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2026 Champions are the Marissa Meteors; Runners Up are Chester Lady Jackets By Jim Beers CHESTER – The 19th Annual Chester High School Lady Jackets Mid-Winter Classic Basketball Tournament is completed and in the books! This year’s weather cooperated beautifully and all five nights/sessions went without a hitch. Marissa and Chester battled it out for […]

Chester will advance to Championship game, and Sparta will play for Consolation Championship by Jim Beers CHESTER – Thursday January 8 was Day 4 of the 2026 Chester High School Lady Jackets Mid-Winter Classic. It was the final day of the Semi-Finals for the Championship games of both the Consolation Bracket and the Tournament Championship

PARK HILLS – SGHS girls wrestling has another great tournament Friday evening at Park Hills finishing 1st out of 24 teams!   Top 4 placers were Lexi Wolk 1st, Abby Vogt 2nd, Aila Wolk 1st, Hailey Davis 2nd, Lilli Farlow 1st, Maggie Price 1st, Ragan Picou 1st, Harleigh Courtway 3rd, Kailyn Warren 4th, Keely Fallert

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,