St. Joseph-Ogden High School 2025 First Quarter High Honor Roll

ST. JOSEPH - At the end of October, St. Joseph-Ogden High School announced the recipients of the first quarter Honor Roll and High Honor Roll. To be recognized on the Honor Roll at SJO, students must achieve a grade point average (GPA) of 3.25 or higher on a 4.0 scale. Those with a GPA exceeding 3.74 are honored as High Honor Roll students.

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Freshman High Honor Roll

Sydney Abernathy
Madison Alsip
Charlene Barbee
Callie Barnett
Reid Bewley
Teagan Blacker
Brady Blunier
Allie Bott
Tabbitha Brown
Ella Buhs
Sophia Chahine
Charlotte Christians
Luke Dunn
Sydney Farber
Gatlin Finfrock
Brock Franzen
Jade Gains
Ella Gerdes
Avery Haley
Kelsie Harms
Eli Hendry
Braelyn Ikemire
Brynn Jones
Carson King
Alissa Knight
Ashton Kuchenbrod
Jamin MacAdam
Darby Manion
Ella Mohr
Riley Mohr
Chloe Nirider
Owen Olson
Ava Overstreet
Arianna Pecchenino
Karter Peoples
Aleah Rash
Easton Ray
Lauren Risley
Caylah Roberts
August Rosser
Ryan Schmitz
Abigail Sebree
Kyler Smith
Reagan Smith
Leah Stephenson
Taylynn Tapia
Caleb Taylor
Landyn Thomey
Taylor Vaughn
Malayna Wilson
Makala Wisehart

Sophomore High Honor Roll

Kira Aase
Ava Alexander
Tyler Bonny
Ava Bronowski
Patrick Clark
Avarie Dietiker
Hunter Dilley
Ainsley Dirksmeyer
Trey Divan
Connor Eaton
Olivia Edington
Eli Franklin
Isabella Frerichs
Ava Gallo
Conlan Gill
Holden Hausle
Colton Heidel
Nathan Hinkel
Kellyn Irwin
Ashlee Jannusch
Lilyah Jones
Megan Kearney
Lillyan Kelley
Addison Knight
Avery Lappin
Royce Loschen
Charles Martin
Landon May
Henry McCannon
Lane McKinney
Connor McMahon
Michaela Morrison
Hannah Nirider
Mason Osterbur
Cameron Palmisano
Mara Perkins
Marissa Perkins
Miranda Perkins
Hailey Phillips
Evan Potter
Airin Rash
Kenley Ray
Abigail Reynolds
Isaiah Reynolds
Roisin Rice
Alyssa Robinson
Jaylin Seal
Alexis Smith
Marissa Smith
Vivian Smith
Nayeli Steele
Brooklyn Stevens
Ethan Suchor
Mataya Thaman
Korinne Travis
Evelyn Valentine
Viviene Vliet
Owen Wall
Lucas Waters
Ian Wolken
Samson Zadeh

Junior High Honor Roll

Lillian Ahart
Zhou Barbee
Abigail Bello
Zachary Benoit
Alec Bowlin
Colin Burnett
Brenda Castro
Elizabeth Clark
Abigail Crider
Hayden Dahl
Iris Davis
Nickolas Ditchfield
Mary Evans-Baker
Madison Farber
Nathaniel Farney
Nolan Franzen
Leah Gaines
Skyler Graham
Anna Hammond
Mark Harbourt
Nicholas Harris
Tyler Hess
Maggie Hewkin
Brynn Ikemire
Faith Jackson
Mia Jones
Alivia Learned
Avrianna Lyttle
Chase Mabry
Finnegan Miller
Maddux Musselman
Mason Ramm
Peighton Reim
Kiah Riesel
Dennis Rineberg
Sophie Schmitz
Ava Smoot
Adeline Stevens
Ani Stine
Isabella Turner
Brayden Waller
Jack Wear
Emerson Williams
Declan Yohnka

