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No. 9 Chester will travel to No. 8 Newton Friday October 23 for 7 p.m. kickoff BY JIM BEERS             The 2026 IHSA Class 2A State Football Playoffs are entering Week 2 beginning Friday October 23. The 2026 State Tournament is entering a new era this year with 12 additional teams being added to the

YellowJackets will travel to Newton for Round 1 of the IHSA Class 2A State Football Playoffs BY JIM BEERS             The 2026 IHSA Class 2A State Football Playoffs kicked-of Friday and Saturday October 23 and 24. The Chester YellowJackets hosted the Wesclin Warriors at W.O. Smith Field at Chester High School Friday October 23 at

Donnie Sabo and Entire Scout Team earn “Special Teams” and “Practice Players” honors for Week 8 BY JIM BEERS             The Chester High School Football Program presents two weekly player awards throughout the football season. The first award is the “Special Teams” player of the week and the other is the “Practice Player” of the

Chester will host Warriors Friday Night October 23 at 7 p.m. at W.O. Smith Field in Opening Round BY JIM BEERS             The pairings for the 2026 IHSA Class 2A State Football Playoffs were announced Saturday October 17 at 9:00 p.m. Once again, the Chester YellowJackets were named in the list of teams to compete

YellowJackets finish, 5-4 overall and 4-2 in the Cahokia Conference, Illinois Division in 3-way tie for the 2026 championship BY JIM BEERS             The Chester High School YellowJacket Football Team closed-out its 2026 regular season Friday October 16 at Nashville, Illinois. The Jackets faced-off with the Hornets for a “buzz-match” with their former foes of

Groups include Football, Cheerleading, Cross Country, Girls’ Golf, Boys’ Golf, Trap Shooting, Band, and Dance Team members BY JIM BEERS             Friday October 9 Chester High School recognized and honored all Fall of 2026 Athletes, Band, and Dance Team members. The event took place at the Chester YellowJacket vs. Red Bud Musketeer Football game at

Chester YellowJacket golfer shoots a 78 (+6) in the 2026 IHSA Class 1A State Golf Tournament Finals to finish 34th out of 112 competitors BY JIM BEERS             Chester High School Golfer Trevin Eggemeyer, a senior, shot an 18-hole 78 (+6) round of golf Saturday morning October 10 in the tournament finals to finish the

Freshman, JV, and Varsity lose in two-sets against a very good Rockets Volleyball Team BY JIM BEERS             It was a festive night at Colbert Memorial Gymnasium at Chester High School as the CHS Lady Jackets hosted the Okawville Lady Rockets Volleyball Team. All three levels, Freshmen, Junior Varsity, and Varsity competed and a good