HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL REGIONALS:
Fairfield Lady Mules season came to an end last night as the Lady Mules lost to Newton in the Class 2A Newton Regional Championship in 2 sets by scores of 25-18, 25-14. The Lady Mules end their season with an overall record of 23-14 and ends the stellar coaching career of Chet Snyder who anounced a few weeks ago he is stepping down as Lady Mules Head Volleyball Coach. Snyder leaves a legacy and memories that fans will remember for a long time.
OTHER REGIONAL SCORES FROM THURSDAY:
1A REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
Edwards Co over Wayne City in 2 sets
Father McGivney over Gibault in 2 sets
Hardin Calhoun over Lincolnwood in 2 sets
NCOE over Carrier-Mills in 2 sets
Nokomis over St Anthony in 2 sets
Oblong over Casey-Westfield in 3 sets
Okawville over Marissa in 3 sets
Sesser-Valier over Webber in 3 sets
Trico over Cobden in 2 sets
Windsor/StE over Chrisman in 2 sets
2A REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
Carlinville over Pana in 2 sets
Carmi over Mt Carmel in 2 sets
Columbia over Nashville in 3 sets
Massac Co over DuQuoin in 3 sets
Mater Dei over Breese Central in 2 sets
Newton over Fairfield in 2 sets
Pinckneyville over Carterville in 2 sets
Springfield SHG over Pleasant Plains in 2
Staunton over Shelbyville in 3 sets
3A REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
Chatham-Glenwood over Lincoln in 2 sets
Effingham over Bethalto Civic in 2 sets
Mahomet-Seymour over Champaign in 2
Mascoutah over Centralia in 2 sets
Normal over Mt Zion in 2 sets
Taylorville over Rochester in 2 sets
Triad over Charleston in 3 sets
Waterloo over Carbondale in 2 sets
4A REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
Belleville West over Edwardsville in 3 sets
O’Fallon over Quincy in 2 sets
CLASS 1A COBEN SECTIONAL SEMI-FINALS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5TH:
NCOE vs. Sesser-Valier @ 6pm
Edwards County vs Trico @ 7pm
CLASS 2A FAIRFIELD SECTIONAL SEMI-FINALS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5TH:
Pinckneyville vs Newton @ 6pm
Carmi-White County vs Massac County @7pm
THURSDAY JUNIOR HIGH BASKETBALL SCORES:
BOYS:
Flora 48 Wayne City 41
GIRLS:
Albers 50, Nashville 41
Bluford 27, Thompsonville 26
Woodlawn 51, Spring Garden 21
IHSA CROSS COUNTRY SECTIONAL SATURDAY:
Fairfield Mules Boys & Girls Cross Country teams will be participating at the Cross Country Sectionals tomorrow (Saturday) at Lakeland College in Mattoon. Girls will start at 10am and Boys at 11am.
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS:
Fairfield Mules (6-3) travel to Greenville (8-1) Saturday to take on the Comets at 2pm in the first round of the Class 3A Football Playoffs. You can listen to Mules Football live on WFIW-FM 104.9 or watch onYouTube.com/@mulenation, powered by RJ Marketing. Our pre-game coverage begins at 1:30 Saturday afternoon.
