Sports
Cobden is the home of a new disc golf course.
A ribbon cutting for the new course is set for 9 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 26.
The course is located in the Cobden Community Park area and already has proven to be quite popular.
Also on Oct. 26, a random draw, 18-hole doubles disc golf tournament is planned...
The Anna-Jonesboro/Cobden co-op boys’ high school soccer team went 2-1 as it wrapped up regular season play for the fall.
Carbondale 2, A-J/Cobden 0: Jacob Schaefer played 80 minutes in goal and had 13 saves for visiting A-J/Cobden Thursday, Oct. 10.
A-J/Cobden 5, Pinckneyville 2: Steen Vaca Diez...
The Anna-Jonesboro Community High School football team travels to Sparta for its final road game of the season on Senior Night this Friday.
Game time is set for 7 p.m. The game will be aired on WIBH radio in Anna.
The Bulldogs enter the game at 1-6 after a 34-16 loss to Carterville last Friday.
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Anna-Jonesboro Community High School’s Luke Lasley scored a 75 to win the Class 1A regional in high school boys’ golf at the Union County Country Club course in Anna Monday, Oct. 7.
Lasley finished in a three-way tie for first place and won medalist honors in a playoff on the first hole.
Others...
The Jonesboro School girls’ cross country team won the Class S pre-state meet at Centralia.
Local cross country teams competed in their pre-state meets on Saturday Oct. 5. Lick Creek School also competed at the event.
The Jonesboro School girls outpaced the field at Centralia’s Foundation Park to...
The Anna-Jonesboro/Cobden high school boys’ soccer team posted a 2-2 record in recent action.
A-J/Cobden 7, Harrisburg 0: Blake Pena scored 3 goals to lead host A-J/Cobden to the win Thursday, Oct. 3.
Carlos Valencia, Angel Olvera, Ethan Carver and Nick McGrath scored a goal apiece.
Valencia had 2...
The Anna-Jonesboro Community High School football team hosts 6-0 Du Quoin this Friday.
Game time is set for 7 p.m. The game will be aired on WIBH radio in Anna.
The youthful Wildcats, 2-4, will play against a lot of upperclassmen in the game.
“We’ve got a lot of seniors,” Du Quoin coach Derek Beard...
Pitchers Alex Remsey and Landon Britt combined on a four-hitter to lead host Cobden to a 14-4 win over Shawnee in high school baseball action Thursday, Sept. 26.
Remsey pitched 3 innings and allowed 3 hits to go with 4 walks and 6 strikeouts. Britt pitched 2 innings and allowed a hit to go with a...
The Pinckneyville High School football team hosts Anna-Jonesboro for homecoming Friday, Oct. 4.
“It makes it tough playing on homecoming,” A-J coach Brett Detering said. “But it doesn’t matter, we still have to play.”
Game time is set for 7 p.m. The game will be aired on WIBH radio in Anna.
The...
The ninth annual Tom Sherrill Memorial Golf Scramble was played Saturday, Sept. 21, at the Union County Country Club course in Anna.
It was a sunny, 85-degree day for the charity event, which raised funds for the Lick Creek School Educational Foundation.
On hand for the scramble was long drive...
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