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Teammate Laurey Hayer finishes 22nd out of 58 competitors in the Girls’ Division BY JIM BEERS             Thursday October 1 was the 36th Annual Chester High School Cross Country Invitational Meet. The event was held at the Randolph County Conservation Area. The staging area and Start and Finish lines area were located at Shelter No. […]

Bargman (3rd), Martinez, (10th) Ditch (15th), and Brunkhorst (20th) earn Top-20 medals BY JIM BEERS             Thursday October 1 Chester High School hosted the 36th Annual Chester Cross Country Invitational Meet. The event was held at the Randolph County Conservation Area. The organization area, start and finish lines were at Shelter # 1. The weather

McCartney scores twice, Worley once, to secure the victory; quarterback Alex Blechle works his magic to record 241-of-Chester’s total 343 yards BY JIM BEERS             For the second week in a row, CHS Quarterback Alex Blechle worked his magic for the YellowJackets, to orchestrate a win for Chester. Blechle was the Jacket’s leading runner with

Chester wins, 36-28, over Sparta-Steeleville to even record, 2-2, and begin Cahokia Conference, Illinois Division race with an undefeated, 1-0 record BY JIM BEERS In a highly anticipated and much discussed matchup between the Chester High School YellowJackets and the Sparta-Steeleville Bulldogs Football Teams, the long awaited rivalry game Friday September 11 proved to be

Varsity Volleyball defeats East Alton-Wood River in two sets, 25-15 and 25-7; Freshmen-Sophomores and JV win to complete the sweep BY JIM BEERS             The Chester High School Lady Jacket Volleyball Team is on a roll to start the 2026 season. The Jackets swept Anna-Jonesboro on Tuesday August 25 to start the season and won

Special Teams Player of the Week: # 17 Danny Worley Danny Worley (# 17) a 6″1, 185 Lb. Junior Running Back & Linebacker, is the Week 2 “Special Teams Player of the Week” for the Chester High School Football YellowJackets. This award is bestowed upon the player each week that demonstrates the best performance on

The traditional pre-game coin toss is typically attended by team captains and respective coaches. Shown here, Chester’s Jackie Bess (66), TaShawn Palacio (11), Zane Eggemeyer (7), and Trey McCartney (88), join CHS Head Coach Billy Belton, AJ Head Coach Joel Dallas, four AJ Wildcat players, and referees Preston Chapman, Ralph Chapman, Kody Hess, Blake Thornton,

by Bailey Otto We are proud to announce that Ste. Genevieve High School Head Girls Wrestling Coach Jared Bonnell has been selected as the 2025-2026 Missouri State High School Activities Association (MSHSAA)/National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) Girls Wrestling Coach of the Year! Coach Bonnell was surprised with the recognition on Friday, Aug.

Class 3A Paris holds on to win by two points, 27-25, as Class 2A Chester misses on several key plays BY JIM BEERS             Saturday August 22 was the season opener for both the Chester YellowJackets and the Paris Tigers. Week 1 wasn’t the best for the YellowJackets in several ways. First of all, Chester

Gatorade Night was short-and-sweet” due to extreme heat and humidity BY JIM BEERS             The 2026 Chester High School Gatorade Night event was successful in spite of extremely hot and humid weather conditions. This annual opening kickoff for the various CHS YellowJacket Sports seasons is always a highly anticipated event. This year, however, the unusually