OTHER FIRST ROUND GAMES:
CLASS 1A:
#16 Dupo (5-4) at #1 Belleville Althoff (9-0)
#13 Jacksonville (Routt) (5-4) at #4 Casey-Westfield (8-1)
#10 Bridgeport (Red Hill) (6-3) at #7 Sesser-Valier (7-2)
#14 Nokomis (5-4) at #3 Camp Point Central (8-1)
#11 Tuscola (5-4) at #6 Toledo (Cumberland) (7-2)
CLASS 2A:
#16 Red Bud (5-4) at #1 Johnston City (8-1)
#9 Carmi (7-2) at #8 Warrensburg-Latham (7-2)
#13 Shelbyville (6-3) at #4 Pana (8-1)
#12 Niantic Sangamon (6-3) at #5 Vandalia (8-1)
#15 Decatur St. Teresa (5-4) at #2 Maroa-Forsyth (8-1)
#10 Westville (6-3) at #7 Chester (8-1)
#14 Flora (6-3) at #3 Quincy Notre Dame (8-1)
#11 North Mac (6-3) at #6 Lovington-Atwood-Hammond) (8-1)
CLASS 3A:
#16 West Frankfort (5-4) at #1 St. Joseph Ogden (9-0)
#9 Tolono (Unity) (6-3) at #8 Roxana (7-2)
#13 Stanford Olympia (6-3) at #4 Nashville (8-1)
#12 Fairfield (6-3) at #5 Greenville (8-1)
#15 Mt. Carmel (5-4) at #2 Sullivan (9-0)
#10 Benton (6-3) at #7 New Berlin (7-2)
#14 Carlinville (5-4) at #3 Williamsville (8-1)
#11 DuQuoin (6-3) at #6 Monticello (7-2)
CLASS 4A :
#16 Harrisburg (5-4) at #1 Breese Central (9-0)
#9 Murphysboro (7-2) at #8 Macomb (7-2)
#13 Peoria Notre Dame (5-4) at #4 Rochester (7-2)
#12 Mt. Zion (6-3) at #5 Carterville (7-2)
#15 Kewanee (5-4) at #2 Olney (9-0)
#14 Taylorville (5-4) at #3 Waterloo (8-1)
#11 Columbia (6-3) at #6 Cahokia (7-2)
CLASS 5A:
#9 Metamora (6-3) at #8 Centralia (6-3)
#13 Morris (5-4) at #4 Troy Triad (7-2)
#12 Marion (6-3) at #5 Highland (6-3)
#14 Springfield SHG (5-4) at #3 Mahomet-Seymour (7-2)
CLASS 6A:
#16 Springfield HS (5-4) at #1 East St. Louis (8-1)
#12 Crete-Monee (6-3) at #5 Chatham-Glenwood (7-2)
NFL:
New York Jets 21, Houston Texans 13
NBA:
Memphis Grizzlies 122, Milwaukee Bucks 99
Houston Rockets 108, Dallas Mavericks 102
San Antonio Spurs 106, Utah Jazz 88
Phoenix Suns 125, LA Clippers 119
NHL:
Philadelphia Flyers 2, St. Louis Blues 1
San Jose Sharks 3, Chicago Blackhawks 2
Toronto Maple Leafs 4, Seattle Kraken 1
Pittsburgh Penguins 2, Anaheim Ducks 1 (OT)
Washington Capitals 6, Montreal Canadiens 3
Carolina Hurricanes 8, Boston Bruins 2
Edmonton Oilers 5, Nashville Predators 1
COLLEGE FOOTBALL:
The number-24 Illinois Fighting Illini look to get back in the win column when they host Minnesota at Memorial Stadium tomorrow. The Illini are coming off an embarrassing 38-9 loss to number-one Oregon at Autzen Stadium last weekend. Illinois is 6-and-2 overall and 3-and-2 in the Big Ten this season. Bret Bielema has never lost against Minnesota. Tomorrow’s game kicks off at 11:00AM and the game can be heard on the Learfield Radio Network on WFIW-AM 1390.
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL NEWS:
The St. Louis Cardinals are revamping their pitching staff. The club declined the team options of reliever Keynan Middleton and starters Lance Lynn and Kyle Gibson. The decision to not retain the players will save St. Louis 26-million dollars as they head into the 2024-25 offseason. Lynn went 7-and-4 with a 3.84 ERA in 23 starts in his first season back with the Cardinals since 2017. Meanwhile, Gibson was 8-and-8 with a 4.24 ERA, and Middleton missed the seasons with a right forearm injury.
The Chicago Cubs have a new third base coach. The team hired former Major Leaguer Quintin Berry to the position yesterday. Berry has spent the last four seasons as Milwaukee’s first base coach, so he was on now-Cubs manager Craig Counsell’s staff for three of those years. Berry takes over for Willie Harris, who was let go at the end of the 2024 campaign.
The Chicago White Sox are parting ways with a franchise player. The team declined the 25-million dollar option for infielder Yoan Moncada yesterday. The White Sox will instead buy-out Moncada’s deal for five-million dollars, making the 29-year-old a free agent. The Southsiders acquired Moncada before the 2017 season in a deal that sent Chris Sale to Boston. Moncada garnered MVP votes in 2019 but has struggled for much of the last five season. He hit .275 with no home runs and no RBI in 12 games this past season.
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