LOCAL SPORTS FOR SATURDAY, AUGUST 29TH
ON THE SCHEDULE TODAY AT FCHS:
Lady Mules Volleyball at the Lady Mules Kickoff Classic at the Mule Barn and Center Street School
Fairfield vs. North Clay
Fairfield vs. Lawrenceville
Cisne vs. Carmi-White County
Cisne vs. Newton
Mules and Lady Mules Cross Country at the Tom Wickham Invitational at Leo French Park. Area Jr. High teams also participating are Fairfield, Jasper, New Hope, Geff, and Cisne
OTHER AREA SPORTS FOR TODAY:
HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL:
Wayne City at the Christopher Round Robin Tournament
FAIRFIELD JUNIOR FOOTBALL LEAGUE:
3rd/4th Grade: Fairfield vs. Edwards County at the Trainyard 1:00 p.m.
5th/6th Grade: Fairfield at Flora 5:00 p.m.
7th/8th Grade: Fairfield at Flora 7:00 p.m.
COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL:
Frontier Bobcats vs. Allen County Community College
AREA SPORTS RESULTS FROM FRIDAY:
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL:
Fairfield 16, Red Hill 12
The Fairfield Mules managed to pull out the win Friday night against The Red Hill Salukis with a 3rd Quarter touchdown from Cooper Berg that gave the Mules their first lead since early in the 1st Quarter. Even though the game was marred by 3 turnovers from the Mules, their strong running game let them control the clock, pushing them to the 16-12 victory.
Fairfield was led by Cooper Berg with 96 rushing yards and 1 touchdown and the Vaughan’s Tire Offensive Player of the Game Grant Otey who had 82 yards and a touchdown. On Defense, the Mules were led by Potts Family Pharmacy Defensive Player of the Game Austin Grieve who had 3 tackles and an interception, Aiden King who had 6 tackles and 1 ½ sacks, and Clinton Odell who had 7 tackles.
The Mules will be back in action next Friday at the Trainyard versus Eldorado
BLACK DIAMOND CONFERENCE:
Edwards County 14, Eldorado 0
Flora 35, Carmi-White County 14
Hamilton County 14, Sesser-Valier-Waltonville 0
Johnston City 32, Christopher-Zeigler-Royalton 0
OTHER ACTION:
Mt. Carmel 35 Effingham 28
DuQuoin 49 Harrisburg 28
Benton 55 Robinson 6
Carterville 45 Nashville 14
Mt. Vernon 27 Belleville West 7
HIGH SCHOOL FALL BASEBALL:
Wayne City 10, Agape Christian School 0
JR HIGH BOYS BASEBALL:
Fairfield 10, Geff 6
Wayne City 9, Iuka 9 9 Innings (Called due to darkness)
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL:
St. Louis 4 Pittsburgh 1
Cincinnati 10 Chicago Cubs 8
Chicago White Sox 7 Minnesota 4
LA Dodgers 2 Detroit 1
Washington 9 Miami 2
Houston 3 NY Mets 1
Kansas City 3 Cleveland 0
Tampa Bay 9 San Diego 4
NY Yankees 1 Boston 0
Atlanta 6 Colorado 4
Toronto 8 Seattle 1
Milwaukee 6 Texas 1
Philadelphia 5 LA Angels 3
Baltimore 4 Athletics 3 (10 innings)
Arizona 10 San Francisco 6
St. Louis and Pittsburgh play at 1:15 today. The game can be heard on WOKZ 105.9 FM with coverage beginning at 12:20. The Cubs and Cincinnati play at 1:20 and the White Sox and Minnesota play at 1:10.
WNBA:
Indiana 111 Connecticut 91
Portland 101 Atlanta 83
Las Vegas 93 Toronto 73
LA 88 Washington 82
NFL Pre-Season:
Kansas City 9 Seattle 9
Baltimore 41 Washington 3
Atlanta 17 Miami 12
Carolina 16 Houston 13
NY Giants 23 NY Jets 16
Jacksonville 19 Tampa Bay 0
New Orleans 27 Dallas 24
Green Bay 42 Arizona 38
Cincinnati 30 Philadelphia 13
Denver 34 Minnesota 6
NASCAR:
Truck Series has the weekend off. The O’Reilly Auto Parts Series raced at Daytona Friday:
1. Ryan Seig
2. Austin Hill
3. Larson Kvapil
The Cup Series races tonight at 6:30 at Daytona and can be seen on NBC. The playoffs start next weekend at Darlington.