Sports
The Anna-Jonesboro Community High School football team is set to host its fall White Out Game this Friday night, Sept. 10.
All proceeds from the game will benefit the Haley’s Haven playground project, which is planned at the Anna City Park.
Anna-Jonesboro will welcome Massac County to The Pit for...
Murphysboro High School football coach Gary Carter still has vivid memories from last season when the Anna-Jonesboro football team overcame a 27-7 deficit to rally for a 28-27 win.
“You can’t shoot yourself in the foot like that,” Carter said. “We made too many stupid mistakes. But when you’re...
Rise Performance 618, the area’s newly opened athletic training facility, is planning to host a strongman event at their location in Anna on Saturday, Sept. 4.
Midwest Monsters is a strongman competition featuring five strength-testing events, sanctioned by United States Strongman.
Nearly 100...
The Cobden High School baseball team will be looking to pitching for success this fall.
Cobden head baseball coach Dana Pearson said his squad lost starter Noah Franklin to graduation.
The team’s other top pitcher, junior Nolan Hand, sustained a broken wrist and is out for the season.
Pearson will...
Anna-Jonesboro Community High School football team head coach Brett Detering knows there will be a challenge in the fall season’s opening game this Friday at West Frankfort.
“It’s always hard to play West Frankfort,” Detering said. “They’re always a quality ball team and a challenge.”
West...
The high school football season didn’t finish that long ago because of the COVID-19 pandemic and was played in early spring.
The Anna-Jonesboro Community High School football team started practice last week for the fall 2021 season and will have some experience back from that shortened six game...
The following announcement was posted on the Illinois High School Association website:
On August 4, 2021, Governor Pritzker announced an update to the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) All-Sports Policy that will require masks to be worn for all indoor IHSA athletic events regardless of...
Helping residents of Southern Illinois stay healthy is a primary focus of Southern Seven Health Department.
One of the many ways this is done is through the department’s annual Tour de Seven – Fall into Fitness 5K Run/Walk.
Now in its sixth year, the Tour de Seven is scheduled Saturday, Sept. 18...
The start of a fall sports season is just around the corner for Anna-Jonesboro Community High School teams.
Schedules have been set for most of the A-JCHS teams which compete during the fall.
As of early this week, the cross country schedule had not been finalized.
Girls’ and boys’ teams are set...
Anna-Jonesboro Community High School is planning to host an open gym for sideline cheer.
Hours are scheduled from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Aug. 9-10 in the lower gym at A-JCHS.
Tryouts Planned
Cheer tryouts are scheduled Aug. 11, starting at 3 p.m.
Those who want to try out are asked to bring water and...
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