Sports

Breese Central outlasts Nashville to win Sectional Championship

Cougars outscore Hornettes 34-24 in second half to beat Nashville, 58-48   By Jim Beers CHESTER – The Chester Class 2A Girls’ Sectional Basketball Tournament is in the books and a new Sectional Champion has been crowned. The 2026 Championship game was Thursday February 26 and No. 2 Breese Central defeated No. 1 Nashville, 58-48 […]

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River Region Sports

Compiled from reports   Basketball   Class 2 District 4 Boys St. Vincent – 62, Valle – 48   Tues March 3 6:00pm St. Vincent Vs Puxico at Cape Notre Dame   Class 3 District 2 Girls St. Vincent – 70, Saxony Lutheran – 38   Monday March 2 St. Vincent Vs Twin River Saturday

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Chester hosts 2026 IHSA Girls’ Class 2A Sectional Basketball Tournament

Nashville and Breese Central win and advance to the Sectional Championship game Thursday Feb. 26 By Jim Beers  CHESTER – Tuesday February 24, Chester High School hosted the 2026 IHSA Girls’ Class 2A Sectional Basketball Tournament. The 21-team event started last week with four regional tournaments that feed into the Chester Sectional Tournament. From the

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District wrestling results

SGHS boys qualify for state Class 2 wrestling tourney STE GENEVIEVE – State SGHS qualifiers are: 106- Jace Amschler- 1st, 113- Kobe Fallert- 1st, 126- Brody Winters- 1st, 132- Tristan Peterson- 2nd, 138- Max Kruppe- 2nd, 144- Cam Vogt- 1st, 150- Drake Meyer- 1st, 165- Owen Roth- 2nd, 190- Justin Schweigert- 4th, 215- Madden Wolk-

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Lady Jackets battle to the end at Herrin Regional, but miss out in final seconds

CHS and West Frankfort exchange leads throughout the game; with 43.7 seconds left, Lady Redbirds make 5-of-8 free throws to steal the win By Jim Beers CHESTER – The Chester High School Lady Jackets played their final game of the 2025-26 season Monday February 16 at the 2026 IHSA Class 2A Regional Basketball Tournament at

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Chester Lady Jackets will open IHSA Class 2A Regional play Monday February 16 at Herrin

No. 4 Chester will face No. 5 West Frankfort at 7:30 p.m. in Herrin Regional By Jim Beers CHESTER – The 2026 IHSA Class 2A Regional Basketball Tournament kicks off Saturday February 14 with Regional Quarter-finals, followed by Regional Semi-Finals Monday February 16 and Regional Finals Thursday February 18.  This year the Chester High School

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CHS Football recognizes four 2025 YellowJackets for record-setting season

Tray Peters, Ethan Colvis, TaShawn Palacio and Karim Landeros receive honors at CHS Basketball game By Jim Beers The 2025 Chester High School YellowJacket Football Team had an outstanding season! The YellowJackets recorded a regular-season record of 8 wins and just 1 loss. The Cahokia Conference, Illinois Division record was 5-0, an undefeated season. It

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