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The Anna-Jonesboro Community High School boys’ basketball team is scheduled to compete at the Illinois High School Association Class 2A regional which is set Feb. 19-23 in Johnston City.
The tournament schedule follows:
Monday, Feb. 19: 6 p.m., West Frankfort vs. Vienna. 7:30 p.m., Chester vs....
The Anna-Jonesboro Community High School wrestling team qualified four wrestlers at the Class 1A regional at Carterville Saturday, Feb. 3.
The four wrestlers will advance to next week’s Class 1A sectional at Vandalia. The 1st through 3rd place finishers advance.
Leading the way for A-J was Arieh...
The Anna-Jonesboro Community High School Wildcat cheer team finished 6th in the Illinois High School Association competitive cheerleading state finals in Bloomington on Saturday, Feb. 3.
A-J placed 6th out of 81 small division teams in Illinois. This is the first time the A-JCHS cheer team has...
After trailing early 10-3, the Anna-Jonesboro Communtiy High School girls’ basketball team came back for a 56-33 win over Wayne City in first-round action at the Harrisburg Class 2A regional Monday, Feb. 5.
The Lady Wildcats trailed 15-9 after one quarter and fought back for a 22-21 halftime lead...
Cobden High School senior Molly Ellis has signed a national letter of intent to play golf at John A. Logan College in Carterville. A signing ceremony was held Tuesday, Jan. 23, at the Union County school. She plans to study nursing. In the first row are, from left, Tim Ellis, Molly’s father; Molly...
The Anna-Jonesboro Community High School wrestling team captured its second consecutive Southern Illinois River-To-River Conference Mississippi Division title at Sparta, Tuesday, Jan. 23.
The Wildcats defeated the host Bulldogs 42-28 to win the title.
A-J lost 54-27 to Murphysboro in the second...
The impact of a tragedy which occurred last week in Western Kentucky has been felt directly at a Union County school.
The Cobden High School boys’ varsity and junior varsity basketball teams are scheduled to play at Marshall County High School in Benton, Ky., on Friday, Feb. 16.
On Tuesday morning...
The Anna-Jonesboro Community High School boys’ basketball team lost 65-51 to Marion in the third place game at the West Frankfort Mid-Winter Classic Saturday, Jan. 20.
Jake Parr, who was named to the all-tournament team, led the Wildcats with 19 points and 7 rebounds.
Logan Sawyer added 10 points...
The Cobden High School boys’ basketball team lost 55-49 to Saxony Lutheran of Jackson, Mo., in the championship of the Chester Tournament Saturday, Jan. 12.
With 3 seconds remaining, the Appleknockers’ John Russell scored a basket to go above the 1,000-point mark in his career. The basket gave him...
The Anna-Jonesboro Community High School girls’ basketball team split in recent action.
Murphysboro 35, A-J 28: The Lady Wildcats fell behind early in the loss to host Murphysboro on Saturday, Jan. 6.
Angel Helm had 9 points, 12 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals to lead A-J.
Hunter Denny had 9...
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