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The Dongola High School softball team had compiled a 7-3 record through recent action.
Dongola 14, Cobden 4: Payton Hilland led the hitting by going 3-for-4 for the host Lady Demons in the win Friday, May 21.
Carmen Smith and Maddie Keller were each 2-for-3 with 2 doubles apiece.
Keller was the...
The Cobden High School baseball team was 3-1 in recent action.
Cobden 11, Dongola 7: Noah Franklin was 4-for-4 with 2 triples and 2 RBIs to lead the hitting for the host Appleknockers Friday, May 21.
Nolan Hand was 1-for-2 with 2 RBIs. Tyler Franklin was 1-for-2 with 2 RBIs. Brock Reynolds was 1-...
The Anna-Jonesboro Commnity High School wrestling team split last week in four matches at home.
Benton 54, A-J 24: Ethan Hall, 113 pounds and Caleb Mays, 145 pounds, won by forfeit on Wednesday, May 12.
Daniel Dover, 106 pounds, won by a pin in 4:20 and T.J. Macy, 152 pounds, won by a pin in 3:36....
The Anna-Jonesboro Community High School baseball team defeated Elverado and fell to Harrisburg in action last week.
Harrisburg 8, A-J 3: Luke Lasley was 2-for-4 at the plate to lead the visiting Wildcats in the loss Tuesday, April 27.
Dylan Harvel was 1-for-2 with an RBI. Hayden Ralls added an RBI...
Anna-Jonesboro Community High School boys’ and girls’ track coach Michael Eudy is looking forward to the season.
“All of the kids missed track season last year,” Eudy said. “I’m glad we got a season and are able to compete.”
The season was cancelled in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The...
The Anna-Jonesboro Community High School baseball team defeated visiting Trico 5-4 in 8 innings Thursday, April 22.
Dylan Smith led A-J’s hitting by going 2-for-4 with an RBI. Mason Watkins and Kyle Jerrell were each 1-for-3 with an RBI apiece. Dylan Ahlberg was 1-for-4.
Ahlberg and Watkins pitched...
The Anna-Jonesboro Community High School wrestling team will have a lot of underclassmen competing this season.
“We’re going to be young,” A-J wrestling coach Chase Hargrave said. “But we’ve got a lot of good numbers compared to a lot of other schools.”
The lone senior is David Kester, 126 pounds....
The Anna-Jonesboro/Cobden co-op high school boys’ soccer team closed out the season with three consecutive wins last week.
“As short as it was, it was a good season,” A-J/Cobden boys’ soccer coach Mark Boomer said.
The A-J/Cobden squad finished 10-3. The team finds out this week if it will share...
Anna-Jonesboro is set to host Nashville this Friday night in spring high school football action.
Kickoff to A-J’s White Out game is set for 7 p.m. at the Wildcats’ home field, The Pit.
The Hornets enter the game with a 4-1 record after a 42-28 win last week over a previously undefeated Benton.
The...
Changes are coming to the Southern Illinois River-to-River Conference for the 2023-2024 season.
Anna-Jonesboro Community High School is a member of the conference.
The conference has two divisions: the Mississippi Division and the Ohio Division.
The conference’s Mississippi Division is losing...
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