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YellowJacket Golf Teams win final home matches of 2025 season vs Trico

Trevin Eggemeyer shoots 35 to win the varsity match and Aidan McKinney, Logan Brace, and Trico’s Jesse Barge each shoot 51 to tie for 1st Place in JV match By Jim Beers CHESTER – The Chester High School Golf Teams put it all together Monday September 22 to win their final home golf match of […]

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Jackets shut out Bulldogs, 27-0; improve to 3-1, overall and 1-0 in the Cahokia Conference

Colvis, McCartney, Blechle, and Palacio score Touchdowns; Blechle runs for 2-point conversion and Landeros kicks 1 extra point By Jim Beers CHESTER – The Chester YellowJacket Football Team traveled to Sparta Friday September 19 to face the Bulldogs. It was the first Cahokia Conference game of the 2025 season. In a game that was plagued

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Chester Boys are runners-up at Chester quadrangular match

James and Eggemeyer finish in Top-10 By Jim Beers CHESTER – The Chester High School Boys Golf Team was runner-up in the quadrangular match that they hosted at the Chester Country Club Tuesday September 2, 2025. The other schools included New Athens, Okawville, and Red Bud. Team scores and standings 1st Place: Red Bud Musketeers,

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YellowJacket Golf “knocks off” Appleknockers in 9-hole match

Chester’s Tallen James tied for 1st Place Medalist honors By Jim Beers CHESTER – The YellowJacket Boys Gold Team from Chester traveled to Cobden Monday September 15. It was a dual match with just Chester and Cobden competing. Chester was the winner by eight strokes and Chester’s Tallen James tied for 1st Place with Cobden’s

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Class 2A Chester loses heartbreaker, 33-29, in final minute at Class 3A West Frankfort

No. 18 Class 2A YellowJackets led, 29-25, until the final seconds of the 4th quarter when No. 26 3A Redbirds scored 8 points to win, 33-29 By Jim Beers CHESTER – The Chester YellowJacket Football Team traveled to West Frankfort Friday September 12 for Game No. 2 of a three-game road swing. Chester opened the

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YellowJacket Golf plays well at tough Nashville Invitational

CHS finishes 7th out of 12 teams; Tallen James makes Top-10 in Tied for 4th Place By Jim Beers CHESTER – The Chester High School YellowJacket Golf Team traveled to Nashville, Illinois Thursday September 11 to compete in the very tough Nashville Invitational Golf Tournament. This event is known to be a very tough tournament

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Chester football improves to 2-0 with 53-7 win over Pinckneyville

Colvis scores five touchdowns; McCartney, Palacio, and Conder each add one TD By Jim Beers CHESTER – Week 2 was favorable for the Chester High School YellowJackets as they traveled to Pinckneyville for their second win of the early season. The Jackets caged the Panthers, 53-7, to improve to 2-0. In the first two games

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