Girls’ Basketball CHESTER – Chester edged Waterloo Gibault 32-31 in the Candy Cane Classic at Gibault. Lexie Mott had 19 points and eight rebounds. Chester plays Columbia for the championship at 1:30 Saturday. PERRYVILLE — The Perryville Varsity Girls beat Festus 45-36 in a conference showdown. The Pirates battled foul trouble […]
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Fall to Carlyle, 45-42 and beat Okawville, 34-32 and Christ Our Savior Lutheran High School, 60-47 By Jim Beers CHESTER – The Chester High School boys had a rare 3-game home stand in Week 3 hosting Carlyle Tuesday December 5, Okawville Friday December 8, and Christ Our Savior Lutheran High School from Centralia Saturday, December
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Beat Waterloo JV, 47-23, to advance in winner’s bracket By Jim Beers CHESTER – The Chester High School Lady Jacket Basketball Team is competing at the 2023 Gibault Catholic Lady Hawks Basketball Tournament this week. The “Candy Cane Classic” runs December 11-16 at Waterloo Gibault High School. This year’s field of teams includes Gibault Catholic,
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Boys’ Basketball PERRYVILLE — St. Vincent varsity and junior varsity play at Scott City Friday. CHESTER – Chester plays at Red Bud Friday. STE. GENEVIEVE – Valle hosts Fredericktown Friday. STE. GENEVIEVE — Ste. Genevieve plays at Jefferson Friday. PERRYVILLE – Perryville plays Chester in the Border War Saturday.
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Win over Cairo and DuQuoin; lose to Murphysboro and Carmi-White County By Jim Beers CHESTER – The Chester High School YellowJackets varsity basketball team competed in the 2023 DuQuoin Tournament in Week 2 of the 2023-24 basketball season. This year’s field included eight teams. Pool 1 consisted of Cairo, Chester, DuQuoin, and Murphysboro. Pool 2
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Boys’ Basketball PERRYVILLE — St. Vincent won at Chaffee 58-57. “Max Wheeler hit a lay-up with three seconds to go off an inbounds play to win the game for St. Vincent,” Coach Bruce Valleroy reported. Jacob Schremp led the Indian scoring with 15. Wheeler had 12. Peyton Strattman and Quentin Doza each
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MARION, Ill. – The Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series presented by Toyota is coming back for a visit to Southern Illinois Raceway (SIR) in 2024. Photo credit – Chase Prather The high-banked, 1/8-mile bullring in Marion, IL, will host the Xtreme Outlaws on Thursday, Sept. 13, in a $4,000-to-win event, kicking off a three-day race
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Girls’ Basketball PERRYVILLE — Perryville lost at Hillsboro 70-53. The Lady Pirates host Festus at 7 p.m. Thursday. STE. GENEVIEVE — Ste. Genevieve lost to Arcadia Valley 42-31. The Dragons play at Kingston at 7:30 p.m. Thursday. STE. GENEVIEVE – Valle was scheduled to play St. Paul last night, but
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CARBONDALE, Ill. – Hosted by head coach Nick Hill, the Southern Illinois football program held its annual postseason awards banquet on Sunday to recap the 2023 season. In addition to handing out awards, Hill recounted the numerous accomplishments of this year’s team and it’s senior class. Award Winners Tony Bleyer MVP- PJ Jules Offensive Player of
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Cheer PERRYVILLE – The St. Vincent High School Cheer Squad came in third in the State Cheer Competition Saturday. Boys’ Basketball PERRYVILLE — St. Vincent lost to Oak Ridge 72-53 Friday. Max Wheeler had 21 points to lead the Indians. Parker Ellis had nine. Odin Pearl had eight. Peyton Strattmann
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