BENTON — The Carbondale girls tennis team pulled off a 5-3 victory to defeat Benton at Benton Park on Tuesday in a non-conference battle after the Rangerettes won earlier in the season.
In the closing moments of Sunday night’s AFC showdown between the Lamar Jackson led Baltimore Ravens and Patrick Mahomes led Kansas City Chiefs, Ravens coach John Harbaugh asked his quarterback an important question on fourth and short.“Lamar!... Lamar!... Do you want to go for this?,” Harba…
It’s plain and simple, Carbondale is ready to compete for a South Seven Conference title once back to full health.
ANNA — Senior Romeo Godinez’s first goal came with 15:06 remaining in the game and his second came with 6.5 seconds left to lead Anna-Jonesboro to a 2-0 win over Massac County in a River-to-River boys soccer match Monday afternoon.
The coronavirus pandemic has disrupted lives in Southern Illinois and narrowing in on prep girls soccer it was the seniors that saw their final season wiped out never to be replaced that were hurt the most.
It was a down season for local girls soccer teams last season with only Marion advancing to sectionals in Class 2A. Despite the loss of The Southern Illinoisan Player of the Year Blake Clark, Coach Jaime Clark Verbeck has 10 returning starters to improve upon last year’s record 20-win season.
ANNA — The odds weren’t in favor of Massac County during Tuesday’s Class 1A Anna-Jonesboro Regional semifinal, as the Patriots fell to the Columbia Eagles 10-0.
Last year, out of the four local singles players and the four doubles teams that qualified for the Class 1A boys tennis state tournament, six of the 12 players were seniors.
COLLINSVILLE — Carbondale lost to Chatham Glenwood, 3-0, in the semifinals of the Bethalto Civic Memorial Class 2A Boys Soccer Sectional held on the turf of Kahok Stadium at Collinsville High School because of the rain Wednesday.
ANNA — Steen Vaca Diez scored two goals for the second straight game to lead Anna-Jonesboro/Cobden to a 3-0 win over Pinckneyville in the semifinals of the Class 1A Anna-Jonesboro boys soccer regional and advance to the regional title game for the seventh straight year.
ANNA — The odds weren’t in favor of Massac County during Tuesday’s Class 1A Anna-Jonesboro Regional semifinal, as the Patriots fell to the Columbia Eagles 10-0.
PINCKNEYVILLE — Steen Vaca Diez scored the only goal of the first half and the first goal in the second half to lead Anna-Jonesboro/Cobden to a 5-2 win over Pinckneyville in a non-conference boys soccer game Wednesday on the Panthers’ Senior Night.
CARBONDALE — Behind two goals each from Ibsaa Benti and Josh Payne and a solid defense, Carbondale beat Marion 7-1 to remain undefeated on the season and the South Seven Conference in a boys soccer match at the Fralish Soccer Complex.
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CARBONDALE — James Oberg and Jacob Collie scored and Carbondale kept Cape Notre Dame scoreless in the second half for the Terriers to tie the Bulldogs, 2-2, in a non-conference boys soccer game Wednesday.
MURPHYSBORO — Murphsyboro fell behind 3-0 with 13 minutes left in the first half, but rallied and held Pinckneyville scoreless in the second half to finish with a 4-4 tie in a non-conference boys soccer game on Monday.
MURPHYSBORO — The heat was certainly on in Wednesday's coed Murphysboro Cross Country Invitational at Riverside Park. Runners didn’t have the luxury of running under cloud cover, but managed to keep their cool on the 3-mile course.
MARION — Caleb Knight scored the eventual winning goal early in the second half and added an insurance goal a few minutes later to give Carterville-Herrin a 4-2 win over Marion for its first victory against the Wildcats in a non-conference boys soccer match on Tuesday night.
CARBONDALE — The Carbondale boys soccer team beat Sikeston, Cape Central and Waterloo to go unbeaten Saturday at the eighth annual Greg Kline Invitational.
MARION — After a sputtering start to her career, Marion senior Blake Clark capped it off with the best two seasons of any soccer player in the region, boy or girl, scoring 111 goals, including 59 this season, to become the Wildcats all-time leading scorer. And for that she is named The South…
Carbondale’s Jack Butler split his two matches Friday at the Class 1A IHSA boys tennis tournament in the Chicago area.
Carbondale’s Jack Butler stayed alive at the state tennis tournament Thursday, winning two of three matches.
CARLYLE — The wreck of the Antioch bass team boat on Saturday on the final day of the 11th IHSA state championship for bass fishing on Carlyle Lake overshadowed the jump by the Goreville brother-sister team of Landon and Kaeden Albright into a second-place finish.
CARBONDALE — Marion fell behind 1-0 on a penalty kick, but a goal by Blake Clark and two goals by Nicole Szidik propelled the Wildcats to a 3-1 win over South Seven rival Carbondale for its record tying 17th win on the Terriers Senior Night at the Fralish Soccer Complex on Tuesday.
MURPHYSBORO — Murphysboro junior Lillie Schaldemose scored five goals for the second time in her career to lead the Red Devils to an 8-0 win over Anna-Jonesboro in a girls soccer match that was stopped during the halftime ceremonies on Murphysboro’s Senior Recognition Day on Tuesday.
CARBONDALE — Saturday’s dreary and chilly weather was no match for the Cape Notre Dame Bulldogs, as they won first place in the 21st annual Carbondale girls’ soccer Fralish Cup Championship after defeating the Marion Wildcats, 5-1.