It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact St. Joseph-Ogden can now relate to. They fell 51-44 to the Tolono Unity Rockets on Saturday. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Saturday (38), the Spartans still had to take the loss.
Kodey McKinney
| 09/12/25 @ Illinois Valley Central | 176 |
| 09/05/25 vs Paxton-Buckley-Loda | 158.8 |
| 08/29/25 @ Prairie Central | 150.5 |
| 09/26/25 @ Rantoul | 149.3 |
| 10/24/25 vs Pontiac | 142.5 |
| + 8 more games |
St. Joseph-Ogden lost despite a true team effort on offense. The best among them was Kodey McKinney, who rushed for 113 yards and one TD, and also threw for 216 yards and a pair of touchdowns. His passing game has become a key predictor of St. Joseph-Ogden's success: the team is 6-2 when his passer rating is 100 or higher, but only 2-3 otherwise. Wyatt Wertz was another key player, gaining 113 total yards.
Tolono Unity had a senior duo take command as Dane Eisenmenger threw for 237 yards and three TDs while completing 81% of his passes and Crewe Eckstein rushed for 170 yards and a pair of scores. Eckstein's rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his third straight game with at least 159 rushing yards.
The loss snapped St. Joseph-Ogden's winning streak at four games and leaves them with a 8-5 record. As for Tolono Unity, the victory was the tenth in a row for them, bringing their record up to 12-1.
St. Joseph-Ogden does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Tolono Unity, they will face off against Byron at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. The Tigers' defense has only allowed 7.6 points per game this season, so the Rockets' offense will have their work cut out for them.
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