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Members of the state champion Lick Creek School girls’ cross country team are, in the first row, from left, Mya Clutts, Jadyn Gerardi, Kylee Myers and Natilyn Corbit. In the second row are coach Matt Denny, Kenzie Stover, Kaylee Stover, Brodie Denny and Meranda Wright. Photo provided.
The Lick Creek girls’ cross country team traveled to Centralia’s Foundation Park on Saturday, Oct. 13, for the SIJHSAA class S cross country state championships.  After winning the last two years, it has been a goal of the Lady Eagles to go for the 3-Peat.  For some of them it started in January by...
The Anna-Jonesboro Community High School football team’s regular season ends on the road at Benton this Friday. “They’re struggling a little bit,” A-J coach Brett Detering said. “It appears on film we’ve got a better team than they are. But we’ll have to get out and take care of business.” The...
A-J senior Damien Chrisp carries the ball. Also in the photo are senior Conner Jerolds, number 7, and senior Reid Morrison, number 28.
The Anna-Jonesboro Community High School football team scored on the opening drive on its way to a 48-20 win over visiting Sparta Friday, Oct. 12. The win boosted A-J to the Southern Illinois River-to-River Conference Mississippi Division title outright with a 5-0 conference mark and 6-2 overall...
The Anna-Jonesboro Community High School girls’ golf team sent three individuals to the Class 1A sectional at Centralia earlier this week. The A-J girls earned the right to advance at the Class 1A regional at Carterville Wednesday, Oct. 3. The top 10 individuals and top three teams advanced to the...
The Anna-Jonesboro Community High School boys’ golf team will be advancing to the Class 1A sectional for the second year in a row. “It’s a tough road now,” A-J coach Brandon Bierstedt said. “We’ll see if we get anybody to state now.” The Wildcats earned the right to advance to the Class 1A...
The Anna-Jonesboro/Cobden co-op boys’ soccer team split in recent action. Carbondale 2, A-J/Cobden 0: Jacob Schaefer played 80 minutes in goal and had 9 saves in the loss for the visitors Thursday, Oct. 4.  A-J 4, Massac County 1: Nicholas Bussy, Blake Pena, Christian Valencia and Ethan Carver had...
The A-J Junior Wildcat Wrestling Club plans to have registration on Saturday, Oct. 13, and again on Tuesday, Oct. 16, in Anna. Registration is scheduled from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at the pavilion across from the 4-H building at the Anna City Park. Registration also is planned from 5 p.m. to 7...
The Sparta High School football team will travel to Anna-Jonesboro for the Wildcats’ Senior Night Friday, Oct. 12. The Bulldogs are 1-6 and 0-4 in Southern Illinois River-to-River Conference Mississippi Division action after losing 49-26 to Carterville last Friday. Their lone win this year was over...
With a little over 2 minutes remaining in the game and trailing by a point, the Anna-Jonesboro Community High School football team opted to run for the conversion points. Running back Reid Morrison scored and the visiting Wildcats scored a 36-35 come-from-behind win over host Du Quoin on Friday...
The Anna-Jonesboro Community High School boys’ golf team was edged by Nashville in the Southern Illinois River-to-River Conference Mississippi Division championship at the Hickory Ridge Public Golf Center in Carbondale Thursday, Sept. 27. Both teams finished with a score of 346. The tie-breaker was...

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