Sports
Athletes from Union County high schools earned postseason South Egyptian Conference honors.
The student athletes have been named to first teams and second teams in volleyball, baseball, softball and basketball.
First Team All-Conference Volleyball
Meredith Flamm, Cobden. Alaina Hartline, Cobden....
Registration is open for a Fellowship of Christian Athletes Power Camp which is set this summer in Anna.
The camp is planned July 5-7 at Anna Junior High School. The camp will be from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day.
Registration information can be found online at http://sifca.org/powercamps.php....
Shawnee Community College’s baseball program has welcomed six new players to the 2017-2018 roster.
Three of the new players attended high schools in the college’s district.
Sean Plott, an outfielder from Anna-Jonesboro Community High School, signed a national letter of intent on May 19. Plott is a...
Athletes from Union County high schools earned postseason South Egyptian Conference honors.
The student athletes have been named to first teams and second teams in volleyball, baseball, softball and basketball.
First Team All-Conference Volleyball
Meredith Flamm, Cobden. Alaina Hartline, Cobden....
Anna-Jonesboro Community High School’s Trenton Turner finished in 7th place in the discus throw at the recent Class 2A state track meet at Charleston.
Turner, a senior, who qualified for the finals with an eighth place toss of 151-3, finished in 7th place in the finals with a 153-10 effort.
The Anna Blue Dolphins swim team is scheduled to open its 2017 season June 8 at Herrin.
Here’s a look at the team’s summer schedule, as posted on the Blue Dolphins’ website:
June 8, Anna at Herrin.
June 10, Herrin Invitational.
June 13, Anna at Calvert City.
June 17, Anna Invitational.
June 20,...
With summer just around the corner, the Wildcat Youth Football League is getting prepared for another season.
The league, which includes teams for 1st grade through 8th grade, welcomes students from all Union County schools to compete and build a base of fundamental skills that will apply not only...
Two local youth bowlers from the Saturday Maniacs Youth Bowling League hosted at the Strike Zone in Anna participated in a tournament in Mt. Vernon in January that qualified them to advance to the State Pepsi Bowling Youth Championships to be held in Rockford, Illinois on May 12-14.
Logan Quick...
Noah Franklin, an 8th grader at Cobden Junior High School, recently won the SIJHSAA Class S state high jump championship.
Noah jumped 5’8” to win the title. He narrowly missed on his three attempts at 6’ to break the state record.
Noah becomes the first individual state champion at Cobden.
On Saturday and Sunday, April 29-30, young people from the Saturday Maniacs Youth Bowling League hosted at the Strike Zone in Anna went to the Illinois United States Bowling Congress Youth Association State Tournament in Peoria and Pekin.
On Saturday, the participants bowled in doubles and singles...
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