Spartan wrestling drops dual meet to Clinton, 46-30

EL PASO -- Despite picking up 16 points in forfeits from Clinton, the St. Joseph-Ogden wrestling team fell 46-30 to the Maroons in a triangle meet at El Paso-Gridley on Thursday.

SJO senior Matt Falls secured one of two wins after an 8-3 decision over Clinton's Jacob Hubble at 145-pounds.

Later at 195-pounds, Spartan junior Owen Birt went the distance for a 6-1 win over Kaedyn Sloat-Shannon.

The Spartans will host their last home meet of the season this Thursday against Hoopeston Area starting at 5:30pm.

Box Score

Final Score: Clinton 46 - St. Joseph-Ogden 30

106 Ortiz (Clinton HS) over Forfeit, (SJO) Forfeit 0-6
113 West (Clinton HS) over Holt, Emmitt (SJO) Fall 4:38
120 Wirth, Lexi (SJO) over Forfeit (Clinton HS)
126 Poole (Clinton HS) over Brazelton, Holden (SJO) Fall 3:44
132 Fair (Clinton HS) over Butts, Landen (SJO) Fall 0:16
138 Denhart, Garrett (SJO) over Forfeit (Clinton HS)
145 Falls, Matt (SJO) over Hubble (Clinton HS) Decision 8-3
152 Morelack (Clinton HS) over Forfeit, (SJO)
160 Hibbard (Clinton HS) over Forfeit, (SJO)
170 Thums (Clinton HS) over Forfeit, (SJO)
182 Ketchum, Hunter (SJO) over Forfeit (Clinton HS)
195 Birt, Owen (SJO) over Sloat (Clinton HS) Decision 6-1
220 Jones, Quincy (SJO) over Forfeit (Clinton HS)
285 Thayer (Clinton HS) over Cotter, Austin (SJO) Maj Dec 19-8

Area Covid-19 Dashboard for January 21, 2022

Active Cases:
(Champaign County)
2,597
Total Area Cases:
(Sentinel Area)
1,012
New Cases:
(Sentinel Area)
571



Current local cases as of 1/21/22
Number in parenthesis indicates new cases since 1/20/22

Ogden • 17 (8)
Royal • 2 (0)
St. Joseph • 60 (32)
Urbana • 773 (434)
Sidney • 27 (7)
Philo • 28 (19)
Tolono • 83 (57)
Sadorus • 9 (4)
Pesotum • 13 (10)


Net change in local cases: 261



Total Local Confirmed Cases: 20,848




The information on this page is compiled from the latest figures provide by the Champaign-Urbana Public Health District and the Illinois Department of Public Health at the time of publishing. Active cases are the number of confirmed cases reported currently in isolation. Local is defined as cases within the nine communities The Sentinel covers.

Effective 1/16/22, the CUPHD dashboard updated their reporting parameters to reflect the reduction from a 10-day isolation period to 5 days per the CDC guidance issued last month. Under the previous 10-day policy and based on the data released today, there would be approximately 5,961 residents in isolation.


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