Somewhere under the rainbow at Meier Field

At the plate, senior Braxton Waller tries put the ball in play during a brief moment of sunshine and a rainbow over Meier Field on Thursday after four innings of light drizzle during St. Joseph-Ogden's home baseball game against Mattoon. The Spartans held off a late rally by the Green Wave to win their 29th contest of the season, 7-5. SJO plays at home again hosting the Salt Fork Storm on Saturday at 10am.

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Nolan Earley throws a strike
Nolan Earley throws a pitch in the Spartans' road game at Westville last week. Earley surrendered nine runs and one run over five innings with no walks as the St. Joseph-Ogden baseball team improved to 22-2 on the season with the 10-3 victory on Wednesday.

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Spartans sweep Grey Ghost in conference home stand

Braxton Waller tags out Ryan Adler
St. Joseph - St. Joseph-Ogden's Braxton Waller tags out Illinois Valley Central's Ryan Adler on a play at home during Game 2 of their doubleheader on Saturday at Meier Field. The Spartans swept the visiting Grey Ghost 15-0 in the first game and won the second in a 12-6 decision. Hosting Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley tomorrow, SJO improves to 6-0 in the Illini Prairie Conference and 21-2 overall. More photos from this game later this week.

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Sunday Sports Rewind; St. Joseph-Ogden advances to baseball title game

Peoria - Brant Hoveln and Colton Hale head to the dugout during the St. Joseph-Ogden baseball team's state semifinal game a Dozier Stadium. The Spartans plated three runs in the top of the ninth inning, breaking a 2-2 tie to beat Chicago Christian 5-2 and advance to the Class 2A champion game. Jesse Schlueter, Eli Place, and Austin Cain led the offensive effort with two hits each. Hale, who struck out eight of the 20 batters he faced across 6.2 innings, earned the win on the bump. Here's a look back at some of the game action from the game seven years ago this June.

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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.

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Photos from the St. Joseph-Ogden volleyball team's home opener against Maroa-Forsyth from iphotonews.com.

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