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Josh Flamm was 3-for-5 with an RBI to lead host Murphysboro to a 12-inning 8-7 win over Vandalia in American Legion baseball action Saturday, July 3.
Gavyn Ellet was 3-for-5 with 2 doubles and 3 RBIs. Steve Draper was 2-for-5 with a triple and an RBI.
Flamm was 1-for-3 with a double in helping...
The Blue Dolphins hosted the Marion Marlins in a dual meet June 22. The depth of the Marion team swamped the Union County team, but several stellar Dolphin performances were turned in.
Triple first place finishers were Stephen Cohen and Abigail Oehlsen.
Cohen’s 100 I.M. (1:05.03) dropped .41 of...
Softball players from Cobden and Anna-Jonesboro high schools have earned 2010 postseason honors.
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Five players from Cobden High School’s Class 1A state championship squad have been selected to the 2010 Southern Illinois Coaches Association All-Softball team.
Appleknockers selected to the...
Two golfers recorded holes-in-one while playing recently at the Union County Country Club course in Anna.
The aces were recorded by golfers Darren Youngblood and Joe Wendling.
Youngblood scored his ace on the 138-yard number 15 hole with a club pitching wedge on Saturday, July 3.
Darrell Ralls...
Thirty-six swimmers from the Blue Dolphins swim team of Union County competed against the Harrisburg Bullfish squad on July 6. Three boys and two girls recorded triple first-place finishes for the Blue Dolphins.
Stephen Cohen broke one of the two remaining Blue Dolphin records in the 15-18 class...
Former Anna-Jonesboro Community High School baseball player Lucas Hileman had a unique experience during July.
A John A. Logan Community College baseball player and graduate, he was selected to the National Junior College Athletic Association All-Star team that competed in the Honkbal Tournament...
The long trip and high gas prices have always taken a toll on the number of Blue Dolphin swimmers who enter the biennial dual with Centralia. Tradition was followed with relays suffering from a lack of depth in the June 29 affair.
Stephen Cohen continued his assault on the 15-18 boys’ records....
Fundraising efforts will be the focus of discussion at an Anna School District 37 informational meeting planned Tuesday, Aug. 10.
Parents, grandparents, business persons and community members are invited to attend the meeting.
The meeting will be at 7 p.m. in the lower cafeteria at Anna Junior...
Former Anna-Jonesboro High School baseball players Lucas Hileman had a .227 batting average for the National Junior College Athletic Association all-star team during play at the Honkbal Tournament at Haarlem, Netherlands.
Tournament play concluded Sunday, July 18.
Hileman, who led the American...
Gene Wright, who at 83 is the oldest member of the Union County Country Club, scored a hole-in-one at the Anna golf course Tuesday.
Wright scored the ace on the number six hole, using a 7 wood from 115 yards.
Witnesses were his sons, Tom Wright and Robbie Wright.
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