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The Lick Creek School Lady Eagles cross country team started its 2017 season with two wins.
Pinckneyville 204 Invitational
Lick Creek competed at the Pinckneyville Fairgrounds on Saturday, Sept. 2.
The Lady Eagles came away with a victory. Lick Creek had 45 points, followed by Pinckneyville St....
The Anna-Jonesboro Community High School football team begins Southern Illinois River-to-River Conference Mississippi Division play at home this Friday against Nashville.
“The next five weeks, we will see how the conference shapes out,” said A-J football coach Brett Detering, whose team begins a...
The host Anna-Jonesboro Community High School football team wasted little time taking charge last Friday night.
Arieh Hart scored on the Wildcats’ opening kickoff return on a 68-yard run and the team never looked back in a 40-6 win over visiting Massac County at The Pit.
After Hart’s long run,...
The Anna-Jonesboro/Cobden/Dongola high school boys’ co-op soccer team faced Carterville in an Aug. 30 match. A-J won the game. The accompanying pictures are from action during the match. Photos provided.
Photos by Tiffiny Dillow for The Gazette-Democrat.
With the game tied 14-14 at the half, the host Anna-Jonesboro Community High School footbal team erupted for four touchdowns in the second half on its way to a 43-14 win at The Pit over host Murpysboro Friday night, Sept. 1.
“We made a slight...
The Massac County High School football team has posted an 0-2 record this season and will battle host Anna-Jonesboro, 2-0, at 7 p.m. this Friday.
The Patriots lost to Nashville 17-12 last Friday night.
“They played Nashville tight,” A-J football coach Brett Detering said. “Their first loss was to a...
Anna-Jonesboro Community High School wrestling coach Eric Massey was honored recently by the Illinois High School Association as the Class 1A wrestling coach of the year.
“I was shocked,” Massey said. “I got the award, but it was definitely a team effort. I couldn’t have done it without my...
The Murphysboro High School football team finished 4-5 last season.
The team, which travels to Anna-Jonesboro this Friday, will be dominated by sophomores and juniors.
“We’re young,” Murphysboro football coach Gary Carter said. “We’ve only got four seniors.”
Game time is set for 7 p.m. The game...
The visiting Anna-Jonesboro Community High School football team took advantage of early West Frankfort miscues on its way to a 43-18 win in the 2017 season opener for both teams Friday, Aug. 25.
“That was a nice win,” A-J head coach Brett Detering said. “I was really pleased with how we played....
The Anna-Jonesboro Community High School boys’ golf team has two sectional qualifiers returning for 2017.
The two returning sectional qualifiers are senior Levi Hall and junior Carson Reynolds.
“We’ll be competitive with those two starters back,” A-J boys’ golf coach Brandon Bierstedt said. “They...
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