Senior High Honor Roll

Barrowman, Kylie
Barrowman, Lexie
Bell, Adalyn
Beyers, Kaitlyn
Bird, Emily
Blackburn-Kelley, Tim
Bonny, Aiden
Brooks, Addison
Bytnar, Sara
Carlson, Jacob
Carlson, William
Chaudhary, Rudra
Childers, Adelyn
Clark, Wade
Coffey, Christopher
Ericksen, Katherine
Getty, Abigail
Getty, Camden
Goodwin, Brandon
Hale, Charles
Hardimon, Erica
Hartman, Claire
Hood, Bryanna
Huckstadt, Amelia
Huckstadt, Lydia
Jannusch, Adalyn
Johnson, Jordan
Jolley, Kaelyn
Kelley, Madilyn
Kelso, Samantha
Lackey, Alexis
Lockhart, Ryker
Loschen, Mackenzie
Maddock, Taylor
McDaniel, Michael
McGinnis, Danny
McKinney, Emma
McKinney, Kodey
McMahon, Patrick
Midkiff, Ava
Miller, Ashlyn
Mock, Hannah
Nekolny, Delaney
Ochs, Allison
Oleynichak, Brennan
Osterbur, Kayla
Overstreet, Colton
Page, Garrick
Pearman, Branson
Peoples, Kaleb
Preston, Grace
Pruemer, Asher
Rhoton, Ainsley
Rice, Lily
Roberts, Landon
Ruppel, Amber
Schluter, Cameron
Schmitz, Allison
Sjoken, Gracyn
Smith, Lucas
Smith, Tao
Spain, Karleigh
Steinbach, Sydney
Sweet, Hadley
Taylor, Carlee
Tranel, Luke
Vliet, Sophia
Wells, Emma
Wells, Madeline
Wertz, Wyatt
Xiao, Logan
Zadeh, Cyrus

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St. Joseph-Ogden High School 2025 First Quarter Honor Roll

ST. JOSEPH - Earlier this week, St. Joseph-Ogden High School announced the recipients of the first quarter Honor Roll and High Honor Roll. To be recognized on the Honor Roll at SJO, students must achieve a grade point average (GPA) of 3.25 or higher on a 4.0 scale. Those with a GPA exceeding 3.74 are honored as High Honor Roll students.

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Freshman Honor Roll

Ramsay Arnold
Henry Beeler
Asher Bell
Adam Bello
Bailey Blakley
Jaxon Blunier
Nora Buckley
Ava Buhr
Logan Crider
Dorian Davenport
Sophia Douglas
Aiden Eldridge
Ainsley Freeman
Madelyn Garrett
Isaac Hernandez
Weston Hubbard
Madison Huls
Allison Marschke
Colton McCartney
Ethan McGinnis
Gavin Midkiff
Hope Murphy
Emma O'Herron
Ava Price
Brylee Ramm
Charles Ray
Kiptyn Rosenthal
Jasper Snyder
Lucas Stevens
Brendan Sussen
Gage Tranel
Logan Wedig
Gregory Wells
Guinevere Welsh
Emma Wilson
Savannah Wirth
Addison Wright
Candice Wright

Sophomore Honor Roll

Audrey Barber
Lucas Barton
Coleton Beckett
Draven Black
Donaven Bohlen
Evan Brown
Liam Carter
Carly Coffey
Tessa Cox
Emily Cross
Casen Goff
Jackson Good
Brandon Grindley
George Hale
Nity James
Isabel Kates
Leigha Larson
Pete Martin
Aubrey Matheny
Aiden McBride
Atleigh Miller
Leah Pruitt
Averie Puckett
Gage Ramm
Keagan Reed
Mitch Riesel
Keegan Roberts
Samantha Ryan
Dalton Trotter
Ryder Van Meenen
Jacob Walker
Addison Walsh
Benjamin Wells
Sorena Welsh
Amari Wheeler
Lexi Williams

Junior Honor Roll

Yadiel Acosta-Reyes
Samuel Albrecht
Olivia Berlatsky
Willis Canamore
Jaxson Colvin
Justin Downs
Elijah Garrett
Morgan Huls
Jaydon Lewis
Garrett Loschen
Hadley McDonald
Steven Newman
Mason Olinger
Tripp Palmer
Jaxon Potts
William Ricketts-Royer
Haylee Shaffer
Cameron Wagner
Shelby Warns
Dalton York

Senior Honor Roll

Trevor Ames
DeAva Barnett
Timera Blackburn-Kelley
Shelby Campbell
Cade Crozier
Caleb Dwyer
Parker Fitch
Jeffrey Gossett
William Haley
Zachary Harper
Coy Hayes
Justice Heidel
Bryson Houchens
Nicholas Jackson
Sophia Kasper
Cooper Kietzman
Vance McComas
Graham Ray
Lance Retz
Logan Rosenthal
Ethan Sanders
Trevor Sexton
Quinn Stahl
Devan Swisher
Lucas Truong
Hayden Utley
Hunter Van Meenen

