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IPC teams to play at Christie Clinic Shootout this Saturday

St. Joseph - St. Joseph-Ogden High School will host 13 teams this Saturday, January 7, for the 2023 installment of the Christie Clinic Shootout.

The competition starts at 9am with the first junior varsity contest of the day between Beecher and Bismarck-Henning-Rossville-Alvin in SJO's practice gym. The varsity contest between the two teams follows two hours later at 11am. The final varsity game will start at 6pm featuring Peoria Notre Dame against the Kays of Kankakee.

Normal University's Mason Funk and SJO's Tanner Jacob collide during the State Farm Classic Holiday Tournament Small School championship game last Friday. The two teams won't run into each other at this weekend's Christie Clinic Shootout. The Spartans claimed a narrow victory beating the Pioneers, 58-49. U-High will take on the Rockets from Unity at 5pm on Saturday in St. Joseph. Photo: PhotoNews Media/Clark Brooks

Monticello, Unity, and SJO will represent the Illini Prairie Conference with back-to-back-to-back games starting at 3:30pm. The Sages will start the three-game run squaring up to face Newton. The Rockets will tipoff around 5pm against Normal U-High, who the Spartans beat in a heated contest on December 30 for the State Farm Holiday Classic title. St. Joseph-Ogden (11-1) closes out the IPC league bouts for the day against the currently 6-6 Nashville Hornets. All three teams will be home on the scoreboard.

Admission for spectators is $8 and $5 for students. Student IDs are required for the discount.

Game Schedule

Varsity (SJO Main Gym)

11:00 AM: Beecher vs. BHRA
12:30 PM: Addison Trail vs. Champaign Centennial
2:00 PM: Mt. Zion vs. Bloomington
3:30 PM: Newton vs. Monticello
5:00 PM: Normal U-High vs. Unity
6:30 PM: Nashville vs. St. Joseph-Ogden
8:00 PM: Peoria Notre Dame vs. Kankakee

Junior Varsity (SJO PRACTICE GYM)

9:00 AM: (SE Locker Room) Beecher vs. BHRA
10:30 AM: (SW Locker Room) Addison Trail vs. Champaign Centennial
12:00 PM: (B103) Mt. Zion vs. Bloomington
1:30 PM: (B102) Newton vs. Monticello
3:00 PM: (B103) Normal U-High vs. Unity
4:30 PM: (B102) Moline vs. St. Joseph-Ogden
6:00 PM: (B103) Peoria Notre Dame vs. Kankakee

***** Home team is listed on the right for all games

Photo Gallery | SJO wrestling falls at first home meet of the season

Hunter Ketchum wraps up Bismarck-Henning-Rossville-Alvin's Cooper Carpenter during their 220-pound exhibition match on Tuesday. Ketchum, a four-year starter at goalie for the SJO soccer program, pinned Carpenter one minute and 19 seconds into their bout. Photo: PhotoNews Media/Clark Brooks

SJO's Landen Butts fights for wrist control while going head-to-head with BHRA's Ayden Golden. Golden won the match by pin at 3:32. Photo: PhotoNews Media/Clark Brooks

Spartan Coy Hayes ties up BHRA's Donavan Guduskas trying to get back points. Hayes eventually would win the match by fall at 3:05. Photo: PhotoNews Media/Clark Brooks

SJO's Devan Swisher looks to his coaching corner while wrestling Blue Devils' Marcus Schreiner. Swisher went the distance by lost by way of a 7-4 decision. Photo: PhotoNews Media/Clark Brooks

SJO's Devan Swisher looks for a shot in on Blue Devils' Marcus Schreiner during their 160-pound match. Photo: PhotoNews Media/Clark Brooks

Carson Sarnecki tries to escape from BHRA's Christian Walton during their 170-pound. Sarnecki was pinned at 5:32 in the first home meet of the season. Photo: PhotoNews Media/Clark Brooks

Bismarck-Henning-Rossville-Alvin's Nathaniel Gnaden takes down SJO's Owen Birt during their 220-pound match. Gnaden narrowly won the match on points besting Birt, 10-6. Photo: PhotoNews Media/Clark Brooks

Owen Birt looks for an opportunity to shoot in on BHRA's Nathaniel Gnaden during second period action. Photo: PhotoNews Media/Clark Brooks

SJO's Brandon Goodwin does his best to keep BHRA's Grahm Abbed from scoring during their 126-pound bout. Goodwin was later pinned by Abbed at 2:32. Photo: PhotoNews Media/Clark Brooks

After collecting a few points, Spartans' Lexi Wirth focuses on getting control of Mike Rodgers during their 138-pound exhibition match. Despite a hard-fought effort Wirth was pinned at 2:53. Photo: PhotoNews Media/Clark Brooks

St. Joseph-Ogden 220-pounder Quincy Jones pins Blue Devils' Cooper Carpenter. Jones secured the exhibition win in just 36 seconds. Photo: PhotoNews Media/Clark Brooks