Spartans continue flying high, securing win #24 against visiting Trojans

Photo: Sentinel/Clark Brooks

St. Joseph-Ogden's Nolan Earley dives to second base trying to avoid the tag by Maroa-Forsyth's Issac Hanes in the third inning of the Spartans' home baseball game on Friday. SJO, who hasn't dropped game since March 29, defeated the Trojans, 6-1. Earley pitched a complete game striking out seven batters and giving up just one run on six hits on Friday at Meyer Field. The Spartans, who have posted just two losses in 26 games, are back in action at home on Monday for an Illini Prairie conference showdown against Monticello.

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St. Joseph-Ogden third quarter High Honor Roll

ST. JOSEPH - At the end of March, St. Joseph-Ogden High School announced the recipients of the third 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

Kira Aase
Ava Alexander
Tyler Bonny
Ava Bronowski
Patrick Clark
Carly Coffey
Tessa Cox
Avarie Dietiker
Ainsley Dirksmeyer
Trey Divan
Connor Eaton
Olivia Edington
Eli Franklin
Isabella Frerichs
Ava Gallo
Conlan Gill
Brandon Grindley
Holden Hausle
Colton Heidel
Averie Helfrich
Nathan Hinkel
Kellyn Irwin
Ashlee Jannusch
Lilyah Jones
Isabel Kates
Megan Kearney
Lillyan Kelley
Addison Knight
Avery Lappin
Royce Loschen
Charles Martin
Landon May
Henry McCannon
Lane McKinney
Connor McMahon
Michaela Morrison
Mason Osterbur
Cameron Palmisano
Mara Perkins
Marissa Perkins
Miranda Perkins
Hailey Phillips
Evan Potter
Airin Rash
Kenley Ray
Abigail Reynolds
Roisin Rice
Alyssa Robinson
Jaylin Seal
Alexis 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

Sophomore High Honor Roll

Lillian Ahart
Zhou Barbee
Abigail Bello
Zachary Benoit
Olivia Berlatsky
Colin Burnett
Brenda Castro
Elizabeth Clark
Abigail Crider
Hayden Dahl
Iris Davis
Madison Farber
Nathaniel Farney
Nolan Franzen
Leah Gaines
Skyler Graham
Anna Hammond
Mark Harbourt
Nicholas Harris
Tyler Hess
Maggie Hewkin
Brynn Ikemire
Mia Jones
Alivia Learned
Avrianna Lyttle
Chase Mabry
Adam Marschke
Hadley McDonald
Finnegan Miller
Maddux Musselman
Steven Newman
Mason Ramm
Kiah Riesel
Dennis Rineberg
Sophie Schmitz
Ava Smoot
Adeline Stevens
Ani Stine
Isabella Turner
Brayden Waller
Jack Wear
Emerson Williams
Declan Yohnka
Dalton York

Junior High Honor Roll

Kylie Barrowman
Lexie Barrowman
Adalyn Bell
Kaitlyn Beyers
Emily Bird
Tim Blackburn-Kelley
Aiden Bonny
Addison Brooks
Sara Bytnar
William Carlson
Rudra Chaudhary
Adelyn Childers
Christopher Coffey
Katherine Ericksen
Abigail Getty
Camden Getty
Charles Hale
William Haley
Erica Hardimon
Zachary Harper
Claire Hartman
Lydia Huckstadt
Adalyn Jannusch
Kaelyn Jolley
Sophia Kasper
Madilyn Kelley
Samantha Kelso
Cooper Kietzman
Alexis Lackey
Ryker Lockhart
Mackenzie Loschen
Michael McDaniel
Danny McGinnis
Kodey McKinney
Patrick McMahon
Ava Midkiff
Ashlyn Miller
Hannah Mock
Delaney Nekolny
Allison Ochs
Brennan Oleynichak
Kayla Osterbur
Colton Overstreet
Branson Pearman
Kaleb Peoples
Grace Preston
Asher Pruemer
Ainsley Rhoton
Lily Rice
Landon Roberts
Logan Rosenthal
Amber Ruppel
Trevor Sexton
Cameron Schluter
Allison Schmitz
Gracyn Sjoken
Tao Smith
Karleigh Spain
Sydney Steinbach
Hadley Sweet
Carlee Taylor
Hunter Van Meenen
Sophia Vliet
Madeline Wells
Wyatt Wertz
Logan Xiao
Cyrus Zadeh

