, Williams 0 (0) 0-0 -- 0, Frick 0 (2) 0-0 -- 6, Jacob 2 (0) 0-0 -- 4, Wells 3 (0) 0-0 -- 6, Baker 0 (0) 0-0 -- 0, Baltzell 0 (0) 0-0 -- 0, Behrens 0 (0) 0-0 -- 0, Jones 0 (1) 1-2 -- 4, Martinie 0 (0) 0-0 -- 0, Hamilton 0 (0) 0-0 -- 0, Kearney 1 (0) 0-0 -- 2, Armstrong 0 (4) 2-2 -- 14, Harms 0 (0) 0-0 -- 0, Ward 0 (0) 0-0 -- 0,

IVC --
Earlywine 0 (0) 0-0 -- 0, Williamson 5 (0) 3-5 -- 13, Fager 1 (0) 0-1 -- 2, Geltmaker 2 (0) 2-4 -- 6, Mercer 0 (0) 3-6 -- 3, Birkett 1 (0) 0-0 -- 2, Boze 0 (0) 0-0 -- 0, Zerfass 0 (0) 0-0 -- 0, Urbanc 0 (0) 0-0 -- 0, Smith 0 (0) 0-0 -- 0, Bramer 0 (0) 0-0 -- 0, 0 (0) 0-0 -- 0,


Tigers fall at Danville

The Urbana girls basketball team fell 48-38 to Danville on the road. The Tigers are back on the road on Saturday against St. Teresa and finish up their road campaign at Rantoul on Tuesday.

St. Joseph-Ogden 2nd-quarter Honor Roll

St. Joseph-Ogden High School Honor Roll This week, St. Joseph-Ogden High School announced the second-quarter Honor Roll and High Honor Roll recipients. To receive honor roll recognition at SJO students must earn a grade point average of 3.25 or higher on a 4.0 scale. Students whose GPA soared above 3.74 are recognized as High Honor Roll students.

High Honor Roll

Freshmen

Sophomores

Juniors

Senior

Honor Roll

Freshmen

Sophomores

Juniors

Seniors

Tonight's games online:
SJO vs Pontiac, Urbana boys take on Central

Watch Live High School Sports Today

Tonight's Live NFHS Broadcasts

January 14, 2022

URBANA HIGH SCHOOL
Boys Sophomore Basketball vs Central | 6:00 PM
Boys Varsity Basketball vs Central | 7:30 PM


ST. JOSEPH-OGDEN HIGH SCHOOL
Boys Varsity Wrestling vs Unity | 4:25 PM
Boys Junior Varsity Basketball vs Pontiac | 5:30 PM
Boys Varsity Basketball vs Pontiac | 7:00 PM


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Photos this week


The St. Joseph-Ogden soccer team hosted Oakwood-Salt Fork in their home season opener on Monday. After a strong start, the Spartans fell after a strong second-half rally by the Comets, falling 5-1. Here are 33 photos from the game.


Photos from the St. Joseph-Ogden volleyball team's home opener against Maroa-Forsyth from iphotonews.com.