In spite of valiant effort, Chester fails to catch up with Lady Bulldogs, losing by 8 points, 63-55 BY JIM BEERS, Contributing Writer CHESTER – A very young Chester Lady Jacket Basketball Team fought extremely hard throughout the entire game in Round 2 of the 2022 Sparta Lady Bulldog Invitational Tournament. The Lady Jackets, with […]
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STE. GENEVIEVE — Two Valle Catholic High School cross country athletes have received MAAA Coaches Choice Awards. Peter Roth and Madelyn Griffard were nominated by area coaches for this award. Highlights of this year’s cross country season include: Madelyn: All-Conference (5th place) Class 2 District 1 Champion Class 2 All-State (10th place) She also broke
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By Jim Beers, Contributing Writer CHESTER — The Chester High School Lady Jackets Basketball Team opened its 2022-23 season with a win last night at the 2022 Sparta Lady Bulldog Basketball Invitational Tournament. In the photo: Row 1: Riley Conley (4), Jazzi Merideth (12), Camrynn Howie (3), and Emma Diskey (35). Row 2: Natalie Gutersloh
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Salukis start season 2-0 behind great defense and refusal to give up after being behind by 12 points BY JIM BEERS Contributing Writer The Southern Illinois University Basketball Salukis won a great game on the road at Oklahoma State University Thursday November 10. The Cowboys have not lost a non-conference game at home in five
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SIU beats Little Rock 94-63 in season opener in front of 5,199 rowdy fans By Jim Beers, contributing writer CARBONDALE — The Southern Illinois University Saluki Basketball team opened its 2022-23 season in great fashion Monday November 7 at the Banterra Center (formerly the SIU Arena) in front of 5,199 excited and rowdy fans! Lance
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Jackets win first set, 25-21, then lose last two sets, 12-25 & 20-25 to end 2022 season By Jim Beers, Contributing Writer CHESTER – The Chester High School Lady Jacket Volleyball Team competed in the 2022 IHSA Class 2A Regional Volleyball Tournament Monday October 24. The Regional was hosted at Chester. The Jackets played former
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No. 1 St. Teresa Bulldogs shut-out No. 16 Jackets, 49-0 By Jim Beers, Contributing Writer CHESTER — Saturday October 29 was the first round of the 2022 IHSA Class 2A State Football Playoffs for the Chester YellowJackets. Unfortunately it was also the one and only round for the Jackets as they faced the Decatur St.
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CARBONDALE, Ill. — Southern Illinois quarterback Nic Baker was named the Missouri Valley Football Conference Offensive Player of the Week, the league office announced on Sunday night. Baker completed 34-of-48 passes for a school-record 485 yards and three touchdowns in a game which featured two of the league’s most prolific quarterbacks. Baker also rushed five
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STE. GENEVIEVE – Valle boys came in third and qualified for state as a team after having a good day at the Class 1 District 1 race Saturday. Boys – Class 1 District 1 Peter Roth – All-District – 6th – 17:25.96 Austin Ringwald – All-District – 20th – 18:03.97 Josef Flieg
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STE. GENEVIEVE – The Ste. Genevieve girls had excellent runs in the Class 3 District 1 meet Saturday at Arcadia Valley. Hollyn Zangaro won the girls race and was named district champion. Other girls who finished in the top 30 and also earned All-District Honors were: Sophia Fritsch-27th, Olivia Klump-23rd, Sadie Greminger-20th, and Dakotah Medows-8th.
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