Senior High Honor Roll

EJ Beckett
Miles Birt
Landon Brown
Arely Castro
Richi Chimal
Preslee Christians
Ella Dietiker
Luke Ditchfield
Andrea Dominguez
Jackson Ennis
Savanna Franzen
Addison Funk
Kaiden Gaines
Tayton Gerdes
Olivia Getty
Makennah Hamilton
Lauren Harris
Haley Hesterberg
Maebree Houston
Tinley Ideus
Paige Johnson
Sara Kearney
Amilliya Kindle
Owen Knap
Jeffrey Kuchenbrod
Logan Lackey
Logan Mills
Gabriel Mortlock
Grace Osterbur
Chayse Palmer
Sonia Patel
Nathan Phillips
Sydney Reitmeier
Audrey Ruppel
Charles Schmitz
Tanner Siems
Kyler Swanson
Coy Taylor
Samantha Uden
Charley Wright
Fiona Xiao

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207 SJO students earn High Honor Roll recognition in the second quarter

ST. JOSEPH - At the end of October, St. Joseph-Ogden High School announced the recipients of the second 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

Kira Aase
Tyler Bonny
Ava Bronowski
Patrick Clark
Avarie Dietiker
Ainsley Dirksmeyer
Trey Divan
Connor Eaton
Olivia Edington
Eli Franklin
Isabella Frerichs
Ava Gallo
Conlan Gill
Colton Heidel
Nathan Hinkel
Ashlee Jannusch
Lilyah Jones
Megan Kearney
Lillyan Kelley
Gavin Little
Royce Loschen
Charles Martin
Landon May
Henry McCannon
Lane McKinney
Connor McMahon
Hannah Nirider
Mason Osterbur
Mara Perkins
Marissa Perkins
Hailey Phillips
Evan Potter
Airin Rash
Kenley Ray
Abigail Reynolds
Roisin Rice
Alyssa Robinson
Vivian Smith
Nayeli Steele
Brooklyn Stevens
Ethan Suchor
Mataya Thaman
Korinne Travis
Evelyn Valentine
Owen Wall
Lucas Waters
Sorena Welsh
Ian Wolken
Samson Zadeh

Sophomore High Honor Roll

Lillian Ahart
Zhou Barbee
Abigail Bello
Zachary Benoit
Olivia Berlatsky
Colin Burnett
Brenda Castro Gutierrez
Elizabeth Clark
Abigail Crider
Hayden Dahl
Iris Davis
Madison Farber
Nathaniel Farney
Nolan Franzen
Leah Gaines
Skyler Graham
Anna Hammond
Mark Harbourt
Nicholas Harris
Tyler Hess
Maggie Hewkin
Brynn Ikemire
Mia Jones
Alivia Learned
Avrianna Lyttle
Chase Mabry
Hadley McDonald
Finnegan Miller
Maddux Musselman
Mason Ramm
Kiah Riesel
Dennis Rineberg
Sophie Schmitz
Adeline Stevens
Ani Stine
Isabella Turner
Brayden Waller
Jack Wear
Emerson Williams
Declan Yohnka

