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Seven Chester players score a total of nine touchdowns including Jany (2), Malley (2), Al-Jassim (1), Brunkhorst (1), Palacio (1), Bicket (1), and Blechle (1); Landeros kicks two extra points   BY JIM BEERS   CHESTER – After defeating the DuQuoin Indians last week by a score of 35-27, at DuQuoin, the Chester YellowJacket’s Football […]

2nd year in-a-row for the YellowJackets as County Winners!   By Jim Beers CHESTER – On Thursday August 15 the Chester High School Boys’ Golf Team opened the 2024 season by hosting the 2nd Annual Randolph County Cup match which featured Chester, Sparta, Steeleville and Red Bud.  It was a very hot, muggy day which

Devante Palacio sets new CHS receiving yards record of 1,495 yards with his performance at DuQuoin   By Jim Beers CHESTER – The Chester YellowJackets made the trip to former River-to-River, Mississippi Division foes, the DuQuoin Indians, on Friday August 30 to kick off the 2024 football season. The Indians remain in the River-to-River Conference,

YellowJacket Football ‘holds its own’ in scrimmage against Carbondale Terriers   By Jim Beers CHESTER – CHS held a fall sports athletes “meet and greet” Friday August 23 at W.O. Smith Field. The event was attended by a large crowd of YellowJacket fans who were eager to get “Up Close and Personal” with their favorite

By Jay Hardin Track Enterprises DU QUOIN, IL–In the 101-year history of auto racing at the DuQuoin State Fair, no female driver has ever won a major automobile race.  That includes the 78-year history of the Magic Mile which has hosted open wheel racing since 1946 and stock cars since 1950.  History may change on

By Jay Hardin Track Enterprises DuQuoin, Ill. – The Bateman Racing Team, out of Murphysboro, Illinois, has had a love affair with the big cars of USAC’s Silver Crown Championship Series that goes back over forty years.  As all good things must come to an end, so must the relationship the team has with championship

by Christi Mathis CARBONDALE, Ill. — The Rocky Ledges 5K/10K Trail Run/Walk, set among the beautiful, forested lakeside trails of Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s Touch of Nature Outdoor Education Center, is set for Sept. 21, and registration is now underway.   The ninth edition of the popular event begins and ends at Camp 2, giving participants

Football scrimmage vs Carbondale following Meet & Greet   By Jim Beers CHESTER – School has started at Chester High School and with that beginning is the advent of fall sports! Tonight Yellow Jacket sports fans will have the opportunity to “get-up-close-and-personal” with all fall sports athletes competing this fall for “Good Ole CHS!” The

Former Chester coach Bryan Lee returns to CHS with Terrier Football team for friendly evening of high school football vs CHS Coach Billy Belton and YellowJackets   By Jim Beers CHESTER – Chester High School’s W.O. Smith football field came alive Monday July 15 for a two-hour friendly football scrimmage between the Chester YellowJackets and