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Chester’s Trey McCartney is Tournament MVP; McCartney, TaShawn Palacio and Tallen James are All-Tournament Team Members By Jim Beers CHESTER – The Chester High School YellowJackets are the champions of the 62nd Annual Chester Invitational Tournament, better known as the CIT. Chester defeated New Athens in the title game, 59-51, in a game that was […]

STE. GENEVIEVE – Ste. Genevieve High School Girls Wrestling finished 1st out of 17 teams at the St. Charles Tournament Friday evening.     Congrats to the following for finishing top 4. Lexi Wolk 1st, Aila Wolk 1st, Maggie Price 1st, Keely Fallert 1st, Hailey Davis 3rd, Lillie Farlow 3rd, Ragan Picou 3rd, Abby Vogt

STE. GENEVIEVE — SGHS Boys wrestling finished third out of 19 teams at the St. Charles West Tournament Saturday.   Top four finishers were Brody Winters 1st (in photo), Cam Vogt 2nd, Drake Meyer 2nd, Kobe Fallert 3rd, Owen Roth 3rd, Madden Wolk 3rd. Jace Amschler 4th, and Max Kruppe 4th,     Congratulations to

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