St. Joseph-Ogden finishes 7th holiday wrestling tournament
SPRINGFIELD - The Spartans defeated Hoopeston Area 60-18 to finish in 7th place in the Bronze Division at ABE's Rumble.
Banded together, the top 16 grapplers from St. Joseph-Ogden competed in nine duo meets in two days at the Bank of Springfield Center.
After enjoying a first-round bye in the four-match pool round, Brandon Goodwin, Logan Xiao, Devan Swisher, Khaden Hallowell, Emmitt Holt, and Holden Brazelton delivered victories in the ten-point loss to their first opponent, Anna-Jonesboro, 43-32.
In the third bout, SJO won four of the 14 possible matches, falling 42-19 to Auburn.
Devan Swisher pinned Jasen Verry in the third period of the 157-pound match at 4:12. Wrestling at 106 pounds, Holt, a senior, stuck George Piazza at the one minute and seven seconds mark for six points.
Jackson Walsh picked up his first W at the two-day event with an 8-2 decision in the 113-pound division over Jasmine Brown. SJO got a major decision from Landen Butts after he shut out Noah Duncan 8-0.
Brazelton (10-1) suffered his first loss of the season at the hands of Trojan Anthony Ruzic in their 132-pound match. Ruzic outmanuevered the Spartan junior, 8-3
Recovering their composure after the dominating loss at the hands of the Trojans, SJO rolled over Mercer County, 51-29.
Swisher (157), Vance McComas (165), Khaden Hallowell (190), Holt (106), Walsh (113), Maddie Wells (126), and Goodwin logged wins by fall or forfeit.
Only two matches went the distance. Sophomore Camden Getty won his over Mercer County's Miles Ward, 18-13, while Butts fell 18-2 to Eagles' Ethan Monson.
In their final pool match, the Spartans fell to Olympia, 60-24. SJO notched four wins thanks to Brazelton, Holt, McComas, and Swisher.
McComas was awarded a forfeit at 165-pounds, and Swisher, as well at 157 pounds. Holt beat Olympia's Noah Whiteside by pin at 3:09 in their 106-pound match, and Brazelton made quick work of the Oly's Landon Smith via 30-second pin.
The Spartans finished 4th pool action behind Olympia in first, Anna Jonesboro in second place, and Auburn in third. Mercer County finished under SJO in 5th place.
Advancing to the Bronze Division, St. Joseph-Ogden defeated Shelbyville 48-33. The team dropped the next two matches, first Tremont (51-29) and then against Robinson (48-34).
In the final dual for the squad in 2023, the Spartans won ten bouts by fall or forfeit.
Brodie Harms, Wells, Brazelton, Xiao, and Hallowell recorded first-period wins by pin. Holt secured his final victory of '23 in the second period, sticking Cornjerkers' Charlie Flores at 2:57.
The Spartans tallied 60 points against Hoopeston Area to secure a 7th-place finish out of a pool of 16 teams in the division.
This year's contingent competing at the annual holiday grappling event included Brodie Harms, Khaden Hallowell, Chaz Bowlin, Vance McComas, James Barron, Jonathan Moore, Nathan Daly, Logan Xiao, Thomas Ware, Brandon Goodwin, Landen Butts, Holden Brazelton, Maddie Wells, Camden Getty, Jackson Walsh, Emmitt Holt, Corbin Smith, and Devan Swisher.
Youth wrestlers medal at tournament last month
Rockford - Last Friday, 13 wrestlers from the SJO Youth Wrestling Club competed at the Bad Boys Open in Rockford. After facing quality competition from around the state, the squad came home with 14 medals from the 40-team meet.
Two wrestlers from the contingent won their division titles, adding gold medals to their growing collections. The squad also had four wrestlers finish second, third, and fourth in their division.
It is no surprise that Jack Gorman, son of former St. Joseph-Ogden High School 2x state-qualifier Ben Gorman, rolled through his three 6-8 bantam-weight matches to a gold medal. Finishing the day 3-0 after sticking all three of his opponents, Gorman's fastest pin was in 46 seconds.
Gormans's older brother, Chase, finished second in the 8-10 Intermediates with a 2-1 record. The highlight of his day was a 30-second pin over Harlem Huskies' Liam Slye.
