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Trailing at various times throughout the game, the host Anna-Jonesboro Community High School boys’ basketball team fought back for a 60-58 win over Du Quoin in Southern Illinois River-to-River Conference Mississippi Division action Friday, Jan. 5. The Indians led 15-12 after one quarter, but the...
The Anna-Jonesboro Community High School boys’ basketball team trailed early before fighting back to a 71-55 win over West Frankfort to capture third place at the Eldorado Holiday Tournament Saturday, Dec. 30. A-J head coach Mike Chamness said that after the Wildcats had lost to Harrisburg in...
The Anna-Jonesboro Community High School boys’ basketball team split in recent action. Pinckneyville 63,  A-J 30: The visiting Wildcats couldn’t hold on to a first quarter lead in the Southern Illinois River-to-River Conference Mississippi Division loss Friday, Dec. 22. Jake Parr, who got in early...
Anna-Jonesboro Community High School’s Arieh Hart, middle, won the 152-pound weight class at the 48th annual Mascoutah Wrestling Tournament Dec. 16. Photo provided.
The Anna-Jonesboro Community High School wrestling team competed at the 48th annual Mascoutah Tournament Dec. 15-16. The Wildcats took seven wrestlers to compete at the 27-team tourney. The majority of the schools were Class 2A and Class 3A. A-J’s Arieh Hart was the champion in the 152-pound ...
The Anna-Jonesboro Community High School boys’ basketball team came on in the second half for a 70-58 win over host Cobden in non-conference action Saturday, Dec. 9. “We got in early foul trouble in the first half,” A-J coach Mike Chamness said. “But, we started knocking down some shots in the...
The Lick Creek School girls’ basketball team improved to 14-0 by winning the Egyptian Junior High Conference.  The Lady Eagles defense has been hard to beat this year, the team’s coaches, Desiree Walter and Baylie Denny, said. The coaches credited the players with working hard to keep their...
The Anna-Jonesboro Community High School boys’ basketball team defeated Hamilton County and Hardin County to win the Goreville Invitational Saturday, Dec. 2. A-J’s Jake Parr was named as the tournament’s most valuable player. A-J’s Sheldon McGrath and Ross Pinnon were named to the all-tourney team...
The Cobden High School boys’ basketball team defeated Century 64-45 to claim second place at the Vienna Classic Tournament Saturday, Nov. 24. Cobden’s John Russell and Noah Franklin were named to the all-tournament team. Cobden 64, Century 45: The Appleknockers pulled ahead 21-7 after one quarter...
The Anna-Jonesboro Community High School football team closed out an outstanding season after advancing to the semifinals of the Illinois High School Association Class 3A playoffs. Here’s a look back at the Wildcats’ 12-1 2017 season: Pleasant Plains 41, A-J 2: The Wildcats’ offense was finally...
For the first time this season, the Anna-Jonesboro Community High School football team was defeated when it fell 41-2 to host Pleasant Plains Saturday, Nov. 18, in Illinois High School Association postseason playoff action. “The margin of win was unexpected,” A-J coach Brett Detering said. “We made...

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