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The Cobden High School softball team closed out regular season play with a 3-1 record.
Johnston City 8, Cobden 7: The visiting Appleknockers let a 7-1 lead slip away in the loss Thursday, May 10.
Meredith Flamm and Alaina Hartline were each 2-for-3 with an RBI apiece to lead Cobden.
Lexi Miller was...
The Cobden High School baseball team closed out regular season play with a 3-1 record.
Johnston City 10, Cobden 5: Chandler West was 1-for-1 to lead host Cobden in the loss Thursday, May 10.
Alex Remsey was 1-for-1 with a triple and 3 RBIs. John Russell and Zane Nance were each 1-for-4.
West and...
The Lick Creek Lady Eagles headed to the SIJHSAA Class S state track meet at Herrin on Saturday looking for their second trophy in as many years.
The Lady Eagles were looking to finish off a very successful season after winning the Jonesboro/Goreville Invitational, Anna Invitational, EJHS...
Anna-Jonesboro Community High School’s Julia Lasley finished second in the pole vault at the Class 2A sectional in Nashville Wednesday, May 9.
Lasley, who will advance to the state track meet in Charleston, finished with a 10-7 after setting a record at the Southern Illinois River-to-River...
Shawnee Community College athletics is adding a new intercollegiate sport for the upcoming season.
Women’s volleyball is returning to Shawnee College this year.
The Shawnee Saints volleyball program is slated to relaunch beginning next semester and will bring new student scholarship opportunities...
The Anna-Jonesboro Community High School softball team posted a 1-2 record in recent action.
A-J 3, Sparta 2: Britni Helton was 3-for-3 with a home run to lead the host Lady Wildcats in the Southern Illinois River-to-River Conference Mississippi Division win Wednesday, May 2.
Jasmin Foster and...
The Cobden High School softball team split in recent action.
Massac County 18, Cobden 0: Molly Ellis and Lauren Sweitzer were each 2-for-3 at the plate to lead visiting Cobden in the loss Tuesday, May 1.
Emily White was 1-for-1 for the Appleknockers. Alaina Hartline and Megan Rhodes were each 1-for...
Plans for an upcoming major street project were discussed at last week’s regular meeting of the Anna City Council.
The meeting was held Tuesday evening, May 1, at Anna City Hall.
City administrator Steve Guined reported that E.T. Simonds Construction Co. has been awarded the bid for a major project...
The Anna-Jonesboro Community High School baseball team won twice in recent action.
A-J 10, Sparta 8: Hunter Ralls was 3-for-4 with 3 doubles and 3 RBIs to lead the host Wildcats on Senior Day in their final Southern Illinois River-to-River Conference Mississippi Division game of the regular season...
Anna-Jonesboro Community High School’s Julia Lasley set a record of 10-0 in the pole vault at the Southern Illinois River-to-River Conference girls’ track meet at West Frankfort Thursday, May 3.
Lasley’s only first place finish for the Lady Wildcats at the meet broke A-J graduate Hannah Reach’s 9-9...
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