Spartans win! SJO defeats Oakwood in TODC championship game

SJO celebrates TODC victory

ST. JOSEPH - Tim Blackburn-Kelley holds up St. Joseph-Ogden's first piece of tournament hardware this season while celebrating the team's 74-42 title win over Oakwood. The Spartans took command of the game and never looked back going up 26-8 in the first quarter on their home court against the Comets. The victory marked the fourth-consecutive Toyota of Danville championship for the program.

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Rematch: Oakwood, St. Joseph-Ogden face off in Toyota of Danville Classic championship game

Charleston's Luke Bonsletter goes up for a shot on a fast break against ALAH. The junior scored 26 points in his team's 48-41 loss to SJO Friday night. The Trojans will be play for third place at the TODC tonight starting at 5pm.

Photo: PhotoNews Media/Clark Brooks

ST. JOSEPH - The field is set for championship day at the Toyota of Danville Classic. St. Joseph-Ogden and Oakwood went undefeated in pool play and will face each other on the hardwood in a rematch of last year's title game starting around 6:30pm tonight in the Main Gym at St. Joseph-Ogden High School.

Before that, St. Teresa and Charleston, who earned two wins against one loss in pool play, square off in the third-place game starting at 5pm. The markings of an exciting contest, St. Teresa's Raheem Tyus and Charleston's Luke Bonstetter will lead their respective teams for the in the prelude to the championship game. Tyus and Bonstetter led their teams in Friday's game, scoring 26 points.

The fifth place game features Paxton-Buckley-Loda against Evan LaBelle and the Watseka Warriors. LaBelle had an outstanding night, scoring 24 of his team's 51 points against Arthur-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond (ALAH).

ALAH will be the home team against Cissna Park, opening the final day's competition at 2pm.

Toyota of Danville Classic
Championship Day Schedule

2:00 PM: 7th Place Game-Cissna Park vs. ALAH

3:30 PM: 5th Place Game-PBL vs. Watseka

5:00 PM: 3rd Place Game-Decatur St. Teresa vs. Charleston

6:30 PM: 1st Place Game: Oakwood vs. St. Joseph-Ogden


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.