Sports

Forfeit to Waterloo; lose to Roxana, 46-45; Red Bud, 49-31; and Althoff, 49-27 By Jim Beers, Contributing Writer CHESTER — The Chester High School Lady Jackets Basketball Team traveled to Red Bud, December 27-30 to compete in the 2021 Red Bud Girls Christmas Tournament.  The girls, who have played short-handed the entire 2021 season, had […]

Chester defeats Cobden, 69-18 in Game 1; New Athens beats Trico, 46-39 in Game 2      By Jim Beers, Contributing Writer CHESTER — The 15th Annual Lady Jackets Mid-Winter Classic Basketball Tournament is under way with the first two games in the books.    CHS junior Camryn Howie drives through the lane for a short

STE. GENEVIEVE – Valle Lady Warriors defeated the Kingston Lady Cougars 50-44 to capture third place in the FSCB Christmas Tournament.  The Lady Warriors were victorious with a total team effort led by Mia Weiler and Sam Loida both with 10 points followed by Emma Christine and Ade Weiler with nine apiece. Ella Bertram added

STE. GENEVIEVE — Valle Catholic Cross Country and Track & Field Coach Samer Zoughaib was recently named as a Brooks Running “Inspiring Coach of the Year.”   Coach Z was nominated for his inspiring actions, words and influence on Valle Catholic student athletes on their running journey. He received a box of Brooks goodies for

By Jim Beers, Contributing Writer     CHESTER — The Chester High School Lady Jackets basketball Team had a good outing last week at the 2021 Gibault Catholic High School Candy Cane Class Girls’ Basketball Tournament. The Chester High School Lady Jackets proudly pose for a photo with the plaque they won as Champions of the

By Jim Beers, Contributing Writer     CHESTER — The Chester Yellow Jacket boys ended up having a light Week 3 with just one game Tuesday December 7 vs Carlyle.  The Jackets lost that game at Colbert Gymnasium, 59-51.  The second scheduled game that week had to be postponed due to the prediction of potential dangerous,

In High School Cheerleading The Chester High School Cheerleaders are headed to the ICCA Sectionals in Springfield, Illinois this January! This weekend they will compete for a spot at the IHSA Cheerleading State Competition.   In High School Dance: Chester High School Dance Team is back from its first competition of the season and they

STE. GENEVIEVE — Ste. Genevieve wrestled at Jackson. Individual places 1st Place Anna Fischer Blake Naeger Brody Winters Sawyer Bauman 2nd Place Linley Wehner Ragan Picou Laurie Parker Drake Meyer Madden Wolk

STE. GENEVIEVE — The Valle Catholic Warrior Wrestling team came in first with a final point total of 170 in the 2nd Annual Colombo Classic tournament. It was hosted by Tower Grove Christian School in St. Louis with 13 teams competing. This is the Valle wrestling team’s 2nd championship this season. Individual Place Finishes 1st

By Jim Beers, Contributing Writer CHESTER — The Chester High School YellowJackets competed in the Murphysboro/Trico Tournament throughout Week 2 November 29-December 4.  The Jackets fell in the first three games of the tournament to Murphysboro, 62-35; Harrisburg, 48-44; Lovejoy, 54-50 in Overtime; then rebounded in Game 4 to Sparta wining a close one, 53-46.