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The Benton High School football team was defeated for the first time this season when it fell to Murphysboro by a score of 41-0.
The Rangers, 7-1, will travel to Anna-Jonesboro, 2-6, to play at The Pit on Senior Night to close out the regular season.
The game is scheduled to kick off at 7 p.m. and...
Cobden is the home of a new disc golf course.
A ribbon cutting for the new course is set for 9 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 26.
The course is located in the Cobden Community Park area and already has proven to be quite popular.
Also on Oct. 26, a random draw, 18-hole doubles disc golf tournament is planned...
The Anna-Jonesboro/Cobden co-op boys’ high school soccer team went 2-1 as it wrapped up regular season play for the fall.
Carbondale 2, A-J/Cobden 0: Jacob Schaefer played 80 minutes in goal and had 13 saves for visiting A-J/Cobden Thursday, Oct. 10.
A-J/Cobden 5, Pinckneyville 2: Steen Vaca Diez...
The Anna-Jonesboro Community High School football team travels to Sparta for its final road game of the season on Senior Night this Friday.
Game time is set for 7 p.m. The game will be aired on WIBH radio in Anna.
The Bulldogs enter the game at 1-6 after a 34-16 loss to Carterville last Friday.
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Anna-Jonesboro Community High School’s Luke Lasley scored a 75 to win the Class 1A regional in high school boys’ golf at the Union County Country Club course in Anna Monday, Oct. 7.
Lasley finished in a three-way tie for first place and won medalist honors in a playoff on the first hole.
Others...
The Jonesboro School girls’ cross country team won the Class S pre-state meet at Centralia.
Local cross country teams competed in their pre-state meets on Saturday Oct. 5. Lick Creek School also competed at the event.
The Jonesboro School girls outpaced the field at Centralia’s Foundation Park to...
The Anna-Jonesboro/Cobden high school boys’ soccer team posted a 2-2 record in recent action.
A-J/Cobden 7, Harrisburg 0: Blake Pena scored 3 goals to lead host A-J/Cobden to the win Thursday, Oct. 3.
Carlos Valencia, Angel Olvera, Ethan Carver and Nick McGrath scored a goal apiece.
Valencia had 2...
The Anna-Jonesboro Community High School football team hosts 6-0 Du Quoin this Friday.
Game time is set for 7 p.m. The game will be aired on WIBH radio in Anna.
The youthful Wildcats, 2-4, will play against a lot of upperclassmen in the game.
“We’ve got a lot of seniors,” Du Quoin coach Derek Beard...
Pitchers Alex Remsey and Landon Britt combined on a four-hitter to lead host Cobden to a 14-4 win over Shawnee in high school baseball action Thursday, Sept. 26.
Remsey pitched 3 innings and allowed 3 hits to go with 4 walks and 6 strikeouts. Britt pitched 2 innings and allowed a hit to go with a...
The Pinckneyville High School football team hosts Anna-Jonesboro for homecoming Friday, Oct. 4.
“It makes it tough playing on homecoming,” A-J coach Brett Detering said. “But it doesn’t matter, we still have to play.”
Game time is set for 7 p.m. The game will be aired on WIBH radio in Anna.
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