Unstoppable St. Joseph-Ogden blasts past Althoff Catholic in first-round game
Scoring almost at will, there was no stopping the Spartans today at Dick Duval Field. SJO records a school-record 80 points in their first round victory over Althoff Catholic.
Photo: Sentinel/Clark Brooks
ST. JOSEPH - Spartan quarterback Lane McKinney cross the goal line, scoring his second of four touchdowns against visiting Althoff Catholic. St. Joseph-Ogden improved to a 10-0 record after defeating the Crusaders 80-31. With the win, the program record set a school record for the most points scored in an IHSA playoff game. SJO hosts rival Unity next Saturday at 1 p.m. for their Class 3A second-round game.
TOP LEFT: Althoff running back Andrew Dong tries to evade St. Joseph-Ogden's Jameson Ennis during first half action. CENTER: Wide open, SJO receiver Brock Franzen hauls in a touchdown pass from Lane McKinney to give the team a 20-0 first-quarter lead. TOP RIGHT: Crusaders' DeMarco Koonce wrestles Spartan running back Ryder Van Meenen to the turf.
BOTTOM LEFT: Cameron Wagner celebrates his stop for a loss in the first half. Wagner's inspired play forced the Crusaders to look for adjustments to defend against size and quickness. BOTTOM RIGHT: Owen Wall out-muscles Althoff's Drew McGee on the line of scrimage. See our game photo gallery.
Illustrious - Showcases and the stories behind Illinois’ most iconic high school gyms
CHICAGO - On a quiet Saturday afternoon in January 2012, at the Oak Park-River Forest field house, a simple thought refused to leave Vincent Johnson alone.
Covering a girls basketball game for the Oak Leaves, Johnson found himself looking beyond the box score and into the bones of the building itself. The space was overwhelming in the best way. Big. Empty. Striking. The field house - massive, architectural, overwhelming in character - was alive with echoes. The gym itself demanded his attention.
How good is your next steak? Look closely at the marbling
By Casey Cartwright
A premium steak makes an impression before it even reaches the grill. Fine streaks of fat run through the muscle, creating the visual pattern known as marbling. Those delicate flecks do much more than make a steak look appealing. They influence flavor and tenderness and affect how the beef performs over high heat.
Marbling plays a major role in the experience people expect from premium beef, but understanding it takes more than looking for the fattiest steak in the case. The amount and distribution of intramuscular ...
