CARBONDALE, Ill. – Southern Illinois fell in the opening round of the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament to Drake, 67-63, Thursday at the Enterprise Center. The loss marks the fourth time the Bulldogs have eliminated Southern in the last five seasons. SIU got off to a painfully slow start, missing its first 10 shots before finally breaking […]
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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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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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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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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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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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STE. GENEVIEVE — Varsity Girls Basketball played their only game this week at Crystal City and came away with a nice win by a final of 57-34. The girls will play again Monday at home vs Perryville. Boys basketball got the W Tuesday night 59-44 defeating the De Soto Dragons.
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1965 was the first time in school history that a YellowJacket Football Team won a Conference Championship By Jim Beers CHESTER – A long overdue celebration and recognition took place during the fall of 2025 Chester High School YellowJacket Football season. During one of the CHS home football games, Chester High School recognized and honored
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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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Perryville edges Chester, 51-48, in final seconds to win By Jim Beers CHESTER – A very long regular season came to an end this week with the Chester High School Lady Jackets playing three games in three days. It was Week 13 of 13 weeks and games 28, 29, and 30 of 30 regular season
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