ON THE SCHEDULE TODAY AT FCHS:
Mules Football at Hamilton Co. Kickoff at 7pm (final regular season game)
ON THE SCHEDULE TODAY AT FRONTIER COLLEGE:
No Events Scheduled
OTHER AREA SPORTS FOR TODAY:
BLACK DIAMOND CONFERENCE FOOTBALL:
Edwards County vs. CZRE (Homecoming and Senior Recognition Night)
Carmi vs. Eldorado
Red Hill @ Flora
Sesser-Valier-Waltonville @ Johnston City
LITTLE ILLINI CONFERENCE FOOTBALL:
Robinson @ Olney
Lawrenceville @ Mt. Carmel
Casey-Westfield @ Paris
Marshall @ Newton
JR HIGH BASKETBALL:
JASPER SHOOTOUT:
BOYS:
Iuka vs. Grayville
Jasper vs. Summersville
GIRLS:
New Hope vs. Mt. Carmel
Cisne vs. Flora
AREA SPORTS RESULTS FROM THURSDAY:
HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL:
The FCHS Lady Mules Volleyball team were at the Mule Barn Thursday night for Senior Night and a matchup with Breese Mater Dei. Unfortunately, the Lady Mules fell to Breese Mater Dei in straight sets, 18-25 & 15-25. The JV squad were defeated in 3 sets, 18-25, 25-21, & 11-15. The Frosh squad managed to split their games losing the 1st match 20-25 and winning the 2nd 25-15. The Lady Mules will wrap up their regular season on Saturday as they host 9 other area teams for the Fairfield Invitational Tournament
The Cisne Lady Running Lions also had their Senior Night on Thursday and picked up a 3 set win over North Clay 25-27, 25-14 & 25-22.
Wayne City over Thompsonville in 2 Sets, 25-13 & 25-14
Wayne City sets a school record with 28 wins on the season
Carmi-White County over Edwards County in 2 Sets (Lady Bulldogs won the Black Diamond East conference championship, finish the BDCE 10-0)
Johnston City over Sesser-Valier-Waltonville in 2 Sets
Christopher over Zeigler-Royalton in 3 Sets
NCOE over Woodlawn in 2 Sets
Carlyle over Okawville 2-1
Marshall over Lawrenceville 2-1
Nashville over Carterville 2-0
Red Bud over Sparta 2-0
Triad over Centralia 2-1
Waterloo over Pinckneyville 2-0
JR HIGH GIRLS BASKETBALL:
Edwards County 46, Cisne 11
JV: Edwards County 66, Cisne 2
JR HIGH BOYS BASKET BALL:
Spring Garden 56, Geff 39
JASPER SHOOT-OUT:
BOYS:
Flora 30, Cisne 22
New Hope 48, Waltonville 32
GIRLS:
Jasper 27, Iuka 17
Summersville 41, Fairfield 14
*** NATIONAL SPORTS ***
THURSDAY’S SCOREBOARD
NFL
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Los Angeles Chargers 37, Minnesota Vikings 10
MLB Playoffs
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No Games Scheduled (World Series begins Tonight)
NBA
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Oklahoma City Thunder 141, Indiana Pacers 135 (2OT)
Golden State Warriors 137, Denver Nuggets 131 (OT)
NHL
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Utah Mammoth 7, St. Louis Blues 4
Chicago Blackhawks 3, Tampa Bay Lighting 2
Anaheim Ducks 7, Boston Bruins 5
Ottawa Senators 2, Philadelphia Flyers 1
Pittsburgh Penguins 5, Florida Panthers 3
New York Islanders 7, Detroit Red Wings 2
San Jose Sharks 6, New York Rangers 5 (OT)
Nashville Predators 2, Vancouver Canucks 1
Seattle Kraken 3, Winnipeg Jets 0
Los Angeles Kings 3, Dallas Stars 2 (OT)
Carolina Hurricanes 5, Colorado Avalanche 4 (SO)
Edmonton Oilers 6, Montreal Canadiens 5
PGA
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Bank Of Utah Championship (at Ivins, UT)
T1. Thorbjorn Olesen (-6)
T1. Jesper Svensson (-6)
T1. David Lipsky (-6)
T1. Austin Cook (-6, 13)
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