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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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CHS recognizes six Lady Jackets on ‘Senior Night 2026’

Riley Lochhead, Lillian Diskey, Natalie Guetersloh, Jessica Stumpe, Aubrey Coleman, and Lexi Mott are honored at pre-game ceremony Thursday February 5 By Jim Beers CHESTER – Thursday February 5 was “Senior Night” for the 2025-26 Chester High School Lady Jackets Basketball Team. The event took place at the Chester High School Lady Jackets vs Red

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Lady Jackets battle Red Bud to a 50-48 overtime ‘Senior Night’ victory

Chester honors six seniors in heart-warming pre-game ceremony including Riley Lochhead (11), Lillian Diskey (21), Natalie Guetersloh (22), Jessica Stumpe (24), Aubrey Coleman (31), and Lexie Mott (33) By Jim Beers CHESTER – Thursday February 5, 2026 was “Senior Night” at Chester High School for the 2025-26 Lady Jacket Basketball Team. The opponent for the

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February 8 area sports

PHS girl’s bb tops De Soto PERRYVILLE — The Perryville High School Lady Pirates basketball team beat DeSoto 68-34 Thursday night to improve to 9-8 on the season. The Lady Pirates had eight girls get in the scoring column led by: Aby Amberger- 29 Janie Porter- 17 Madeleine Gremaud- 7 The Lady Pirates are back

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