In the Tots, 6 & Under division, Mason Krisman went 2-0, pinning both opponents to bring home gold for the SJO club.
Also representing SJO were Spencer Krisman, Eli Reed, Will Gallo, Brandon Jackson, Bentley Morse, Levi Lee, Kayelyn Lee, Kolten Fiedler, Carson Gallo, and Kaison Johnson.
The club team travels to Matton and Monticello this weekend for matches.
Craft happy hour this Wednesday at the Urbana Free Library
URBANA - The Urbana Free Library and Urbana Arts & Culture will host the January Craft Happy Hour for adults tomorrow from 6-7 PM on the main floor of the library near the east wing.
The first installment of the 2024 series of meetings will focus on creating Vision Boards. A vision board is a visual collection of photos, graphic images, words, phrases, and slogans that form a collage to inspire and motivate the creator to complete their goals. Vision boards help users through the self-efficacy theory and the reticular activating system to achieve success.
Crafting supplies and light refreshments will be provided.
This month's guest speaker is Lauren White, a local mixed media artist who will happy hour guests create a 2024 vision board to display in their home or office.
Christie Clinic Shootout: A showcase of top downstate small school basketball teams
Unity's Henry Thomas dribbles the ball around a Normal University High player during the Christie Clinic Shootout game in 2023. Already on a three-game slide and 8-6 a the midpoint in the season, the Rockets lost 56-48 to the Pioneers. Currently undefeated this season at 13-0, Unity returns to the shootout lineup this weekend to face Quincy Notre Dame at 5 pm on Saturday.
ST. JOSEPH - St. Joseph-Ogden High School will host the Christie Clinic Shootout this Saturday, with the first game tipping off at 11 am between Streator and Normal Community West. Six more varsity basketball games will follow (see schedule below) for a full day of exciting prep basketball. The school will also host a JV side of the shootout, with the contests starting at 9 am in the school's practice gym. Admission for adults is $8.00 for the day and $5.00 for students with their student ID.
Shootout
Schedule
Streator vs. Normal West 12:30 PM:
Carterville vs. Normal University 2:00 PM:
New Berlin vs. Monticello 3:30 PM:
Belleville West vs. Bradley-Bourbonnais 5:00 PM:
QND vs. Unity 6:30 PM:
Pinckneyville vs. SJO 8:00 PM:
Washington vs. Mt. Zion
Junior Varsity Schedule 9:00 AM:
Streator vs. Normal West 10:30 AM: Carterville vs. Normal University 12:00 PM: New Berlin vs. Monticello 1:30 PM:
Belleville West vs. Bradley-Bourbonnais 3:00 PM:
QND vs. Unity 4:30 PM:
Pinckneyville vs. SJO 6:00 PM:
Washington vs. Mt. Zion
A lackluster third-quarter performance by Kankakee erased a nine-point halftime lead over Notre Dame. The Irish outscored the Kays 13-3 in the period on the way to a 51-46 win in the final game of the day at the Christie Clinic Shootout. St. Joseph-Ogden 59 - Nashville 35 The Spartans beat last year's Class 2A state champions with ease. SJO's starting five put the game on cruise control in the third quarter. Normal U-High 56 - Unity 48
Henry Thomas, who finished with a team-high 13 points, was solid in the paint for the Rockets while senior Will Cowan tossed in four treys for 12 points in a hard-fought battle against the Pioneers. Jay Saunders and Dalton O'Neill contributed seven points apiece in the loss. Mount Zion 70 - Bloomington 49
The Braves (17-2) had a foursome finish in double-figures on their way to knocking off the Raiders in the midday game at the shootout. Carson Cuddy led all scorers from both sides of the scorer's table with 22 points, 13 tallied in the third quarter. Centennial 39 - Addison Trail 34
Picking up their fifth win of the season, the Chargers (5-7) worked their way out of a 12-point deficit to slide past the Blazers in the lowest-scoring game of the day at the shootout. Silent during the first half, Preston Sledge collected all of his game-high 14 points in the second half. Beecher 64 - Bismarck-Henning-Rossville-Alvin 48
The Bobcats (17-1) handed senior Brett Meidel and the Blue Devils their fourth loss of the season.
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