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Rik Hicks of Jonesboro has received an academic award of merit for outstanding academic performance for the fall 2009 semester at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.
Hicks received his award at the 2010 Saluki football banquet, which was held in February.
He received special recognition for...
Seven Anna-Jonesboro High School wrestlers have been selected to the 2009-2010 River-to-River Conference wrestling team.
The Wildcats receiving recognition were:
Taylor Fitzgerald, 189-pounds; Daniel Heath, 112 pounds; Brett Turner, 171 pounds; Brandon Cerney, 135 pounds; Chase Hargrave, 140...
The Anna-Jonesboro High School baseball team was 3-3 in recent action.
Following are game sumaries:
Pinckneyville 6, A-J 2: Cody Livesay was 3-for-4 with 2 RBIs to lead host A-J’s efforts at the plate in Southern Illinois River-to-River Mississippi Division Conference action Monday, April 5....
The Anna-Jonesboro High School girls won a freshman/sophomore invitational track meet at Chester Thursday, April 8.
First place efforts for the Lady Wildcats were recorded by the 4x100-meter relay team of Cheyenne Lingle, Nika Vukelic, Rebecca Mitchell and Emma Basler in 55.4; Basler in the 100-...
Host Anna-Jonesboro captured eight first place finishes to win its high school girls’ track invitational Wednesday, April 14.
The Lady Wildcats topped the 8-team field with 177 points. Murphysboro was the closest challenger with 159.
First place efforts for A-J were recorded by Jessi Stone in...
The Shawnee High School baseball team lost twice in recent action.
Following are game summaries:
Dexter, Mo., 7, Shawnee 1: Tyler Glidewell was 2-for-3 with an RBI to lead Shawnee in the loss in the opening round of the Chaffee, Mo., tournament Friday, April 23. The tournament was cancelled...
Cobden defeated Vienna 9-4 to win the consolation championship of the Pinckneyville High School softball tournament Saturday, March 27.
Ana Duda was 2-for-5 wth a double, triple and an RBI to lead the Appleknockers’ hitting attack.
Kayla Quertermous was 2-for-3 with 2 RBIs. Emily Flamm was 1-for...
The Shawnee High School baseball team defeated Egyptian and fell to Chester in recent action.
Following are game summaries:
Shawnee 9, Egyptian 7: Adam Pennington was 3-for-4 with an RBI to lead host Shawnee to the South Egyptian Conference win Wednesday, March 31.
Ty McMahan was 2-for-3. Tyler...
Jordan Chamness was 2-for-4 with a home run and 4 RBIs to lead Anna-Jonesboro to a 6-1 win over host Shawnee in non-conference high school baseball action Wednesday, March 24.
Brady Wright was 2-for-4 with an RBI for the Wildcats. Gabe Pecord was 1-for-4.
Tyler Glidewell and Ty McMahan were each...
The Anna-Jonesboro High School girl’s soccer team has lost twice and tied once in recent action.
Following are game summaries:
Saxony Lutheran 1, A-J 0: Saxony scored in the 17th minute to nip visiting A-J Monday, April 12.
Marion 4, A-J 3: Ashley Kendrick scored two goals and Sarah Franklin-...
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