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Taylor Orsburn scored 15 points to power Cobden to a 45-34 win over host Shawnee in South Egyptian Conference high school girls’ basketball Thursday, Jan. 14.
Ana Duda and Katelyn Wiggs added 11 points apiece for the Appleknockers. Kayla Quertermous had 4 points, Mara Hackethal 3 and Rebekah...
Robby Lehr scored 24 points to lead Cobden to a 50-45 win over host Shawnee in South Egyptian Conference high school boys’ basketball Tuesday, Jan. 12.
Bo Gearhart added 12 points for the Appleknockers. Steve Draper had 7 points, Alex Sweitzer 5 and Allan Brumleve 2.
Kyle Griggs had 11 points...
Kaylee Boston scored 14 points to lead Shawnee to a 61-21 win over visiting Joppa in South Egyptian Conference high school girls’ basketball Tuesday, Jan. 12.
Taylor Ellis added 13 points for the Lady Reds. Jessie Reynolds had 11 points, Taylor Loveless and Jordan Johnson 6 apiece, Ragan Brown 5...
Tyler Davis scored 32 points to power Shawnee to an 80-71 overtime win over visiting Joppa in South Egyptian Conference high school boys’ basketball Saturday, Jan. 16.
Kyle Griggs added 14 points, Ty McMahan 13, Tyler Spurlock 11, Kyle Stevens 6 and Andrew Livesay 4.
The game was tied 20-20 at...
Anna-Jonesboro avenged an earlier loss to Herrin with a 56-48 win in the championship of the West Frankfort Mid-Winter Classic high school boys’ basketball tournament Saturday, Jan. 23.
With the victory, A-J won the West Frankfort tournament title for the first time.
“We didn’t finish out like...
Former Anna-Jonesboro Community High School softball coach Bob Shoemaker will be inducted into the Illinois Coaches Association Softball Hall of Fame at a banquet scheduled in Bloomington on Feb. 22.
“It’s quite an honor,” Shoemaker said. “I’m up there with a lot of very good coaches.”
Shoemaker...
Cobden and Dongola lost in first-round action at the South Egyptian conference high school boys’ basketball tournament held at Century Tuesday, Jan.19.
Following are game sumaries:
Egyptian 74, Cobden 42: Robby Lehr scored 18 points to lead the Appleknockers.
Alex Sweitzer added 10 points,...
Brady Wright scored 23 points and pulled down 10 rebounds to lead Anna-Jonesboro to a 60-44 opening round win over Carterville in the high school boys’ basketball Mid-Winter Classic at West Frankfort Monday, Jan. 18.
J.R. Woodward added 14 points and a rebound for the Wildcats.
Tylor Duckworth...
Anna-Jonesboro trailed early but came back to post a 58-45 win over Massac County in the quarterfinals of the Eldorado holiday high school boys’ basketball tournament Monday, Dec. 28.
The Wildcats trailed 8-0 at the outset and were behind 10-2 until back-to-back 3-pointers pulled A-J to 17-12 at...
The South Egyptian Conference high school girls’ basketball tournament is scheduled at Cobden Jan. 25-30.
Cobden is scheduled to play at 6 p.m. Monday, Jan. 25, against Joppa. Meridian takes on Century at 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Jan. 26, Goreville goes against Dongola at 6 p.m. and Shawnee faces...
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