Freshmen and Varsity win in two sets; JV wins in three sets to sweep the Lady Wildcats BY JIM BEERS Tuesday August 25 was the season opener for Chester High School Lady Jacket Volleyball. A large crowd filled Colbert Memorial Gymnasium to support the Lady Jackets. All three levels, Freshmen, JV and Varsity, competed, […]
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Class 3A Paris holds on to win by two points, 27-25, as Class 2A Chester misses on several key plays BY JIM BEERS Saturday August 22 was the season opener for both the Chester YellowJackets and the Paris Tigers. Week 1 wasn’t the best for the YellowJackets in several ways. First of all, Chester
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Gatorade Night was short-and-sweet” due to extreme heat and humidity BY JIM BEERS The 2026 Chester High School Gatorade Night event was successful in spite of extremely hot and humid weather conditions. This annual opening kickoff for the various CHS YellowJacket Sports seasons is always a highly anticipated event. This year, however, the unusually
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Kyle Landon, NCAA All American High Jumper, will be inducted October 16 on 2026 Saluki Homecoming Weekend By Jim Beers CHESTER – Tuesday June 30, 2026 Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, announced its 2026-2027 Sports Hall of Fame inductee candidates. This year’s class of honorees includes six former Saluki athletes, one of which is former
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PERRYVILLE – St. Vincent finishes in third place in the Girls Soccer Class 2 State Game at World Wide Technology Soccer Park. St. Vincent defeated Springfield Catholic: 7 – 4
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STE. GENEVIEVE — Ste. Genevieve has three players and Perryville two players named to the Class 4 District 2 All District teams. Ste. Genevieve has one player on the first team, Noah Willett; and two named to the second team: Jeremiah Bird and Maddox Sutton. Perryville has two players named to the teams:
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Chester will send 3 individuals and 3 relays to State Meet By Jim Beers CHESTER – The Chester High School Boys Track and Field Team finished 2nd at the 2026 IHSA Class 1A Track and Field Meet hosted at the Dr. Charles R. Young Memorial Track and Field Complex located at CHS. The YellowJackets were
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PERRYVILLE – The St. Vincent girls soccer team will play in the MSHSAA state quarterfinals Saturday, May 30. Hear the game live on KSGM AM 980 and FM 105.3. Pregame at 11 a.m. and kickoff at noon.
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STE. GENEVIEVE – Congrats to Senior Paul Taylor and his coaches on winning back-to-back State Championships in Class 3 in the Shot Put! Paul won with a phenomenal throw of 60 feet 5 3/4 inches! Great way to finish your high school throwing career, Paul!
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STE. GENEVIEVE – Eight Ste. Genevieve softball players and three from Valle have been named to the Class 2 District 2 2026 All District Teams. Named to the first team from Ste. Genevieve are infielder Grace Bird, outfielder Lilah Nix and at large Alysa Beckermann. Named to the second team from Ste. Genevieve
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