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Marissa wins championship over Valmeyer; Steeleville wins Consolation Championship; New Athens takes 7th Place By Jim Beers CHESTER – The 17th Annual Chester High School “Lady Jacket Mid-Winter Classic” Girls Basketball tournament is in the books. In true fashion of the Mid-Winter Classic theme, the week of January 2-6 closed out with cold, snowy weather […]

Lady Jackets will play for 3rd Place   By Jim Beers ​CHESTER – On a cold, snowy night, the Chester Lady Jackets never did really seem to get warmed up and into a smooth flow in the semi-final round of the lower bracket of the 2024 Lady Jacket Mid-Winter Classic.   Chester hosted Valmeyer in

Jackets beat Appleknockers, 54-20, behind double-digit scoring of Mott, Coleman and Merideth By Jim Beers CHESTER –The first round of the 2024 Lady Jackets Mid-Winter Classic Basketball Tournament is over and the girls from CHS have won against the Cobden Appleknockers to advance to the Semi-Finals. Chester’s Lexie Mott (33) goes hard to the hoop

Win 3-of-4 games; Lexi Mott makes All-Tournament Team By Jim Beers CHESTER – The Chester High School Lady Jackets Basketball Team won the Consolation Championship of the 2023 Christ Our Rock Lutheran High School (CORLHS) Winterfest Tournament. The Chester High School Lady Jackets Basketball Team won the title of 2023 Consolation Champions at the 2023

Carterville 53-YellowJackets 42 By Jim Beers CHESTER – The Chester High School YellowJackets hosted the Carterville Lions Friday December 22 in a non-conference game to end Week 5. The Jackets and Lions traded leads throughout the evening, however, as the final buzzer sounded after 32-mnuites of battle, the Lions managed to escape Colbert Memorial Gymnasium

Xavier Johnson leads the hunt with 25 points By Jim Beers CHESTER – After back-to-back losses, one to Austin Peay, 70-68, on December 12, and Wichita State, 69-68, on December 16, the Salukis rebounded with a decisive 13-point, 76-63, win over North Dakota State University Tuesday December 19 at the SIU Arena.   Two of

Salukis have five players score in double figures, led by Xavier Johnson with 16 points By Jim Beers CABONDALE – The Southern Illinois University Salukis hosted the Southern Indiana Screaming Eagles Friday December 22, 81-50, to finish the 2023-24 non-conference portion of the schedule with an overall record of 8-4. When people hear and think

Jackets now, 6-7 overall and 1-3 in conference play   By Jim Beers CHESTER — ​The Chester YellowJackets hosted long-time rival Sparta on Tuesday December 19 at Chester High School’s Colbert Memorial Gymnasium. It was a nice night in Chester and a great crowd turned out to see the Jackets and Bulldogs fight it out.

Lexi Mott makes All-Tournament Team By Jim Beers CHESTER – The Chester High School Lady Jacket Basketball Team finished 2nd in the 2023 Candy Cane Classic Basketball Tournament hosted by Gibault Catholic High School in Waterloo, Illinois. The 8-team tournament came down to a Championship Day battle between Chester and Columbia. It was a replay

The High Caliber Shooting Team is a division of The Scholastic Action Shooting Program. It  was started in 2022 by Michael and Jeannie Schaefer. The team provides student athletes ages 10 through 18 with a supportive environment focusing on respect of firearms, team building, and self-improvement. Shooters are focused on speed and accuracy using a rimfire