Prep Sports Notebook | Unity and SJO basketball teams still undefeated



Hoops:
SJO 66 - Danville 55

DANVILLE - St. Joseph-Ogden enjoyed double-digit finishes from Tanner Jacob with 15 points, Logan Smith's 14, and Tanner Siems' 5-for-6 output with 10 points in the 11-point victory over the host Vikings on Tuesday.

Smith, a senior, led the rebounding effort with eight boards. He, along with Jacob, finished with a team-high four assists each.

SJO improves to 7-0 on the season and faces Normal University at home on Friday.


Spartan wrestling team win nine bouts by pin

WARRENSBURG - Nine St. Joseph-Ogden wrestlers pinned their opponents in the squad's match against Warrensburg-Latham on Tuesday for 54-26 dual victory.

Quincy Jones (215 pounds), Khaden Hallowell (190), James Barron (175), Devan Swisher (165), Coy Hayes (157), Logan Xiao (150), Brandon Goodwin (144), Holden Brazelton (132), and Jackson Walsh (113) recorded wins for the Spartans.

With four matches left in 2023, SJO does not wrestle at home again until January 9 next year.


On fire, Montez drops 21 against Westville

WESTVILLE - Hoopeston Area junior Trenton Montez went 8-for-11 from the field on his way to an impressive 21-point game against Westville. Seniors Owen Root and Kendrick Sigerill finished with a double-double. Owen chipped in 11 points and collected ten rebounds. Sigerill, who also finished with 11 points, snagged 11 boards in the conference win.


SJO beats Riverton on the mat

WARRENSBURG - Riverton forfeited eight matches, allowing St. Joseph-Ogden to pick up another dual win this season.

Brodie Harms pinned Wyatt Abrums in the second period of their 285-pound match for the Spartans. At 144-ponds, Brandon Goodwin stuck Hawks' Brody Skiles in 47 seconds, and Landen Butts did the same in the second period of his 138-pound bout.

Maddie Wells picked up a varsity win after pinning Riverton's Donovan Bryant in the first period at 132-pounds.


Rockets stretch win streak to six

CHAMPAIGN - The Unity boys' basketball team seized the moment, picking up a road win over Champaign Central, 55-46. The Rockets remain undefeated after their first six games of the season.

On the road for the rest of the year, UHS play again on Saturday at Pleasant Plains, followed by stops in Paris (12/19) and Armstrong (12/21) before holiday tournament play.



Maddie Wells finishes third at The Munch, Rice goes 1-1


SJO's Maddie Wells
Spartan Maddie Wells works on a apply a head-lever on an Urbana grappler during a JV match on December 2. A week later, the sophomore finished in third place at The Munch Pontiac Invitational wrestling tournament.
PhotoNews Media/Clark Brooks

PONTIAC - St. Joseph-Ogden wrestler Maddie Wells brought home a bronze medal for her efforts at 'The Munch' Pontiac Invitational on Saturday. Wrestling at 130-pounds, Wells finished the two-day event with three wins and one loss in 17-woman bracket.

SJO sophomore Lily Rice went 1-and-1, winning and losing by pin in the 125-pound weight class.

Of the six matches wrestled by SJO girls, only one went the distance requiring a decision.


Box Score
125 - RICE, LILY (St. Joseph-Ogden) def. Rodriguez, Itzel (UNAT) Fall 0:31
125 - Vargan, Victoria (morton) def. RICE, LILY (St. Joseph-Ogden) Fall 1:16
130 - WELLS, MADDIE (St. Joseph-Ogden) def. Carbajal (UNAT) Fall 2:28
130 - WELLS, MADDIE (St. Joseph-Ogden) def. DeWitt, Hailey (Jacksonville) - Fall 3:51
130 - Linhorst (Edwardsville) def. WELLS, MADDIE (St. Joseph-Ogden)- Decision 0-0
130 - WELLS, MADDIE (St. Joseph-Ogden) def. Cailteux, K (Minooka) - Fall 1:44


Waller, Smith invited to play in annual All-Star football game


Logan Smith and BraxtonWaller
With the St. Joseph-Ogden way up in the fourth quarter of their first-round playoff game against Carlinville, Spartan lineman Braxton Waller (left) and quarterback Logan Smith give thumbs up while chilling on the bench in the fourth quarter. Smith, who received Class 3A All-State honors, and Waller helped lead SJO to an 8-3 finish in 2023.

Photo: PhotoNews Media/Clark Brooks


BLOOMINGTON - The two teams for the 50th Annual Illinois High School Shrine Game were selected by the ILHSFCA at Memorial Stadium on Saturday. Two members from the St. Joseph-Ogden football were among the 126 high school seniors to play in the annual charity event for Shriners Hospitals for Children. Logan Smith and Braxton Waller received invitations to pad up again and play on June 15 at Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington. Kickoff is slated for 11am.

Instead of being teammates, Waller will be a member of the Blue squad and Smith will play on the Red team.

Cully Welter will have one more game to coach his son, Trey, in a prep football game. The Monticello head coach picked by the coaches' association to lead this year's Blue Team. He will go head-to-head with Chicago Hope Academy's Chris Malette.

Other players from the 217 that received invitations include:

RED TEAM

David McGehee, Southeast HS
Drew Paben, Camp Point Central
Kani Carson, Lincoln Community
Jack Gallier, Mahomet-Seymour
Jack Barnhart, Centennial
Brayden Daily, St. Teresa
Parker Lyons, Rochester
Reese Frericks, Quincy Notre Dame
Kameron Beckman, Springfield
Kaiden Maurer, Maroa-Forsyth
Ki'on Carson, Lincoln Community
A.J. Sypherd, Litchfield
Noah Bass, Clinton
Austin Cummings, Tuscola


BLUE TEAM

Burke Wilkin, Sacred Heart-Griffin
Jack Dettro, Corner Glenwood
Josh McClain, Sacred Heart-Griffin
Aidan Archibald, Charleston
Chris Flachs, Quincy Senior
Cameron Schroth, Mt. Zion
Connor Sullivan, Casey-Westfield
Cory Craig Jr., Athens
CamRon Mitchell, Jacksonville
Tristin Potts, Clinton
Brady Clodfelder, Villa Grove
Ayden Ingram, BHRA
Trey Welter, Monticello



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