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Kaylee Boston scored 27 points to power Shawnee to a 54-43 win over visiting Meridian in South Egyptian Conference high school girls’ basketball Monday, Nov. 30.
Jonnie Ellet added 11 points, Reagan Brown 8, Alexa Hileman 3, Taylor Ellis and Jessie Reynolds 2 apiece and Jordan Johnson 1.
Shawnee...
Anna-Jonesboro built an early lead on its way to a 47-41 win over host Vienna in non-conference high school girls’ basketball action Saturday, Dec. 5.
A-J was ahead 13-8 after one quarter and 21-16 at the half. The Lady Wildcats led 31-29 going into the final period. A-J outscored the Lady Eagles...
The Jonesboro School junior high boys' basketball team split in recent action.
Following are game summaries:
Goreville 47, Jonesboro 27: Tyler Vaughn scored 7 points to lead host Jonesboro in the loss Tuesday, Nov. 24.
Ben McFarland added 6 points for Jonesboro. Damian Reed and Noah Fuller had...
Rachel Hayden scored 15 points to lead Anna-Jonesboro to a 52-30 win over host Harrisburg in first-round action of the Lady Bulldogs’ high school girls' basketball tournament Tuesday, Nov. 24.
Destiny Dillow added 10 points for the Lady Wildcats. Jessi Stone and Chandra Parr 6 apiece, Emma Basler...
After a three-game losing streak, the Anna-Jonesboro High School boy’s basketball team tried a different approach.
“It was just a case of overcoaching the last three games,” A-J coach Rob Wright said. “We told them to go out and play a lot looser and just play ball.”
With the new approach, A-J...
Steve Draper scored 23 points to lead Cobden to a 56-49 win over visiting Christopher in non-conference high school boys’ basketball action Tuesday, Dec. 16.
Robby Lehr had 19 points for the Appleknockers. Alex Sweitzer and Allan Brumleve added 6 points apiece and Josh Chapman 2.
Christopher...
Dustin Young assumed his athletic career was over after high school.
Young, a freshman, attends Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, where he is in the Reserve Officer Training Corps, ROTC.
“The wrestling coach said he needed 125-pound wrestlers so I tried out and made the team,” Young...
Robby Lehr tossed in 22 points to power Cobden to a 66-46 win over host Dongola in South Egyptian Conference high school boys’ basketball action Friday, Dec. 11.
Steve Draper added 20 points for the Appleknockers. Alex Sweitzer netted 16 points, Gage Wright, Allan Brumleve, Josh Chapman and Josh...
Injuries are just a part of football.
They can impact a team at any level – high school, college and the pros.
Injuries just go with the territory, as Anna-Jonesboro High School football coach Brett Detering pointed out as his squad’s 2009 season unfolded.
He said a coach just has to work...
Cobden raced to a big first quarter lead on its way to a 47-11 win over visiting Egyptian in South Egyptian Conference high school girls’ basketball Wednesday, Dec. 9
The Appleknockers were ahead 19-2 after one quarter and 27-7 at the half. The Lady Pharaohs were outscored 20-4 in the final half...
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