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Eleven teams converged on Lick Creek School Friday, April 24, for a day filled with excitement as the school hosted its 55th invitational track meet.
The Lick Creek girls won the invitational. The Lick Creek boys finished second.
The meet started with the running events for kindergarten through...
Anna-Jonesboro’s Mitchell Holshouser and Dustin Young have been selected to the Southern Illinois Coaches Association All-South Class 1A high school wrestling team.
Holshouser, a senior, was selected to the first team.
He finished with a 28-7 overall mark and was a state qualifier twice to...
Kylee Lence was 3-for-3 with 2 doubles and 4 RBIs to lead Anna-Jonesboro to a 9-2 victory over visiting Nashville for the Southern Illinois River-to-River Mississippi Division Conference championship in high school softball Monday, May 17.
The conference crown was the first for the Lady...
Du Quoin scored in the top of the 7th inning to break a 2-2 tie on its way to a 3-2 win over host Anna-Jonesboro in Southern Illinois River-to-River Conference Mississippi Division high school baseball action Friday, April 24.
Brady James was 1-for-2 to lead the Wildcats at the plate. Gabe Pecord...
The Shawnee High School baseball team won its third straight regional championship last Saturday.
Shawnee defeated Meridian 10-0 to win a Class 1A regional title in a game played at Wolf Lake. Shawnee hosted the regional.
Clay Murphy picked up his 10th win of the season in pitching Shawnee to...
Union County high schools are scheduled to play next week in regional softball tournaments which will take place in Cobden and Vienna.
Cobden regional
Cobden, Dongola and Shawnee are scheduled to play in the Appleknocker Class 1A high school softball regional, which is set May 18-23.
Early...
Defending state champs Cobden advanced over Century in regional action. A-J tops Carterville. Wildcats win over Harrisburg in baseball action. More later.
Anna-Jonesboro defeated Harrisburg 5-4 to win a regional title in action at Carterville Saturday.
The Wildcats advance to face Mount Carmel at 4:30 Thursday afternoon in sectional tournament play at Harrisburg.
A-J's Kaylee Little qualified for state in the 300-meter hurdles.
It's three down and eight to go for Anna native Aaron Wright in his quest for a $100,000 prize in the Golf Channel's "Big Break" reality series.
Wright was one of 12 contestants chosen for the 11-week series taped at Prince Edward Island in Canada. After three episodes he's still in contention...
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