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The local Blue Dolphin Swim Club is a member of the Southern Illinois Swim League, SISL, along with Du Quoin, Harrisburg, Salem, Centralia, Mt. Vernon, and perennial powerhouses Marion and Herrin.
In an early shakedown cruise for the Dolphins and the Calvert City, Ky., team, a mini-meet was held...
The Union County Saddle Club plans to have its annual summer fun show Saturday, June 19, in Anna.
The show will be at the saddle club horse arena at the Anna City Park.
Registration is scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. The show starts at 1 p.m.
The show will feature 18 events for participants of...
The Fellowship of Christian Athletes in Southern Illinois announces its second annual Union County FCA Power Camp.
The Power Camp is scheduled at Anna-Jonesboro Community High School Tuesday through Thursday, July 6-8 and is free of charge.
Children who will be entering the 5th through 8th...
The senior duo of DaCota Knop and Taylor Orsburn closed out their high school playing careers by leading Cobden to a 2-0 win over Lebanon for the Class 1A state softball championship at East Peoria Saturday, June 5.
“Our veterans stepped up and did a great job of leading us,” Cobden coach Nathan...
Three Anna-Jonesboro Community High School baseball players helped lead the host 18u SEMO Cherokees of Cape Girardeau to the championship of the SEMO Varsity International Tournament last weekend.
The three Wildcats were David Frank, Cody Livesay and Jordan Chamness.
The team finished with a 6-...
ch co-ed softball league is planned this summer.
Organizers are looking for individual players and teams.
The league is scheduled to start play on July 3.
Entry fee is $250 per team, which covers insurance. Individuals pay $30 each.
Entry fees are due by June 9.
Players must be 18 years of...
Dolton Yunker finished in first place in the 200-meter dash to lead Anna-Jonesboro’s efforts in the Class 1A high school boys’ track sectional meet at Nashville Friday, May 21.
Yunker finished with a 22.37.
Second place efforts for the Wildcats were recorded by the 4x800-meter relay team of...
The Cobden High School sofball team won the Harrisburg round robin tournament Saturday, May 15.
Following are game summaries;
Cobden 12, Harrisburg 2: Kayla Quertermous was 4-for-4 with a double to lead Cobden in its final game Saturday.
Ana Duda was 3-for-5 with a double. DaCota Knop was 3-...
The Anna-Jonesboro high School girls’ track team won six events to win the Lady Patriot Invitational at Metropolis Tuesday, April 20.
A-J won the six-team meet with 122 points. Marion was second with 93.
First place efforts for the Lady Wildcats were recorded by Cheyenne Lingle in the high jump...
Lick Creek School recently hosted its 56th invitational track meet.
Lick Creek School opened its doors in the winter of 1953 and hosted its first Lick Creek Invitational track meet in the spring of 1954.
The track meets in those days were called “play days.”
Many of the original schools invited...
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