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Troy D’Amico and Jarrett Hensley have big nights and are “Players of the Game”   By Jim Beers CARBONDALE – The Southern Illinois University Saluki Basketball Team beat Murray State University, 72-68, Wednesday night February 21 in what has been brewing as a regional rivalry since the Racers joined the Missouri Valley Conference last year […]

CHESTER – Chester High School senior Lucas Thompson has signed to play golf at McKendree University.   Lucas was a four-year golfer at Chester.

First win over a Top-25 team at home in 11 years when SIU defeated Wichita State   By Jim Beers CARBONDALE, Ill. – SIU improved to 17-10 overall and 9-7 in the Missouri Valley Conference Saturday night February 17 in front of a very supportive Saluki crowd of 6,019, as the Salukis beat no. 23

CHS recognized 3 YellowJacket Basketball players, 3 Lady Jacket Basketball players, 6 Cheerleaders, 4 Dance Team members, and 18 Pep Band members   By Jim Beers CHESTER – The regular season is now over for all Winter Sports at CHS and Chester High School has recognized and honored all Winter Athletes the past two weeks.

Freshmen fight hard but fall short, 48-46; JV battles to the end, but drops close one, 44-39; Varsity hits brick wall with 70-44 loss to Warriors   By Jim Beers ​CHESTER – The Chester High School Boys’ Basketball program closed its 2023-2024 regular season at home Tuesday February 13 with a threesome of games against

CHS falls on the road, 54-51 in O.T. at Sparta and 64-40 at Fairfield   By Jim Beers CHESTER – The Chester High School Varsity YellowJacket Basketball Team had a rough week 12 with road trips to Sparta and Fairfield.      Chester’s Devante Palacio (5), a junior, led the YellowJackets in scoring in Week

Chester wins at Sparta 56-52 and at Fairfield 48-44; Evan Dunning leads the way in scoring with two double-digit games   By Jim Beers CHESTER – The Chester High School Boys Junior Varsity squad had a great Week 12 of the 2023-24 season with back-to-back wins.  Both were on the road and in close, well-played

Anna-Jonesboro steals win late in the IHSA Class 2A Regional to eliminate Chester   By Jim Beers CHESTER – Chester High School hosted the First Round of the 2024 IHSA Class 2A Regional Basketball Tournament Saturday February 10. The event took place at 6:00 p.m. at the CHS Colbert Memorial Gymnasium on Rocky Bridges Court.

Chester fans say goodbye to Emma Diskey, Jazzi Merideth, and Camryn Luthy   By Jim Beers CHESTER – The Chester High School Lady Jackets hosted the Sparta Lady Bulldogs Thursday February 8, 2024 at Colbert Memorial Gymnasium on Rocky Bridges Court. It was Senior Night at CHS and Jacket fans said goodbye to three senior

STE GENEVIEVE — On Wednesday, Feb. 7, Ste. Genevieve High School senior Wyatt Kemper signed a national letter of intent to compete on the baseball team at Mineral Area College.     Wyatt is the son of Della and Toby Kemper.     In attendance were his parents; his former Rawlings Tigers coach Rob Robbins;