Football
Coaches for fall and winter sports athletic teams were hired for the 2017-2018 academic year at a May 15 regular meeting of the Anna-Jonesboro Community High School District No. 81 Board of Education.
The board took the following actions, as reported in minutes from the meeting:
Amy Fitzgerald-...
Anna-Jonesboro Community High School student athlete Trenton Turner has signed a national letter of intent to play track and field and football at Illinois College in Jacksonville.
He plans to enroll in the college’s 3 and 2 program and to earn a bachelor’s degree in biology and nursing.
Illinois State Police, ISP, District 22 early this week rolled out enforcement plans for the 51st Super Bowl weekend.
ISP troopers will strictly enforce “Fatal 4” moving violations, which includes driving under the influence, speeding, distracted driving and seat belt compliance, but will place an...
The champions of the Wildcat Youth Football League’s 3rd- and 4th-grade division celebrated their season with a pizza party on Friday, Nov. 4.
Nicknamed the “Ironheads” in honor of sponsor Grover Mays Construction, the team compiled a perfect 6-0 season under head coach Marc Scheffer and assistant...
Carbondale native Sarah Konecek spent her youth as a soccer player and used the skills she learned to coach the boys’ soccer team at Anna-Jonesboro Community High School for the last two seasons.
This fall, Konecek used some of those skills to teach boys how not to kick a football.
Konecek is the...
The second annual Powderpuff Football Game for Breast Cancer was played Oct. 15 at the Anna-Jonesboro Community High School football field.
The A-J junior and sophomore girls and a faculty team played in the special event.
All proceeds will go to a local individual in the community who is fighting...
The second annual Powderpuff Football Game for Breast Cancer is set for Oct. 15 at the Anna-Jonesboro Community High School football field at 7 p.m. The cost to attend is $2 per person.
The A-J junior and sophomore girls will play the senior girls at 7 p.m. The winner of that game will play a...
The Anna-Jonesboro Community High School football team wasted little time taking charge in a win over host Massac County Friday night, Sept. 9.
The Wildcats scored on their opening drive on the way to a 34-7 win in the game. A-J improved to 3-0 on the season.
“Our kids played really well again,” A...
The Anna-Jonesboro Community High School football team travels to Massac County this Friday.
Game time is set for 7 p.m. The game will be aired on WIBH radio in Anna.
The Patriots enter the game 1-1 after nipping Nashville 14-13 last weekend.
Quarterbacking Massac County is senior Micah Skidmore, 5...
West Frankfort High School football coach Brian Beery is looking for his seniors to turn around a team that finished 0-9 last year.
“This is one of our strongest varsity football teams since I’ve been here,” Beery said. “We have 15 seniors this year. Hopefully, we don’t make the mistakes we made...
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