SJO hosts basketball shootout on Saturday

St. Joseph-Ogden's Addie Brooks looks for an open teammate to pass the ball at last December's Country Financial Shootout. Brooks and the Spartans defeated ALAH, 49-39. Shootout hosts SJO (3-3) will play Salt Fork (7-0) at 4 PM.

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ST. JOSEPH - Now that the boys' Toyota of Danville Classic is in the books, St. Joseph-Ogden will host an eight-team girls' shootout this Saturday. Opening the four-game event, the Paris Tigers will take on the Cardinals of Pleasant Plains at 1 PM in the high school's main gym for The Country Financial JV/VARSITY Girls Basketball Shootout.

Admission is $8 for adults and $5 for students with valid Student IDs.

The Spartans will face Salt Fork at 4 PM, after the 2:30 PM Fieldcrest and Cissna Park matchup.

Unity (6-3) will play the following nightcap at 6 PM against the Lady Warriors of Watseka.

The Country Financial Girls Basketball Shootout Schedule
Varsity (SJO HS Main Gym)
Varsity: 8 Minute Quarters – 10 Minute Halftimes & 12-15 Minute Warm-Ups

1:00 PM:
(NE Locker Room) Pleasant Plains vs. Paris (SW Locker Room)

2:30 PM:
(NW Locker Room) Fieldcrest vs. Cissna Park (SE Locker Room)

4:00 PM:
(NE Locker Room) Salt Fork vs. St. Joseph-Ogden (SW Locker Room)

5:30 PM:
(NW Locker Room) Watseka vs. Unity (SE Locker Room)


Junior Varsity (SJO PRACTICE GYM)
JV (8 Minute Quarters – 8 Minute Halftimes & 10-12 Minute Warm-Ups) Games MAY Start Up to 15 Minutes Early

11:00 AM:
(NE Locker Room) Pleasant Plains vs. Paris (SW Locker Room)

12:30 PM:
(NW Locker Room) St. Joseph-Ogden vs. Cissna Park (SE Locker Room)

2:00 PM:
(NE Locker Room) Salt Fork vs. St. Joseph-Ogden (SW Locker Room)

3:30 PM:
(NW Locker Room) Watseka vs. Unity (SE Locker Room)



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