Junior High Honor Roll

Trevor Ames
Kylie Barrowman
Lexie Barrowman
Adalyn Bell
Kaitlyn Beyers
Emily Bird
Tim Blackburn-Kelley
Aiden Bonny
Addison Brooks
Sara Bytnar
Jacob Carlson
William Carlson
Rudra Chaudhary
Adelyn Childers
Christopher Coffey
Caleb Dwyer
Katherine Ericksen
Abigail Getty
Camden Getty
Charles Hale
William Haley
Erica Hardimon
Zachary Harper
Claire Hartman
Amelia Huckstadt
Lydia Huckstadt
Adalyn Jannusch
Kaelyn Jolley
Sophia Kasper
Madilyn Kelley
Sami Kelso
Cooper Kietzman
Alexis Lackey
Ryker Lockhart
Mackenzie Loschen
Michael McDaniel
Danny McGinnis
Emma McKinney
Kodey McKinney
Patrick McMahon
Ashlyn Miller
Hannah Mock
Delaney Nekolny
Allison Ochs
Brennan Oleynichak
Kayla Osterbur
Colton Overstreet
Garrick Page
Branson Pearman
Kaleb Peoples
Asher Pruemer
Ainsley Rhoton
Lily Rice
Landon Roberts
Logan Rosenthal
Amber Ruppel
Cameron Schlueter
Allison Schmitz
Gracyn Sjoken
Lucas Smith
Tao Smith
Karleigh Spain
Quinn Stahl
Sydney Steinbach
Hadley Sweet
Carlee Taylor
Sophia Vliet
Madeline Wells
Wyatt Wertz
Logan Xiao
Cyrus Zadeh

Senior High Honor Roll

Jared Altenbaumer
EJ Beckett
Audrey Benoit
Macie Blakley
Landon Brown
Arely Castro Gutierrez
Richi Chimal
Preslee Christians
Madison Clampitt
Lauren Dewese
Ella Dietiker
Luke Ditchfield
Andrea Dominguez
Jackson Ennis
Savanna Franzen
Addison Funk
Kaiden Gaines
Tayton Gerdes
Olivia Getty
Makennah Hamilton
Lauren Harris
Haley Hesterberg
Maebree Houston
Paige Johnson
Sara Kearney
Amilliya Kindle
Jeffrey Kuchenbrod
Gabriel Mata
Logan Mills
Gabriel Mortlock
Grace Osterbur
Chayse Palmer
Sonia Patel
Nathan Phillips
Haley Rudolph
Audrey Ruppel
Charles Schmitz
Tanner Siems
Corbin Smith
Kyler Swanson
Coy Taylor
Collin Thomey
Samantha Uden
Reese Wheatley
Madison Wolken
Charley Wright
Fiona Xiao

Here are the recipients from St. Joseph-Ogden's first quarter High Honor and Honor Roll.

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Other articles ~

• SJO wrestling wins home match over BHRA, Getty and four others shine
• Despite earlier milestones, Spartans soccer season ends with loss to Pioneers
• Outlasting a talented Tri-Valley squad, SJO basketball advances to State Farm tournament quarterfinals

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St. Joseph-Ogden 2024-25 second quarter 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 Honor Roll

Ava Alexander
Lucas Barton
Coleton Beckett
Draven Black
Liam Carter
Carly Coffey
Tessa Cox
Hunter Dilley
Jameson Ehler
Brandon Grindley
George Hale
Holden Hausle
Kellyn Irwin
Isabel Kates
Addison Knight
Keira Landers
Avery Lappin
Leigha Larson
Pete Martin
Aubrey Matheny
Aiden McBride
Atleigh Miller
Michaela Morrison
Alyssa Osterbur
Cameron Palmisano
Lyla Patton
Miranda Perkins
Leah Pruitt
Averie Puckett
Gage Ramm
Isaiah Reynolds
Keegan Roberts
Samantha Ryan
Jaylin Seal
Alexis Smith
Marissa Smith
Dalton Trotter
Logan Umbarger
Ryder Van Meenen
Viviene Vliet
Tessa Walker
Benjamin Wells

Sophomore Honor Roll

Samuel Albrecht
Andrew Bourland
Alec Bowlin
Willis Canamore
Nickolas Ditchfield
Justin Downs
Jackson Glasa
Morgan Huls
Garrett Loschen
Adam Marschke
Steven Newman
Tripp Palmer
Peighton Reim
Ava Smoot
Cameron Wagner
Cameron Wright
William Yeazel
Dalton York

