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The Cobden High School boys’ basketball team returns one starter from last year’s 22-9 squad.
“We will be inexperienced, but we’ve got good numbers,” first-year head coach Karl Sweitzer said. “It’s hard to tell a lot now, but our practices have been competitive.”
The lone returning starter is 6-6...
First-year Anna-Jonesboro Community High School girls’ basketball head coach Rob Shepard likes the work ethic his team has shown as it prepares for the upcoming season.
“We’re going to be a young team, but this is the hardest working group I’ve ever coached,” Shepard said. “They’re working hard and...
Long-time Anna-Jonesboro Community High School girls’ basketball head coach Matt Denny has resigned.
“I had to draw the line somewhere,” Denny said. “I’m not getting any younger.”
Denny served as girls’ basketball head coach for the past nine seasons. He will remain as the cross country coach at A...
The Madison High School football team will travel to Anna-Jonesboro to play at The Pit Friday, Oct. 14. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m.
The Trojans are 3-3 after losing to Carterville, 45-19, last Friday. The Wildcats are 2-5 after losing to Du Quoin.
A-J head coach Brett Detering said Madison is a small...
Du Quoin, 2-4, is scheduled to host Anna-Jonesboro, 2-4, in high school football this Friday. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m.
“You have to throw the records out the window when we play each other,” Du Quoin football head coach Derek Beard said. “It’s going to be a battle.”
“They always have some big...
Anna-Jonesboro is scheduled to host Nashville Friday night, Sept. 16, in high school football action.
Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. at The Pit. Friday night’s matchup will be A-J’s 2022 White Out Game.
“Hopefully, that will get us going,” A-J head football coach Brett Detering said about this week’s...
Massac County, 1-1, is scheduled to host Anna-Jonesboro, 0-2, Friday, Sept. 9, in high school football action. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m.
Patriot coach Jason Roper said the two teams are similar and don’t have a high number of experienced players this season. Both teams finished 4-5 last year. ...
The Anna-Jonesboro Community High School football team travels to Murphysboro for the second game of the season Friday, Sept. 2. Game time is set for 7 p.m.
The Red Devils enter the game after a season opening 41-20 win over Jackson County rival Carbondale.
“Murphysboro has a lot back from last...
The Jonesboro School junior high softball team extended its winning streak with two victories in its last two outings.
The Lady Bulldogs shut out Cobden in an 18-0 win at Cobden on Tuesday, Aug. 16.
Brooke Sheffer pitched a perfect game in earning the win, not allowing a single batter on base in 4...
The Anna-Jonesboro Community High School boys’ and girls’ cross country teams are gearing up for their season opener, which is set for Wednesday, Aug. 31, at Murphysboro.
A-J cross country head coach Matt Denny said he sees team depth as a key for the girls’ team.
“We’ll be competitive because we’...
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