62nd Annual event features 8 local teams, January 12-13th at CHS Colbert Gymnasium By Jim Beers CHESTER – The 62nd Chester High School CIT (Chester Invitational Tournament) tipped off Monday January 12. The popular event is thought to be the longest-running high school boys’ basketball tournament south of I-70. This year’s event runs January […]
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2026 Champions are the Marissa Meteors; Runners Up are Chester Lady Jackets By Jim Beers CHESTER – The 19th Annual Chester High School Lady Jackets Mid-Winter Classic Basketball Tournament is completed and in the books! This year’s weather cooperated beautifully and all five nights/sessions went without a hitch. Marissa and Chester battled it out for
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PARK HILLS – SGHS girls wrestling has another great tournament Friday evening at Park Hills finishing 1st out of 24 teams! Top 4 placers were Lexi Wolk 1st, Abby Vogt 2nd, Aila Wolk 1st, Hailey Davis 2nd, Lilli Farlow 1st, Maggie Price 1st, Ragan Picou 1st, Harleigh Courtway 3rd, Kailyn Warren 4th, Keely Fallert
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Chester will advance to Championship game, and Sparta will play for Consolation Championship by Jim Beers CHESTER – Thursday January 8 was Day 4 of the 2026 Chester High School Lady Jackets Mid-Winter Classic. It was the final day of the Semi-Finals for the Championship games of both the Consolation Bracket and the Tournament Championship
Chester beats Trico, 55-51, and Sparta wins over New Athens, 51-32 on Day 4 of LJMWC Read More »
STE GENEVIEVE — The SGHS Boys Wrestling team won the 15th Annual SGHS Duals Tournament. Scores were: Ste. Genevieve 70, Blair Oaks 6: Ste. Genevieve 63, Mehlville 9: Ste. Genevieve 76, Dexter 0: Ste. Genevieve 63, Valle Catholic 15. Individual results: Ste. Genevieve Guaranteed 1st place Match #1 Round 1 Ste. Genevieve defeated
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Steeleville will play for 7th Place and Cobden will play for 3rd Place By Jim Beers CHESTER – Day No. 3 tipped off Wednesday January 7 in the 19th Annual Lady Jacket Mid-Winter Classic Tournament at Chester High School. Day 3 featured Dupo and Steeleville in Game 5 at 6:00 p.m. and Marissa and Cobden
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STE. GENEVIEVE — The Ste. Genevieve High School girls wrestling team won their dual Wednesday evening over the Hillsboro Hawks by a final score of 76-0. Ste. Genevieve (STGENEV) 76.0 Hillsboro (HILSBORO) 0.0 100: Lexi Wolk (STGENEV) over (HILSBORO) (For.) 105: Abby Vogt (STGENEV) over (HILSBORO) (For.) 110: Chloe Dixon (STGENEV) over (HILSBORO)
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Opening Round of LJMWC is in the books; Trico beats Sparta, 45-42 and Chester beats New Athens, 65-24 By Jim Beers CHESTER –Day No. 2, Tuesday January 6, is in the books and Round 1 of the 19th Annual Chester High School Lady Jackets Mid-Winter Classic Basketball Tournament is complete. Round 2 schedule is set
Night 1 featured Marissa vs Dupo and Cobden vs Steeleville By Jim Beers CHESTER – The 19th Annual Chester High School Lady Jacket Mid-Winter Classic Basketball Tournament tipped-off Monday and will run until Saturday January 10th. This year’s event features Marissa, Dupo, Cobden, Steeleville, Trico, Sparta, Chester, and New Athens. This popular event is often
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CHS gets quality, 52-51, win over Carterville to end 2025 and beats Massac County, 50-35, to kick off 2026 By Jim Beers CHETER – The Chester High School Lady Jackets have reached the halfway mark of the 2025-26 basketball season. In the process they have earned an 8-8 overall record (.500), and a Cahokia Conference
Lady Jackets finish 2025 strong and start 2026 even stronger! Read More »
