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The Sparta High School football team did not play last Friday. The team did not have enough players due to injuries and academic issues.
But the Southern Illinois River-to-River Conference Mississippi Division Bulldogs expect to regroup and play at Anna-Jonesboro Friday night, April 9.
Kickoff is...
The Anna-Jonesboro Community High School football team will attempt to record its first win of the season as it travels to Southern Illinois River-to-River Conference Mississippi Division foe Du Quoin Friday for a 7 p.m. start.
“It’s certainly a tough place to play,” A-J football coach Brett...
CARBONDALE – For the first time in school history, Southern Illinois has beaten two Top-5 opponents in the same season.
Two weeks after Southern took down No. 1 North Dakota State, SIU validated that win with a 17-16 victory over No. 4 Northern Iowa in a thriller at Saluki Stadium on Saturday....
The Cobden High School boys’ basketball team finished the season undefeated with a 58-41 win over Trico Saturday, March 13.
Cobden became one of 14 schools in the state that finished undefeated with an 18-0 record.
Coach Wendell Wheeler’s Appleknocker squad competed in 16 games in 23 days during a...
The Anna-Jonesboro Community High School boys’ and girls’ bowling teams both scored big victories with first-place finishes at the 2021 Southern Shootout tournament.
The competition was Monday, March 1, at SI Bowl in Carterville.
Teams from Anna-Jonesboro, Centralia, Herrin, Mt. Vernon, Salem,...
Anna-Jonesboro Community High School’s spring 2021 football season is scheduled to begin Saturday, March 20.
A-J will have a six-game season this spring, instead of the usual nine games which are played in the fall.
The 2020 fall football season was postponed because of the ongoing coronavirus/...
The Cobden High School boys’ basketball team improved to 17-0 during a very busy week for the squad.
Cobden 54, Patoka 46: The Appleknockers closed out the week with a road win at Patoka on Saturday evening March 6.
“It was our third game within 24 hours,” Cobden coach Wendell Wheeler said. “The...
The Cobden High School boys’ basketball team won three straight games in recent action.
With the victories, Cobden improved to 8-0.
Cobden 72, Meridian 40: The host Appleknockers scored the first two baskets of the game and were never again seriously challenged in the win over the Bobcats in South...
High school football, traditionally a fall sport, will be played this spring in Illinois.
The fall 2020 season was postponed due to the ongoing coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic.
Practice for the spring season is scheduled to begin Wednesday, March 3.
Anna-Jonesboro Community High School head football...
The Cobden High School boys’ basketball team hadn’t played in the last two weeks because of bad weather, but made up for it with a pair of wins at home Saturday, Feb. 20.
“We had to cancel six games,” Cobden coach Wendell Wheeler said. “It was good to get to play again.”
The Appleknockers defeated...
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