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PERRYVILLE – St. Vincent’s golfers traveled to the Bogey Creek golf club Wednesday.   The team took 1st place overall out of 17 teams with a score of 312.   Earning 1st in Best Ball and 3rd in Scramble. Individual Medalists:Sam Koishor – 5th place at 79Colden Prost – 7th place at 89   Quinton […]

STE. GENEVIEVE – Ste. Genevieve High School Senior Drake Meyer will wrestle for McKendree University.     On Tuesday, March 17, Ste. Genevieve High School senior Drake Meyer signed a national letter of intent to compete on the wrestling team at McKendree University. Drake is the son of Lance and Mandy Meyer.     In

STE. GENEVIEVE – A Ste. Genevieve High School senior signed a national letter of intent to compete on the football team at Culver-Stockton College. Luke Ferranto  is the son of Beth and Anthony Ferranto. In attendance were his parents; his sister, Emma Karas; girlfriend Vivian Kiefer; and friends and teammates Alex Basler, Eli Bennett, Colton

By Jim Beers CHESTER – Chester High School senior, Lexie Mott, has signed a letter of intend to continue her softball career next year at Missouri Baptist University in St. Louis, Missouri. Missouri Baptist University is a private evangelical Christian university located in Western St. Louis County. Chester High School senior Lexie Mott is shown

Cougars outscore Hornettes 34-24 in second half to beat Nashville, 58-48   By Jim Beers CHESTER – The Chester Class 2A Girls’ Sectional Basketball Tournament is in the books and a new Sectional Champion has been crowned. The 2026 Championship game was Thursday February 26 and No. 2 Breese Central defeated No. 1 Nashville, 58-48

Nashville and Breese Central win and advance to the Sectional Championship game Thursday Feb. 26 By Jim Beers  CHESTER – Tuesday February 24, Chester High School hosted the 2026 IHSA Girls’ Class 2A Sectional Basketball Tournament. The 21-team event started last week with four regional tournaments that feed into the Chester Sectional Tournament. From the

CHS and West Frankfort exchange leads throughout the game; with 43.7 seconds left, Lady Redbirds make 5-of-8 free throws to steal the win By Jim Beers CHESTER – The Chester High School Lady Jackets played their final game of the 2025-26 season Monday February 16 at the 2026 IHSA Class 2A Regional Basketball Tournament at

1965 was the first time in school history that a YellowJacket Football Team won a Conference Championship By Jim Beers CHESTER – A long overdue celebration and recognition took place during the fall of 2025 Chester High School YellowJacket Football season. During one of the CHS home football games, Chester High School recognized and honored

Perryville edges Chester, 51-48, in final seconds to win By Jim Beers CHESTER – A very long regular season came to an end this week with the Chester High School Lady Jackets playing three games in three days. It was Week 13 of 13 weeks and games 28, 29, and 30 of 30 regular season

Tray Peters, Ethan Colvis, TaShawn Palacio and Karim Landeros receive honors at CHS Basketball game By Jim Beers The 2025 Chester High School YellowJacket Football Team had an outstanding season! The YellowJackets recorded a regular-season record of 8 wins and just 1 loss. The Cahokia Conference, Illinois Division record was 5-0, an undefeated season. It