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Brenden Malley and Lucas Thompson lead Jackets with scores of 39 strokes BY JIM BEERS CHESTER – The Chester High School Boy’s Golf Team hosted Sparta and Steeleville in a triangular match Thursday September 5 at the Chester Country Club. It was a warm day with a slight breeze but temperatures were in the low […]

Lucas Thompson earns Top-5 Honors STORY BY JIM BEERS CHESTER, Ill. = The Chester High School Boy’s Golf Team hosted its 2023 Invitational Tournament Thursday August 31st at the Chester Country Club. Nine teams competed in the 18-hole event and the Chester YellowJackets finished 3rd in a closely-played match. The event was held at the

In Week 1, Al-Jassim passed for 275 yards against DuQuoin STORY AND PHOTO BY JIM BEERS CHESTER – According “Southern Illinois Sports with Chris Dexter”, Chester High School Football quarterback, Zain Al-Jassim is ranked 5th in the State of Illinois in passing yards in games during the opening Week 1 of the 2023 season. Zain

By Jay Hardin, Track Enterprises DUQUOIN, Ill. – Minnesota’s William Sawalich earned his second ARCA Menards Series win of 2023 as the series headed for the Milwaukee Mile.  While he did so in dominating fashion, the 150-mile race was not without incident as his Toyota rubbed and leaned on the Toyota of ARCA Menards Series point

Chester outscores DuQuoin, 20-13 in second half BY JIM BEERS CHESTER – The Chester High School Football YellowJackets opened the 2023 season Saturday August 26 at W.O. Smith in Chester. CHS hosted the DuQuoin Indians of the Mississippi Division River-to-River Conference in a hard-fought battle, falling, 48-20, in the first game of the season. The

STE GENEVIEVE — This summer, the Ste. Genevieve High School Emeralds dance team hosted a summer camp for grades 1 – 6 from July 25 – 27.     The days were filled with dancing, games, crafting and smiles.     The dance team would like to thank everyone for their support and hopes to

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – Southern Illinois University’s women’s soccer team (1-1-0) suffered its first loss of the season on Sunday, as the Salukis fell to IUPUI, 2-0. The Jaguars got going early on the offensive end, scoring in the 20th minute after Sam Slimak found the back-of-the-net to give IUPUI a 1-0 lead. In the final seconds

Camryn Luthy claims back-to-back Medalist honors in opening week first two matches JIM BEERS, Contributing Writer ​CHESTER – The 2023 Chester High School Lady Jacket Golf Team has a cast of nine golfers, one of the biggest teams fielded in several years at CHS.   The Girl’s roster features nine athletes including one senior, one

Golf CHESTER – The Yellow Jackets are the Inaugural Randolph County Cup champions! Couldn’t be more proud of the way these kids played today. First nine holes was scramble match play, where they won all three of their matches. Second nine holes was solo match play where we took 4 of 6.   Ended the

Clayton Andrews signs to compete at the collegiate level in 2023 By Jim Beers, Contributing Writer CHESTER – Clayton Andrews will have the opportunity to continue his golf career this fall at McKendree University in Lebanon, Illinois.  Andrews signed a letter of intent to study at McKendree and compete for Bearcats Golf Team.             McKendree