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Anna-Jonesboro Community High School’s Julia Lasley finished in second place in the pole vault at the Class 2A sectional at Salem Thursday, May 11.
Lasley, who finished with a 9-06 effort, will advance to this weekend’s Class 2A state track meet in Charleston.
The top finishes in each event and...
The 2017 Coach Ron/Willie Smith Speed Camp is scheduled June 12-15 at the Jonesboro Grade School.The school is located on Cook Street in Jonesboro.
Session times for the speed camp include:
2nd and 3rd grades: 8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m.
4th and 5th grades: 10:30 a.m. to noon.
7th and 8th grades: 1 p.m....
Anna-Jonesboro Community High School athletic director Rick Livesay reports that A-J senior Chelsea Reinier has signed with McKendree University in Lebanon, where she has received a golf scholarship. Reinier had already received a soccer scholarship from the university.
Reinier has played for the A...
Trenton Turner won first place in the shot put to lead the Anna-Jonesboro Community High School boys’ track team’s efforts at the Southern Illinois River-to-River Conference Mississippi Division meet at Pinckneyville Thursday, May 11.
Turner, who finished with a first place toss of 49-07, had a...
The Anna-Jonesboro Community High School girls’ track team had two first place finishes at the Southern Illinois River-to-River Conference Mississippi Division track meet at Carterville Friday, May 5.
Julia Lasley won the pole vault with a 9-0 jump and Brooke Miller won the high jump with a 5-0...
The Anna-Jonesboro Community High School baseball team will play in the Class 2A Carterville regionals May 15-20.
The Wildcats open play against Pinckneyville at 4:30 p.m. Monday, May 15.
The winner plays Carterville at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday.
Monday’s winner between Vienna and Zeigler-Royalton play Du...
The Anna-Jonesboro Community High School softball team will host a Class 2A regional tournament May 15-20.
The tournament schedule follows:
Chester plays Vienna on Monday, May 15, and the winner advances to play Pinckneyville at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 16.
On Wednesday, May 17, A-J takes on Red Bud...
The Union County Chamber of Commerce welcomed Southern Illinois University Carbondale men’s basketball team head coach Barry Hinson as a guest speaker on Thursday, May 4.
Hinson addressed a gathering of about 30 people at a monthly meeting of the chamber of commerce.
The meeting was held at The...
The Anna-Jonesboro Community High School girls’ track team had two first place finishes at the Southern Illinois River-to-River Conference Mississippi Division track meet at Carterville Friday, May 5.
Julia Lasley won the pole vault with a 9-0 jump and Brooke Miller won the high jump with a 5-0...
Thirteen teams gathered at Anna-Jonesboro Community High School on a recent cold and damp day for the Region 1 junior high track and field championship.
The Lick Creek Lady Eagles outdistanced second place Jonesboro 116-89 to win the title.
“I am very very proud of our kids. We moved some people...
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