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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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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PERRYVILLE – The Perryville Lady Pirates improved to 10-8 on the regular season with a 61-23 win over conference rival Windsor Monday. The Lady Pirates are back at it on Wednesday at home vs. Chester.
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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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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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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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Fall to Okawville, 50-28, then win two-in-a-row vs Carterville, 67-53 and Wesclin, 49-36 By Jim Beers CHESTER – The Chester High School Lady Jackets have stepped it up in the final weeks of the 2025-26 basketball season. Since the arrival of the New Year, Chester has recorded a 2026 record of 7 wins and 3
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STE. GENEVIEVE – The Ste. Genevieve High School Boys Basketball team earned the No. 3 seed at the MAAA Conference Tournament. The Dragons will play at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 10 against the winner of North County and Bismarck. The game will be played at MAC. Go, Dragons! The Ste. Genevieve
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