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Anna-Jonesboro Community High School wrestling coach Eric Massey looks for a successful season barring injuries.
“If we can remain healthy, we’re looking to be very competitive,” Massey said.
Massey said he’s hoping that A-J can claim a Southern Illinois River-to-River Conference Mississippi...
Anna-Jonesboro Community High School girls’ basketball coach Matt Denny looks for the 2016-2017 team to continue its winning ways after a productive offseason.
“We had a really good summer,” Denny said.
A lot of Denny’s confidence comes from the return of all of the team’s starters from last year’...
Rebecca Corbit has been named as the new volleyball coach at Lick Creek School.
Corbit was hired at a September meeting of the Lick Creek School District Board of Education.
Corbit succeeds Tony Calabrese, who resigned from the position after several seasons.
Corbit, a former Anna-Jonesboro...
Three student athletes at Shawnee Community College have earned recognition for their academic achievements. One of the student athletes is from Union County.
Kendall Carter of Anna, Taylor Howard of Pinckneyville and Heaven Hopper of Carlisle County, Ky., earned All-American Scholar-Athlete...
The champions of the Wildcat Youth Football League’s 3rd- and 4th-grade division celebrated their season with a pizza party on Friday, Nov. 4.
Nicknamed the “Ironheads” in honor of sponsor Grover Mays Construction, the team compiled a perfect 6-0 season under head coach Marc Scheffer and assistant...
Carbondale native Sarah Konecek spent her youth as a soccer player and used the skills she learned to coach the boys’ soccer team at Anna-Jonesboro Community High School for the last two seasons.
This fall, Konecek used some of those skills to teach boys how not to kick a football.
Konecek is the...
The Anna-Jonesboro Community High School wrestling season began preparations for a new season with the opening day of practice on Monday.
“I’m excited about the season,” A-J wrestling coach Eric Massey said.
A-J won a Southern Illinois River-to-River Conference Mississippi Division title last...
After winning by a field goal in the first round of the IHSA Class 3A playoffs, the Anna-Jonesboro Community High School football team lost in a second round playoff game by a field goal in a 10-7 defeat at the hands of visiting North Mac at The Pit Saturday afternoon, Nov. 5.
“I thought our...
Local junior high boys baskeball teams participated in the 18th annual Egyptian Early Bird Tournament at Egyptian School in Tamms on Thursday, Oct. 27. The tournament featured teams from Anna, Century, Egyptian, Goreville, Lovejoy, Meridian, Nell Holcomb and Shawnee schools.
The Egyptian Junior...
At the close of Saturday’s thrilling win by the Anna-Jonesboro Wildcats over the Fairfield Mules in the first round of the playoffs, this scene brought tears to many eyes in the grandstands. Keaton Busby carried Jackson Boyd (number 3) across the field as the two teams met for handshakes after the...
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