Sports
Nearly 100 young people participated in a junior golf program presented at the Union County Country Club in Anna.
The free program was scheduled Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, June 11-13, and Monday, June 17.
The program concluded with a golf scramble and party on Monday at the country club....
The Anna Blue Dolphins swim team competed in its first meet of the 2019 season on June 8 at Herrin.
The Herrin Invitational was an all-stroke meet. Each swimmer competed in each of the four swim strokes, including backstroke, breaststroke, freestyle and butterfly.
Swimmers who represented the...
The Coach Ron/Cameron Wright Speed Camp is scheduled June 17-20 at the Jonesboro Grade School. The school is located on Cook Street in Jonesboro.
Session times for the camp include:
Session one: 2nd and 3rd grades, 8:30 a.m. until 10 a.m.
Session two: 4th and 5th grades, 10:30 a.m. to noon.
Session...
Four Anna-Jonesboro Community High School baseball players have earned 2019 Southern Illinois River-to-River Conference Mississippi Division all-conference honors.
A-J senior Carson Reynolds earned first-team recognition.
Wildcats named to the second team include freshman Mason Watkins and juniors...
The Anna Blue Dolphins swim team is commemorating its 35th season in 2019.
The team was formed in 1984, with Angie Lingle Madura serving as the first coach of the Blue Dolphins.
Since its founding, there have been numerous coaches for the swim team. Many of the Blue Dolphins swimmers would go on to...
The Coach Ron/Cameron Wright Speed Camp is scheduled June 17-20 at the Jonesboro Grade School. The school is located on Cook Street in Jonesboro.
Sessions times for the camp include:
Session one: 2nd and 3rd grades, 8:30 a.m. until 10 a.m.
Session two: 4th and 5th grades, 10:30 a.m. to noon....
Three Anna-Jonesboro Community High School players have been named to the 2019 Southern Illinois River-to-River Conference Mississippi Division’s all-conference softball team.
A-J freshman Payton Seip was named to the first team. She finished 5th in seven categories in the conference, including 3rd...
Southern Illinois University Carbondale and Banterra Bank, the region’s largest, locally owned bank, on May 16 announced a 10-year naming-rights agreement that will rebrand SIU Arena as Banterra Center.
The multi-million-dollar agreement, which includes a 10-year extension option, annual payments...
Aubrey Fisher was 2-for-3 with a triple to lead Cobden in a 5-2 loss to Pope County in the championship of the Class 1A high school softball regional at Dongola Saturday, May 18.
Lily Britt was 2-for-3 for the Appleknockers. Katelyn Shadowens was 1-for-2.
Lexi Miller and Aubrey Fisher pitched for...
Lick Creek, Jonesboro and Goreville battled for the 67th Lick Creek Invitational track meet championship.
On a wet and soggy day eight teams competed in the 67th Lick Creek Invitational.
Teams from Buncombe, Cypress, Dongola, Goreville, Jonesboro, New Simpson Hill, Shawnee and host Lick Creek...
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