Junior Honor Roll

Isabella Brooks
Shelby Campbell
Cade Crozier
Jeffrey Gossett
Coy Hayes
Justice Heidel
Bryson Houchens
Nick Jackson
Jordan Johnson
Malachy Kates
Kylan Kincaid
Taylor Maddock
Vance McComas
Ava Midkiff
Grace Preston
Graham Ray
Lance Retz
Ethan Sanders
Trevor Sexton
Landon Smith
Luke Tranel
Hunter Van Meenen
Emma Wells

Senior Honor Roll

Alex Acosta-Reyes
Rylie Barton
William Besson
Eli Birt
Miles Birt
Chaz Bowlin
Hayden Coffey
Joshua Courter
Aerolyn Davenport
Nolan Earley
Lyla Frerichs
Joe Griebat
Mason Guido
Brodie Harms
Tinley Ideus
Kendrick Johnson
Quincy Jones
Owen Knap
Aiden Krall
Logan Lackey
Madison Lankster
Logan Patton
Hailie Reifsteck
Sydney Reitmeier
Carson Sarnecki
Ava Seggebruch
Thea Smith
Carter Turner
Jackson Walsh
Isabelle Wiese
Alexis Wirth
Ava Worley
Merial Yeager

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Here are the recipients from St. Joseph-Ogden's first quarter High Honor and Honor Roll.

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Other articles ~

• SJO wrestling wins home match over BHRA, Getty and four others shine
• Despite earlier milestones, Spartans soccer season ends with loss to Pioneers
• Outlasting a talented Tri-Valley squad, SJO basketball advances to State Farm tournament quarterfinals

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St. Joseph-Ogden High School 2024 First Quarter 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 Honor Roll

Ava Alexander
Miles Atwood
Lucas Barton
Coleton Beckett
Draven Black
Evan Brown
Liam Carter
Caleb Courter
Emily Cross
Hunter Dilley
Jameson Ehler
Casen Goff
Jackson Good
George Hale
Holden Hausle
Averie Helfrich
Keira Landers
Leigha Larson
Pete Martin
Aubrey Matheny
Wyatt McKinney
Atleigh Miller
Michaela Morrison
Cameron Palmisano
Averie Puckett
Isaiah Reynolds
Mitch Riesel
Keegan Roberts
Samantha Ryan
Dalton Trotter
Logan Umbarger
Ryder Van Meenen
Henrik Vander Zalm
Tessa Walker
Lexi Williams
Ian Wolken

Sophomore Honor Roll

Yadiel Acosta-Reyes
Samuel Albrecht
Olivia Berlatsky
Alec Bowlin
Willis Canamore
Brenda Castro Gutierrez
Jaxson Colvin
Jameson Ennis
Mary Evans-Baker
Elijah Garrett
Aiden Hundley
Faith Jackson
Jaxson LaBounty
Garrett Loschen
Adam Marschke
Steven Newman
Mason Olinger
Tripp Palmer
William Ricketts-Royer
Ava Smoot
Lilly Sollars
Cameron Wagner
Shelby Warns
Kaden Wedig
Dalton York

Junior Honor Roll

McKenzie Atwood
Shelby Campbell
Wade Clark
Cade Crozier
Caleb Dwyer
Zachary Harper
Coy Hayes
Justice Heidel
Bryson Houchens
Amelia Huckstadt
Nick Jackson
Malachy Kates
Vance McComas
Emma McKinney
Ava Midkiff
Graham Ray
Lance Retz
Ainsley Rhoton
Ethan Sanders
Trevor Sexton
Gracyn Sjoken
Landon Smith
Lucas Smith
Luke Tranel
Lucas Truong
Hunter Van Meenen
Emma Wells

Senior Honor Roll

Jared Altenbaumer
James Barron
Rylie Barton
William Besson
Eli Birt
Sul Bonny
Chaz Bowlin
Landen Butts
Nolan Earley
Lyla Frerichs
Addison Funk
Tinley Ideus
Kendrick Johnson
Dylan Jones
Quincy Jones
Amilliya Kindle
Owen Knap
Aiden Krall
Logan Lackey
Madison Lankster
Gabe Mata
Brenden Maury
Logan Patton
Hailie Reifsteck
Sydney Reitmeier
Carson Sarnecki
Samuel Shonkwiler
Thea Smith
Collin Thomey
Jackson Walsh
Ava Worley
Merial Yeager