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Unity wins volleyball regional championship, faces BCC next at sectional

Photo: Sentinel/Clark Brooks

ST. JOSEPH - Unity student fans rush the floor after the Rockets defeated regional host St. Joseph-Ogden in an exciting three-set affair in Tuesday's Class 2A semifinal match. Two days later, fans had another reason to celebrate after Unity defeated Westville in straight sets 25-22, 25-15. The Rockets advance to the Clinton sectional semifinal to face Illini Prairie Conference foe Bloomington Central Catholic at 6 p.m. this Tuesday.

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More match photos

Claire Meharry celebrate her kill for the Rockets in set two. Unity trailed by as many as four points early in the set, finally tying the contest at 12-all. The two Illini Prairie Conference foes would knot the score five more times until the Rockets scored four unanswered points from a 21-21 score late in set.

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LEFT: Emily Osterbur sets the ball for the Rockets. After losing the first set 25-14, Osterbur's passing was a critical factor in Unity's second set rally. MIDDLE: Trying to erase a three-point deficit on the scoreboard, senior Jillian Schlittler serves midway in Set 2. RIGHT: Unity head coach Leah Luchinski gives instructions to her front row players after her team narrows the gap on the scoreboard.

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Deri Behm, the bench and student fans celebrate a critical point for the Rockets. Behm is one of eight seniors on this season's Unity volleyball squad.

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LEFT: Jillian Schlittler keeps the ball in play for the Rockets. Unity fought back after a slow start to take command of the match, taking set two from the Spartans, 25-21. MIDDLE: Unity fans sat on the edge of their seats as Rockets fought valiantly to hold off St. Joseph-Ogden's mini-rally to the score at 19-all as Schlittler makes a pass to their outside hitter. RIGHT: Schlittler back sets to middle hitter to start a four-point run. After tying the match 1-all with a 25-21 second set victory, the Rockets hit their stride to take the second 25-22, eliminating rival St. Joseph-Ogden from the postseason.

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Westville Tigers advance in Class 2A volleyball semifinal

Photos: Sentinel/Clark Brooks

Junior Ady Blakeney celebrates a point for Westville with teammates Lainey Wichtowski and Lexi Shumacher during first set action against Marshall at the St. Joseph-Ogden High School volleyball regionals. The Tigers went on to defeat the Lions in their semifinal match in a three-setter, 25-17, 21-25, 25-18. Westville advanced to the regional championship match to face Unity, who defeated host St. Joseph-Ogden 2-1 in the matinee match.

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More match photos

TOP LEFT: Junior Gwen Bennett serves during set one for the Tigers. TOP MIDDLE: Ady Blakeney pounds the ball on an outside hit. TOP RIGHT: Freshman Lexi Shumacher leaps above the net for a kill.

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BOTTOM LEFT: Junior libero Daylin Zaayer makes a routine pass to the front row. BOTTOM MIDDLE: Madelyn Doggett celebrates another kill to widen the Tigers lead over Marshall on the way to a first set victory. BOTTOM RIGHT: Doggett pass a serve from the Lions to the front row.

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This year's regional varsity squad included Lily Munoz, Lani Newell, Daylin Zaayer, Madison Duke, Isabela Hundley, Taylor Valangeon, Lexi Newell, Madelyn Doggett, Chloe Cox, Lainey Wichtowski, Carlee Miller, Lexi Schumacher, Gwen Bennett, and Ady Blakeney.

The Sentinel On This Day | October 31

Archived articles published on October 31 in previous years from The Sentinel. Topics include local news, sports, community events, politics, and Opinion-Editorial viewpoints.

Each day, we revisit stories that shaped our community — from thrilling high school sports moments and heartfelt local events to coverage of state politics, healthcare developments, and opinion pieces that sparked conversation. Explore archived stories published on October 31 from previous years, offering a snapshot of life in Champaign County and beyond by The Sentinel.

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Editor's top pick for today ~

Affordable storage ideas for small apartments, clever hacks to make more space

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SNS - Living in a small apartment or home can be challenging, especially when it comes storage space. However, you can maximize your space affordably with creativity and clever solutions. Here are some affordable storage hacks tailored for every room in your home, helping you declutter and organize efficiently with style.

Learn tricks to make more space in your home

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