ON THE SCHEDULE TODAY AT FCHS:
Golf at Woodlawn/Waltonville 4pm
Girls Tennis vs Mt. Carmel at Lakeside Park 4pm
Volleyball vs Wayne City @ The Mule Barn 6pm (JV/Varsity)
HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL:
Cisne @ Sandoval
GRADE SCHOOL BASEBALL:
Fairfield @ Albion
Jasper @ New Hope
Cisne @ Allendale
GRADE SCHOOL SOFTBALL:
Fairfield @ Albion
Jasper @ New Hope
Cisne @ Summersville
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TONIGHT (THURSDAY):
Due to the lack of a football officiating crew on Friday, the football game between Carmi and Flora has been moved up to tonight at 6:30 p.m. at Dancey Field in Flora. Also for the same reason, the football game between Carlyle and Lawrenceville has been moved up to tonight with kickoff @ 6 PM at Lawrenceville.
FRONTIER COLLEGE BOBCAT VOLLEYBALL AT HOME VS. LINCOLN TRAIL COLLEGE @ 6:30 AT CENTER ST GYM
HIGH SCHOOL TENNIS RESULTS FROM TUESDAY:
FCHS fell to Carbondale 8 – 1.
Fairfield’s Mabry Foster and Wren Braddock picked up Fairfield’s only win with a victory in Doubles competition
WEDNESDAY HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL:
Breese Mater Dei over Wesclin 2-0
Carmi over North Posey Indiana 3-2 (North Posey Indiana ranked #2 in Class 2A in Indiana)
Jackson over Pinckneyville 2-0
Waterloo over Okawville 2-0
WEDNESDAY’S RESULTS
JR HIGH BASEBALL:
Albion 10, Carmi 8
Ewing 16, Bluford 1
Flora 7 Mt Carmel 1
Herrin 13, Carbondale 3
Lebanon 10, Sandoval 9
Marion 14, Mt Vernon 2
Smithton 4, Columbia 2
Summersville 12, Selmaville 0
Windsor 15, North Clay 0
St Clare 5, Wolf Branch 2
JR HIGH SOFTBALL:
Fairfield fell to Parkview-Lawrenceville 14 – 7
New Hope shutout Cisne 10 – 0
Albion over Carmi 19 – 9
Mt. Carmel beat Flora 4 – 1
Cumberland 20, North Clay 1
Christopher 11 Waltonville 4
Ewing 18 Bluford 17
Anna 18 Meridian 0
Century 5 Jonesboro 4
Sparta 4 Murphysboro 0
Summersville 2 Selmaville 1
Herrin 18 Carbondale 0
Pinckneyville Dist 50 17 DuQuoin 8
Giant City School 14 – Unity Point 0
Eldorado 18 NCOE 5
ZR 7 OLMC 5 F/9
Smithton 12 Columbia 1
Pope County 14 Hardin County 13
Cobden 19 Vienna 6
Galatia 15 New Simpson Hill 3
WEDNESDAY’S SCOREBOARD
MLB American League
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Cleveland Guardians 8, Boston Red Sox 1
Los Angeles Angels 4, Kansas City Royals 3
Chicago White Sox 4, Minnesota Twins 3
Tampa Bay Rays 9, Seattle Mariners 4
Houston Astros 8, New York Yankees 7
MLB National League
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Atlanta Braves 5, Chicago Cubs 1 The Chicago Cubs had just four hits during a 5-1 loss to the Atlanta Braves at Wrigley Field. The Cubs led by one entering the top of the seventh inning before giving up four runs in the frame. Ben Brown was charged with his eighth loss in relief, while Willi Castro drove in Chicago’s only run. The Northsiders remain in second place in the NL Central with an 80-and-60 record. They host Washington tomorrow.
Washington Nationals 10, Miami Marlins 5
Pittsburgh Pirates 3, Los Angeles Dodgers 0
Milwaukee Brewers 6, Philadelphia Phillies 3
San Francisco Giants 10, Colorado Rockies 8
MLB Interleague
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St. Louis Cardinals 5, Athletics 1 Willson Contreras led the Cardinals to a 5-1 victory over the Athletics in interleague action in St. Louis. Contreras went 3-for-4 with four RBIs to lead St. Louis at the plate. Nolan Gorman also had a strong day, going 3-for-3 with a solo homer. Starting pitcher Matthew Liberatore earned his seventh win after striking out seven through five-and-a-third scoreless innings. JoJo Romero recorded his seventh save as the Cards improved to 70-and-71. St. Louis hosts San Francisco tomorrow.
Detroit Tigers 6, New York Mets 2
Baltimore Orioles 7, San Diego Padres 5
Arizona Diamondbacks 2, Texas Rangers 0
Toronto Blue Jays 13, Cincinnati Reds 9
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