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St. Joseph-Ogden High School 2024 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

Kira Aase
Tyler Bonny
Ava Bronowski
Patrick Clark
Carly Coffey
Tessa Cox
Avarie Dietiker
Ainsley Dirksmeyer
Trey Divan
Connor Eaton
Olivia Edington
Eli Franklin
Isabella Frerichs
Ava Gallo
Conlan Gill
Brandon Grindley
Colton Heidel
Nathan Hinkel
Kellyn Irwin
Ashlee Jannusch
Lilyah Jones
Isabel Kates
Megan Kearney
Lillyan Kelley
Addison Knight
Avery Lappin
Gavin Little
Royce Loschen
Charles Martin
Landon May
Aiden McBride
Henry McCannon
Lane McKinney
Connor McMahon
Hannah Nirider
Mason Osterbur
Lyla Patton
Mara Perkins
Marissa Perkins
Miranda Perkins
Hailey Phillips
Evan Potter
Leah Pruitt
Airin Rash
Kenley Ray
Abigail Reynolds
Roisin Rice
Alyssa Robinson
Alexis Smith
Marissa Smith
Vivian Smith
Nayeli Steele
Brooklyn Stevens
Ethan Suchor
Mataya Thaman
Korinne Travis
Evelyn Valentine
Zoe Valentine
Viviene Vliet
Owen Wall
Lucas Waters
Benjamin Wells
Sorena Welsh
Samson Zadeh

Sophomore High Honor Roll

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

Junior High Honor Roll

Trevor Ames
Kylie Barrowman
Lexie Barrowman
Adalyn Bell
Kaitlyn Beyers
Emily Bird
Tim Blackburn-Kelley
Aiden Bonny
Addison Brooks
Isabella Brooks
Sara Bytnar
Jacob Carlson
William Carlson
Rudra Chaudhary
Adelyn Childers
Christopher Coffey
Katherine Ericksen
Abigail Getty
Camden Getty
Charles Hale
William Haley
Erica Hardimon
Claire Hartman
Lydia Huckstadt
Adalyn Jannusch
Kaelyn Jolley
Sophia Kasper
Madilyn Kelley
Samantha Kelso
Cooper Kietzman
Alexis Lackey
Ryker Lockhart
Mackenzie Loschen
Michael McDaniel
Danny McGinnis
Kodey McKinney
Patrick McMahon
Ashlyn Miller
Hannah Mock
Delaney Nekolny
Allison Ochs
Brennan Oleynichak
Kayla Osterbur
Colton Overstreet
Garrick Page
Branson Pearman
Kaleb Peoples
Grace Preston
Asher Pruemer
Lily Rice
Landon Roberts
Logan Rosenthal
Amber Ruppel
Carlee Taylor
Cameron Schlueter
Allison Schmitz
Tao Smith
Karleigh Spain
Quinn Stahl
Sydney Steinbach
Hadley Sweet
Sophia Vliet
Madeline Wells
Wyatt Wertz
Logan Xiao
Cyrus Zadeh

Senior High Honor Roll

EJ Beckett
Audrey Benoit
Miles Birt
Landon Brown
Arely Castro Gutierrez
Richi Chimal
Preslee Christians
Madison Clampitt
Joshua Courter
Lauren Dewese
Ella Dietiker
Luke Ditchfield
Andrea Dominguez
Jackson Ennis
Savanna Franzen
Kaiden Gaines
Tayton Gerdes
Olivia Getty
Joe Griebat
Mason Guido
Makennah Hamilton
Lauren Harris
Haley Hesterberg
Maebree Houston
Paige Johnson
Sara Kearney
Jeffrey Kuchenbrod
Logan Mills
Gabriel Mortlock
Grace Osterbur
Chayse Palmer
Sonia Patel
Nathan Phillips
Haley Rudolph
Audrey Ruppel
Charles Schmitz
Tanner Siems
Corbin Smith
Kyler Swanson
Coy Taylor
Carter Turner
Samantha Uden
Reese Wheatley
Madison Wolken
Charley Wright
Fiona Xiao

