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Lady Jacket Volleyball loses close matches to Carlyle and Red Bud

Jackets open conference play with back-to-back losses; now 2-6 overall and 0-2 in Cahokia Conference By Jim Beers, Contributing Writer CHESTER –The CHS Lady Jackets had an exciting, competitive Week 3 in volleyball action, but allowed both Carlyle and Red Bud to slip past them in opening Cahokia Conference play. Both matches gave Chester the […]

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CHS Girls’ Golf wins at Marissa; place 3rd at Nashville; beats Sparta; and finishes 6th at Okawville

Chester’s Aubrie Medford wins at Marissa; Camryn Luthy wins at Chester and places 4th out of all golfers at Okawville Invite By Jim Beers, Contributing Writer CHESTER – The Chester High School Lady Jacket Golf Team continues to improve and has earned several honors at recent matches. The Jackets won at Marissa, finished 3rd at

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Yellow Jackets improve, but still fall to Midgets, 28-6

Freeburg uses consistent 7-point quarters to take victory from Chester By Jim Beers, Contributing Writer CHESTER – The Chester High School Varsity Football Team played better Friday September 9 at Freeburg in a non-conference match-up, but still could not find a way to bring home its first win of the 2022 season.  The Midgets were

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CHS Volleyball opens season with sweep of Anna-Jonesboro

Lady Jackets finish 14th at Fairfield Tournament By Jim Beers, Contributing Writer CHESTER – The Chester High School Lady Jacket Volleyball Team opened the 2022 season with a sweep of all three Anna-Jonesboro High School Lady Wildcats teams.  The freshmen squad features 12 newcomers to the Lady Jacket Volleyball program including Callie Davis, Lillian Diskey,

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Chester Chamber Of Commerce announces 25th Annual 4 – Person Scramble

CHESTER — The Chester Chamber of Commerce is planning its 25th annual four-person golf scramble at the Chester Country Club. The Chamber would like to offer local businesses the opportunity to advertise their business through a hole sponsorship.  The tournament will be held Friday, October 7 2022, at 10 a.m. Hole sponsorships will include a

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CHS Boys’ win 2-of-3 at home quad match; place 4th at 2022 CIT

Andrews sets new PR & earns medalist honors at quad match; Mott finishes in top-5 at CIT By Jim Beers, Contributing Writer              The Chester High School Yellow Jacket Boys’ Golf Team had a great Week 3 winning 2-of-3 matches at home at their quadrangular match and finishing 4th in the nine-team 2022 Chester Invitational

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Steeleville Warriors are back-to-back boys Chester Invitational Tourney Champs

CHESTER – The Steeleville Warriors are back-to-back boys Chester Invitational Tournament Champions after shooting a team score of 305 Thursday at the Chester Country Club.    Mason Ethington of Sparta was the low medalist with a round of  73 (+1), while Jack Knop (Steeleville) had a 74 (+2), Logan Bartens (Steeleville) had a 76 (+4),

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CHS Boys Golf opens season; Gage Hasemeyer, set personal -best record

By Jim Beers, Contributing Writer CHESTER – The Chester High School Boys’ Golf Team opened the 2022 season with a full slate of contests with four matches in Week 1. Coach Chris Toledo has the boys working hard improving with each outing.  Week 1 featured two home matches and trips to Red Bud and the

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