Despite a solid first half, St. Joseph-Ogden soccer team opens season with loss

St. Joseph - St. Joseph-Ogden's Logan Patton settles the ball to keep it away from Oakwood-Salt Fork's Saul Carrillo during their season opener at Dick Duval Field on Monday. The Spartans, who are back on the pitch again today, fell 5-1 to the visiting Comets. SJO hosts the Bombers of Argenta-Oreana at 6:30 pm looking to bounce back from yesterday's loss. Below is a list of today's games streamed by the NFHS Network. Watch the SJO vs Oakwood-Salt Fork game here.
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TODAY'S SPORTS LINE UP


Unity Varsity Girls Volleyball
@ LEROY | 4:50 PM Central
STREAM LIVE
Unity Varsity Boys Soccer
@ ST. TERESA | 5:00 PM Central
STREAM LIVE
SJO JV Volleyball VS Armstrong
HOME | 5:55 PM Central
STREAM LIVE
SJO Varsity Soccer VS Argenta-Oreana
HOME | 6:30 PM Central
STREAM LIVE
SJO Varsity Volleyball VS Armstrong
HOME | 7:00 PM Central
STREAM LIVE
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Area teams start 2024 volleyball campaigns

St. Joseph - St. Joseph-Ogden's Ava Seggebruch goes up for a block during last year's home match against St. Anne. The Spartan varsity volleyball team will open their 2024 season at home tonight against Maroa-Forsyth following freshman and junior varsity matches. Looking to improve on last year's third-place finish in the highly competitive Illini Praire Conference (7-2), SJO finished the season with an impressive 28-6 record.
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TODAY'S SPORTS LINE UP
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Season cut short

TOLONO - Ruby Tarr and teammates from the Unity volleyball team react while players from the opposing team celebrate their first-round postseason match at the Rocket Center. Tarr and the Rockets' season came to an end after facing Warrensburg-Latham on their home court on Monday. After taking the first set 25-13, Unity dropped the pair, 27-25, 25-15. UHS finished with a 16-17-1 record and closed out the regular seasono 7th in the Illini Prairie Conference. Follow this link to view more match photos ...

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Beating Rantoul 2-0, seniors pace Rockets in volleyball victory

Unity's Reagan Little
Unity's Reagan Little passes the ball to the front row during her team's road game at St. Joseph-Ogden. On Monday, Little chalked up 12 kills against the Rantoul Eagles during the Rockets' Senior Night contest.
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TOLONO - Unity extended its current win streak to three matches after defeating visiting Rantoul on Tuesday in straight sets, 2-0.

Seniors Reagan Little and Ruby Tarr shined on Senior Night in the Illini Prairie Conference matchup that ended the first set 29-27 and securing the win with a 25-21 advantage.

Little blasted the Eagles with 12 kills and pounded three aces from the backline. Tarr distributed 13 assists and notched a pair of kills. The duo tallied nine digs and two more, respectively.

Hoping to post their 16th win this season and level out their season record at .500, the varsity volleyball team will play their final regular season match on the road at Olympia tonight.

Unity opens their postseason play at the Rocket Center, hosting Warrensburg-Latham, Meridian, and three IPC teams, all seeded higher than the #9 Rockets. Monticello (21-11, 5-3), St. Thomas More (21-12, 4-4), and conference champions Bloomington Central Catholic (25-7, 8-0) are all in the hunt for the Tolono regional title. The winner of the regional title advances to the St. Joseph-Ogden sectional semifinal on Monday, October 30.

The five seniors honored at Tuesday night's home match included Little, Tarr, McKayla Schendel, Jocelyn LeFaivre, and Piper Steele.

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Tarr leads Unity in acing Urbana, 2-0

TOLONO - Reagan Little and Piper Steele combined efforts to produce seven kills in Unity's home volleyball match against Urbana on Monday. The Rockets won the contest in straight sets 25-21, 25-21.

Unity's McKayla Schendel passes the ball to the front line during the Rockets' home match against Central High School in August. UHS moved to a 15-16-1 record after their non-conference match against the Urbana Tigers.
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Steele delivered three kills and three digs. Little, who led the team at the net and in the backcourt was credited with four kills and 10 digs.

Junior Lauren Shaw pounded two aces against the visiting Tigers and distributed eight passes. Meanwhile, senior Ruby Tarr slammed three aces and had six assists. Shaw chalked up six digs and Tarr added another six in the non-conference victory.

The Rockets improved to 15-16-1 and host Rantoul (13-19) tonight in their final regular season home match before facing Olympia on the road on Thursday.

The team will be back in action at the Rocket Center next Monday at 6pm in their postseason debut against #7 seed Warrensburg-Latham (22-10).

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Schlittler leads Rockets in home win over Indians

Unity's Jillian Schlittler does a back set while teammate Meagan Rothe moves into position to attempt a kill in the Rockets' road match at St. Joseph-Ogden. Tonight, Schlittler, a sophomore, led UHS' offensive effort for a conference win over visiting Pontiac, 2-0.
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TOLONO - Bouncing back from a two-match slide, the Unity volleyball team defeated Pontiac at the Rocket Center on Thursday, 2-0.

Sophomore Jillian Schlittler tallied a team-high eight kills and recorded two blocks to help Unity (14-16-1) move one step closer to a .500 season.

Chloey Duitsman and Lauren Shaw collected seven digs apiece. Duitsman also served up a couple of aces, while Shaw dispersed 13 assists.

Unity took the first set 25-21 and dominated the floor in their second set effort with a decisive 25-14 victory.

The Rockets will face three opponents in the final week of the regular season, starting with the Urbana Tigers (3-11) on Monday. Twenty-four hours later, Duitsman, Schlittler & Shaw will have home-court advantage again, hosting Rantoul Township (13-19, 2-5) in their squad's last conference match of the season. Unity's regular-season finale will be played on the road in a non-conference at Olympia (13-16) on Thursday.

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St. Joseph-Ogden defeats visiting Unity Rockets, 2-1

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Spartan blockers Reese Wheatley and Addie Roesch leap to make a wall for Rockets' Katie Ruggieri to hit around on Tuesday, September 19. After winning the first set, St. Joseph-Ogden dropped the second, pushing the match to a tie-breaker. An even match for the first eight points of the final set, SJO took the lead and did not look back to win it, 25-14.

This week, the St. Joseph-Ogden volleyball team travel to Illinois Valley Central (11-4) on Monday, host Cissna Park on Wednesday, and play another non-conference match on Thursday at Salt Fork.

More photos from this Illini Prairie Conference match coming later this week.

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Unity suffers heartbreaking loss at home to visiting Central Maroons

Unity volleyball players dig
McKayla Schendel and Lauren Shaw try to make a defensive play during Unity's home volleyball match against Champaign Central. The Rockets won the first set 25-19 and then dropped the next two, 25-14, 25-19, to the Maroons Tuesday evening at the Rocket Center. All four matches the Unity program has played this season were settled with a third set. UHS hopes to pick up their second win this season in an abbreviated match this Thursday at Tuscola. More photos and Sentinel game story on the way.

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