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St. Joseph-Ogden parent-teacher conferences coming up

ST. JOSEPH - Instructors at St. Joseph-Ogden High School will hold Parent-Teacher Conferences on Thursday, October 24 from 3-5 p.m. and from 6-9 p.m.

Parents are encourage to contact the high school to make appointments with their student's teachers and guidance counselor either by email or phone on or before October 22.

SJO students will received their first quarter grades on Monday, October 21.

A Parent-Teacher Conference is an opportunity to discuss a student's academic performance as well as objectives for remaining quarters with their teachers.

To schedule an appointment by email, contact Nicki Falls at fallsn@sjo.k12.il.us or call (217) 469-7321.

Acosta racks up four goals against Central Catholic

ST. JOSEPH - St. Joseph-Ogden's Alex Acosta takes a first-half shot on the Central Catholic goal during his team's home match on Tuesday. Acosta and the Spartans improved to 15-2-1 after rolling over the visiting Saints, 9-0. The senior led SJO with four goals and one assist in the conference contest at Dick Duval Field. More Sentinel photos and recap coming soon.

Photo: Sentinel/Clark Brooks

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Getty, Rhoten earn hard-fought, hardcourt wins at home Tuesday

Sara Kearney hits the ball back over the net during her doubles game against the Urbana tennis team with partner Ella Dietiker. The pair were back in action together Tuesday after Monday's road loss to the Tigers.

Photo: Sentinel/Clark Brooks

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URBANA - Spartans Ainsley Rhoten and Olivia Getty pulled out wins in singles play at Atkins Tennis Center on Tuesday against Watseka. When the ball fuzz had settled, St. Joseph-Ogden came up short, losing to the Warriors, 7-2.

Rhoten defeated Watseka's Annika Greene in straight sets, 7-6 (5), 6-3. Meanwhile, playing on the #5 court, Getty battled Warriors' Rose Koester in a marathon, three-setter, 6-7 (4), 6-1, 10-4.

The Spartans are back in action this Thursday at Centennial High School.

Final Score:
St. Joseph-Ogden 2 - Watseka - 7

Singles:
Sarah Parsons, Watseka def. Samantha Kelso, (SJO), 6-2 , 6-1. Marisa Clark, Watseka def. Madison Clampitt, (SJO), 6-3, 6-1. Skyla Buwalda, Watseka def. Madison Farber, (SJO), 6-3 , 6-0. Ainsley Rhoten, (SJO) def. Annika Greene, Watseka, 7-6 (5), 6-3. Olivia Getty, (SJO) def. Rose Koester, Watseka, 7-6 (4), 6-1 , 10-4. Reagan Anderson, Watseka def. Audrey Benoit, (SJO), 6-3 , 6-1.

Doubles:
Sarah Parsons/Kiaria Wright, Watseka def. MaKennah Hamilton/Lily Rice, (SJO), 6-2 , 7-5. Marisa Clark/Skyla Buwalda, Watseka def. Ella Dieteker/Sara Kearney, (SJO), 7-5 , 6-2. Annika Greene, Watseka/Lili Sorenson, Watseka def. Claire Hartman/Arely Castro (SJO), 6-3 , 6-1.

Kelso wins one for SJO

URBANA - St. Joseph-Ogden's Sami Kelso hits a forehand during her match against Urbana's Grace Coady on Monday at Blair Park. Kelso, who lost to Coady earlier in the season, prevailed via 6-3, 7-6 victory at #1 singles for the Spartans' only individual win. The SJO tennis team dropped the non-conference match 8-1 to the host Tigers. More Sentinel photos from this match are coming soon.

Photo: Sentinel/Clark Brooks

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