ON THE SCHEDULE TODAY AT FCHS:
Mules Freshman Football at DuQuoin 6:30 p.m.
Lady Mules Volleyball at Flora (All 3 Levels) 5:00 p.m.
OTHER AREA SPORTS FOR TODAY:
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL:
BLACK DIAMOND CONFERENCE:
Red Hill at Edwards County
HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL:
Wayne City at Patoka
HIGH SCHOOL FALL BASEBALL:
Wayne City vs. Christ Our Rock Lutheran
JR HIGH BOYS BASEBALL:
Fairfield at Flora
New Hope vs. Geff
Cisne vs. Grayville Cisne 8th Grade Recognition Night
JR HIGH GIRLS SOFTBALL:
Fairfield at Flora
Jasper vs. Wayne City
New Hope vs. Summersville New Hope 8th Grade Recognition Night
Cisne vs. Grayville
JUNIOR HIGH CROSS COUNTRY:
Wayne City and Geff at NCOE
AREA SPORTS RESULTS FROM WEDNESDAY:
HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS TENNIS:
Lady Mules Tennis at Olney POSTPONED
HIGH SCHOOL GOLF:
The Mules and Lady Mules Golf teams were in action Wednesday vs. Carmi-White County and Gallatin County at the Fairfield Public Golf Course. The Mules Boys team finished 1st overall with a score of 158, with Carmi finishing second. Fairfield’s River Wise was the 1st Place medalist for the meet, shooting a 35. Other notable scores for the Mules were Alex Fry-2nd, Cruz Wells-5th, Shannon Vaughan-7th, and Andrew Hutcheson-9th.
The Lady Mules finished 2nd behind Carmi with Lady Mule Amelia Hopfinger finishing as 1st Place medalist with a 45. Other Notable scores for the Lady Mules were Sloan Austin-6th, Carly Colclasure-7th, and Nora Oliver-9th
JR HIGH BOYS BASEBALL:
Carmi 18, Fairfield 8
JR HIGH GIRLS SOFTBALL:
Fairfield 11, Grayville 10 Fairfield 8th Grade Recognition Night
JUNIOR HIGH CROSS COUNTRY:
Fairfield at Salem CANCELLED
COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL:
Frontier Bobcats over Shawnee Community College in 3 Sets: 25-14, 25-23, 25-16
***NATIONAL SPORTS***
WEDNESDAY’S SCOREBOARD
MLB American League
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Cleveland Guardians 6, Chicago White Sox 3
The White Sox are no longer first in the AL Central. The team got taken down by the Guardians 6-3 from Cleveland. Chicago slipped to the third AL Wild Card spot with the loss and will try to bounce back against Detroit tonight.
Minnesota Twins 5, New York Yankees 4 (F/13)
Toronto Blue Jays 5, Detroit Tigers 1
Tampa Bay Rays 4, The Athletics 3
Texas Rangers 7, Boston Red Sox 3
Kansas City Royals 5, Houston Astros 2
Seattle Mariners 7, Los Angeles Angels 2
MLB National League
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San Francisco Giants 6, St. Louis Cardinals 5 (F/10)
The Cardinals dropped their three-game home-series to the Giants following a 6-5 loss in 10 innings. St. Louis trails the last NL Wild Card spot by eight-and-a-half games and will host Washington tomorrow night.
Chicago Cubs 8, Atlanta Braves 4
The Cubs claimed their three-game series over the Braves following an 8-4 win at home. Pete Crow-Armstrong belted a pair of homers. Chicago still holds an NL Wild Card position and will visit Cincy tomorrow night.
Milwaukee Brewers 5, Pittsburgh Pirates 4
Cincinnati Reds 6, Los Angeles Dodgers 2
Philadelphia Phillies 3, Washington Nationals 0
San Diego Padres 9, Colorado Rockies 3
Miami Marlins 4, Arizona Diamondbacks 3
MLB Interleague
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Baltimore Orioles 7, New York Mets 1
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