Prep Sports Notebook: Brazelton hurls 2-hit shutout

ST. JOSEPH -- Hayden Brazelton pitched a complete game shutout earning the win in St. Joseph-Ogden's 15-0 win over visiting Lisle on Saturday.

The senior ace allowed two hits and no runs over four innings. In addition to striking out 11 Lions, he scored three times for the Spartans.

Tyler Altenbaumer and Adam Price tallied three hits apiece. Price delivered 4 RBIs and Altenbaumer chipped in a pair in SJO's eighth win of the 2022 season in the four-inning affair.

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Spartans win consolation bracket title

RANTOUL -- The St. Joseph-Ogden softball team powered past Rockford Auburn to win 7-2 on Saturday at the Rantoul Invite.

Shayne Immke earned her first pitching victory of the season. Kelsey Martlage led the SJO offense with two hits and 2 RBI to close out the annual softball invitational.

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Prep Sports Notebook: Rocket softball team wins, SJO baseball records first shutout

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Spartans notch conference win

Adam Price prepares to scoop a throw to first out of the dirt on a play in the top of the sixth inning in St. Joseph-Ogden's home baseball game against St. Thomas More. Price delivered a sacrifice fly to left field to score teammate Taylor Voorhees in the bottom of the third inning. SJO prevailed 9-0 to win the Illini Prairie Conference game.

PhotoNews Media/Clark Brooks

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The St. Joseph-Ogden baseball team improved to 6-1 on the season after a seven-run inning in the bottom of the 4th to cruise past St. Thomas More, 9-0.

Luke Landrus and Taylor Voorhees scattered 2 hits apiece while senior Andrew Beyers tallied 2 RBI. Voorhees and Beyers crossed the plate twice for SJO.

Caleb Ochs earned the win on the mound for the Spartans.

Next up, St. Joseph-Ogden plays two conference games next week. On Monday, SJO hosts Bloomington Central Catholic and travels to Rantoul to take on the Eagles on Thursday.

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Unity softball blanks A-O

Ruby Tarr notched pounded out four hits and scored three runs to lead the Unity softball team to a 15-0 win over Argenta-Oreana on Friday. Hailey Flesch also scored three times for the Rockets.

Flesch and Madeline Reed collected a home run apiece on Bomber pitcher Michelle Hollon.

Rockets' Ashlyn Miller included six strikeouts among the 43 pitches she hurled in the four-inning shutout.

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