MURPHYSBORO - The Carrier Mills cross country team opened their season with a solid performance at the Murphysboro Invitational on Wednesday.
CARMI - Jessa Handwerk turned in one of her best scores of the season and it helped propel the Harrisburg girls' golf team to a 185-188 victory over Carmi Wednesday afternoon.
WEST FRANKFORT - The Eldorado girls’ golf team picked up its first win of the season on Wednesday afternoon, outshooting their hosts, West Frankfort, by a score of 223-252 at Franklin County Country Club.
ANNA-JONESBORO - Two late second half goals were enough for the homestanding Wildcats as Harrisburg fell in its season opener 2-0 Tuesday night.
HARRISBURG - Showing the defensive coverage and tenacity head coach Lisa Craig has said would be required for a successful season, the Eldorado Lady Eagles opened up the high school volleyball season with a 25-18, 25-18 victory on a muggy Tuesday night in Harrisburg’s Davenport Gym.
MT. CARMEL - Dylan Hathaway, Philip West and Justin Younger found the endzone for Harrisburg a couple of times Monday night as the Bulldog sophomore football team rolled Mt. Carmel 42-6 in the season opener for both squads.
With several players facing a quick turnaround after a freshman game on Saturday, the Eldorado JV football team had a rough go of it in their season opener, losing a 40-8 decision at Christopher-Zeigler-Royalton.
The only one thing we’re not excited about while looking forward to Thursday night’s inaugural football game at the sparkling new Saluki Stadium is the opponent.
CHRISTOPHER - With a strong start and an early lead, then momentum lost to some long ground gains by an opponent, and Saturday morning’s freshman clash between Eldorado and Christopher-Zeigler-Royalton started to take on the look of the previous night’s varsity contest.
MT. CARMEL - The Harrisburg High School freshmen football team got off on the right foot over the weekend with a 32-14 win over Mt. Carmel.
ELDORADO - No hometown fan at Boz Adams Field on Friday night would have objected to the dominance of the first half continuing throughout the second.
CARTERVILLE - Forget about one drive or one big play, Carterville's 10-3 win over Benton Friday night came down to one foot.
HARRISBURG – Mt. Carmel senior quarterback Caleb Hale rushed for two scores and passed for one other as the Aces added 28 points in the first half while pitching a shutout to beat Harrisburg 42-14 in the season opener Friday at Taylor Field.
WEST FRANKFORT - Head Coach Chad Spence's FCHS Varsity football team was given an unwelcome greeting by the Anna-Jonesboro Wildcats on the opening night of prep action, as A-J stormed out to a 28-0 lead at the end of the first quarter and cruised to the 34-7 win.
MARION - The Marion Wildcats admittedly made their fair share of mistakes in Friday's season opening game. However, the Wildcats did several important things right, rolling to a 31-7 win over the visiting Granite City Warriors.
JOHNSTON CITY — Johnston City scored the first play from scrimmage, built a 22-12 halftime lead and held on for a 28-20 win over Carmi-White County in the season opening football game.
While seated with several thousand other Salukii fans anxious to get their first look at the marvelous, sensational, beautiful . . . take your choice . . . new Saluki Stadium this week, we couldn’t help but have memories of the old and worn-out McAndrew Stadium.
Pope County moved to 1-0 on the season after disposing of Dongola 20-0 Thursday afternoon.
VIENNA - Jessa Handwerk turned in her best score of the year, firing a 39 and taking home medalist honors, but it wasn't enough for her Bulldog teammates to upend Massac County.
