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Opening Round of LJMWC is in the books; Trico beats Sparta, 45-42 and Chester beats New Athens, 65-24 By Jim Beers CHESTER –Day No. 2, Tuesday January 6, is in the books and Round 1 of the 19th Annual Chester High School Lady Jackets Mid-Winter Classic Basketball Tournament is complete. Round 2 schedule is set […]

CHS gets quality, 52-51, win over Carterville to end 2025 and beats Massac County, 50-35, to kick off 2026 By Jim Beers CHETER – The Chester High School Lady Jackets have reached the halfway mark of the 2025-26 basketball season. In the process they have earned an 8-8 overall record (.500), and a Cahokia Conference

STE GENEVIEVE — SGHS Girls Wrestling competed in a two-day Wonder Woman Tournament featuring wrestlers from several Midwest states and finished 10th out of 86 Teams! Individual Placers were Lexi Wolk 7th, Keely Fallert 2nd and Anna Fischer 5th.     The Wonder Women Results for Ste Genevieve:   100 lbs. Lexi Wolk (21-2) placed

Coach Billy Belton thanks supporters and presents a multitude of player awards   By Jim Beers CHESTER – Sunday evening December 14 the Chester High School Football Program held the 2025 Football Awards event. This year’s program was hosted at Colbert Memorial Gymnasium which offered more room and comfort for players, parents and other football

STE. GENEVIEVE – The SGHS Girls Wrestling Team traveled to Eldon to compete in a 27-team tournament and came home with a 1st place finish!     Top 4 finishers were Lexi Wolk- Champ, Keely Fallert- Champ, Anna Fischer- Champ. Lilli Farlow- 3rd, Aila Wolk- 3rd, Hailey Davis- 4th, Ragan Picou- 4th, Aniston Cremer- 4th,

STE. GENEVIEVE — Ada Bley, a Valle Catholic volleyball player, received All-State recognition from the Missouri High School Volleyball Coaches Association at an awards ceremony at Lafayette High School on Saturday, December 13.    Ada was one of only thirty Class 2 volleyball players in the state recognized as being All-State for this past volleyball season.

Chester 46-Okawville 45 to improve to 3-4 overall and 1-1 in Cahokia Conference, Illinois Division   By Jim Beers CHESTER – The Chester YellowJackets hosted the Okawville Rockets Friday December 12 in their first home conference game of the season. Chester came into the game with an overall record of 2-4 and a Cahokia Conference,

STE. GENEVIEVE – Ste. Genevieve High School sophomore Conner Hardin has earned a spot at the upcoming State Esports Championship after winning his final match of the playoffs.     Conner entered the postseason as the 12th seed and powered his way to a 4th-place finish—an impressive run marked by multiple upsets.   Coach Ian

PERRYVILLE – Perryville High School had a college signing Wednesday at Perryville High School.   Drew Leuckel earned a Football scholarship to Western Illinois University.     From left are: Brad Leuckel (dad), Drew Leuckel, and Kelly Staggs (mom).   While at Perryville, Drew was involved in Football, National Honor Society, and the Weightlifting team.  

Lexi Mott and Jessica Stumpe earn All-Tournament Team honors By Jim Beers CHESTER — The Chester High School Lady Jackets Basketball Team opened their 2025-2026 season Monday November 17 at the 2025 Lady Bulldogs Sparta Invitational Tournament. The Jackets had less than two weeks practice prior to entering the competitive season, but fared well at