Sports

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 […]

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

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

STE GENEVIEVE — SGHS Girls Wrestling competed in a two-day Wonder Woman Tournament featuring wrestlers from several Midwest states and finished 10th out of 86 Teams! Individual Placers were Lexi Wolk 7th, Keely Fallert 2nd and Anna Fischer 5th.     The Wonder Women Results for Ste Genevieve:   100 lbs. Lexi Wolk (21-2) placed

Coach Billy Belton thanks supporters and presents a multitude of player awards   By Jim Beers CHESTER – Sunday evening December 14 the Chester High School Football Program held the 2025 Football Awards event. This year’s program was hosted at Colbert Memorial Gymnasium which offered more room and comfort for players, parents and other football