ON THE SCHEDULE TODAY AT FCHS:
Mules Boys Baseball at Toledo-Cumberland 4:30pm
OTHER AREA SPORTS FOR TODAY:
HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASEBALL:
Wayne City vs. Zeigler-Royalton
HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASEBALL SCORES FROM THURSDAY:
Brownstown 9, Odin 2
Carterville 10, Harrisburg 3
Chester 10, Sparta 5
Collinsville 17, East St Louis 1
Edwardsville 2, Belleville West 1
Edwards Co 16, Hamilton Co 3
Effingham 10, South Central 0
Eldorado 6, Carmi-White County 5
Goreville 5, Zeigler-Royalton 2
Herrin 9, Benton 7
Marshall 6, Lawrenceville 0
Newton 11, Paris 4
O’Fallon 8, Belleville East 2
Olney 9, Robinson 1
Red Bud 9, Carlyle 6
Roxana 6, Breese Central 3
Teutoplis 14, Mt Zion 4
Valmeyer 11, Marissa 4
Vienna 11, Trico 7
Wesclin 11, Okawville 0
HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS SOFTBALL:
Wayne City vs. Zeigler Royalton
HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS SOFTBALL SCORES FROM THURSDAY:
Altamont 7, Vandalia 2
Benton 11, Massac Co 10
Breese Central 4, Roxana 3
Carmi -White County 18, Eldorado 2
Casey-Westfield 1, Mt Carmel 0
Dupo 8, New Athens 5
Hamilton Co 12, Edwards Co 9 (F/8 innings)
Herrin 18, West Frankfort 11
Mascoutah 12, Alton 2
Newton 10, Paris 4
Okawville 10, Wesclin 0
Sparta 3, Chester 1
Teutopolis 10, Cumberland 0
Trico 11, Vienna 5
Waltonville Sesser-Valier 8, Elverado 1
Windsor 2, St Anthony 0
Woodlawn 16, Webber 0
JR HIGH TRACK:
CISNE MIDDLE SCHOOL 5TH/6TH GRADE MEET:
Cisne, Jasper, New Hope, Geff, and Wayne City
AREA SPORTS RESULTS FROM THURSDAY:
JR HIGH TRACK:
On Thursday, Fairfield, Cisne, and Wayne City grade schools participated in a Tri-meet at the FCHS Train Yard Track. For the Boys, Fairfield finished 1st, followed by Cisne in 2nd and Wayne City in 3rd. For the Girls, Fairfield finished 1st, followed by Wayne City 2nd and Cisne 3rd.
1st Place finishers for the Boys were:
Varsity 100m-Kaden Hutto-Fairfield
7th Grade 100m-Corbin Hutchcraft-Cisne
6th Grade 100m-Nile McCulley-Fairfield
200m-Connor Carson-Cisne
400m-Kasen Hutton-Fairfield
800m-Rigger Legg-Wayne City
1600m-Keith Ukena-Fairfield
100m Hurdles-Layne Butler-Fairfield
Varsity 4x100m Relay-Fairfield
6th Grade 4x100m Relay-Cisne
Varsity 4x200m Relay-Fairfield
7th Grade 4x200m Relay-Cisne
4x400m Relay-Wayne City
Shot Put-Andrew Bayley-Fairfield
Discus-Karter Seidel-Wayne City
High Jump-Logan Moore-Wayne City
Long Jump-Callen Robbins-Fairfield
1st Place finishers for the Girls were:
Varsity 100m-Cami Zurliene-Fairfield
7th Grade 100m-Anna Lewis-Cisne
6th Grade 100m-Tinley Burris-Fairfield
200m-Cami Zurliene-Fairfield
400m-McKenna Parker-Fairfield
800m-Isabella Lewis-Cisne
1600m-Presley Kelly-Wayne City
100m Hurdles-Paisley Ewing-Fairfield
Varsity 4x100m Relay-Fairfield
6th Grade 4x100m Relay-Fairfield
Varsity 4x200m Relay-Fairfield
7th Grade 4x200m Relay-Fairfield
4x400m Relay-Wayne City
Shot Put-Kambyl Hutchcraft-Fairfield
Discus-Charlotte Chatman
High Jump-Adley White-Wayne City
Long Jump-Leah Angle-Cisne
COLLEGE BASEBALL:
Frontier Bobcats 18, Kaskaskia College 6
COLLEGE SOFTBALL:
GAME 1: Frontier Bobcats 8, Olney Central College 1
GAME 2: Olney Central College 4, Frontier Bobcats 0
***NATIONAL SPORTS***
THURSDAY’S SCOREBOARD
NBA Playoffs
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Atlanta Hawks 109, New York Knicks 108
(Hawks lead best-of-seven East first round series, 2-1)
Toronto Raptors 126, Cleveland Cavaliers at 104
(Cavs lead best-of-seven East first round series, 2-1)
Minnesota Timberwolves 113, Denver Nuggets 96
(T’wolves lead best-of-seven West first round series, 2-1)
MLB American League
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New York Yankees 4, Boston Red Sox 2
MLB National League
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Chicago Cubs 8, Philadelphia Phillies 7
The Chicago Cubs are on a nine-game winning streak following an 8-7, ten-inning win over the Philadelphia Phillies at Wrigley Field. Michael Busch, Ian Happ, and Seiya Suzuki all homered in the victory, while Dansby Swanson added a walk-off single in the tenth. Javier Assad picked up the win in relief. The Northsiders are tied for first place in the NL Central at 16-and-9. Jameson Taillon starts for the Cubs against the Dodgers tonight.
Atlanta Braves 7, Washington Nationals 2
San Diego Padres 10, Colorado Rockies 8
Los Angeles Dodgers 3, San Francisco Giants 0
The St. Louis Cardinals will try to get back in the win column when they host the Seattle Mariners at Busch Stadium tonight. The Cardinals are coming off a series loss to the Marlins earlier in the week. St. Louis is off to a 14-and-10 start this season. Andre Pallante takes the mound for St. Louis . The game can be heard on WOKZ-FM 105.9 on the St. Louis Cardinals Radio Network. First pitch is at 7:15pm.
MLB Interleague
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Chicago White Sox 4, Arizona Diamondbacks 1
The Chicago White Sox scored three runs in the top of the ninth during a 4-1 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field. Andrew Benintendi hit a three-run home run to put Chicago up for good, while Grant Taylor earned his first win in relief. The Southsiders improved to 10-and-15. They send Bryan Hudson to the mound against the Nationals at home tonight.
Detroit Tigers 5, Milwaukee Brewers 4
New York Mets 10, Minnesota Twins 8
Texas Rangers 6, Pittsburgh Pirates 1
NHL Playoffs
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Buffalo Sabres 3, Boston Bruins 1
(Sabres lead best-of-seven East first round series, 2-1)
Carolina Hurricanes 2, Ottawa Senators 1
(‘Canes lead best-of-seven East first round series 3-0)
Colorado Avalanche 4, Los Angeles Kings 2
(Avs lead best-of-seven West first round series 3-0)
PGA
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Zurich Classic of New Orleans (at Avondale, LA)
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