ON THE SCHEDULE TODAY AT FCHS:
HOMECOMING!!
Homecoming Parade at 2:00 p.m.
Fairfield Mules Football vs. Flora at the Trainyard 7:00 p.m.
WFIW’s LeMond’s Chevrolet Chrysler Pre-Game Show at 6:30 p.m.
Homecoming Coronation at Halftime
OTHER AREA BLACK DIAMOND CONFERENCE FOOTBALL GAMES:
Edwards County at Sesser-Valier-Waltonville
CZR at Carmi-White County
Johnston City at Hamilton County
Eldorado at Red Hill (Saturday)
COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL:
Frontier Bobcats vs. Kaskaskia College
AREA SPORTS RESULTS FROM THURSDAY:
HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL:
The Fairfield Lady Mules swept rival Edwards County Thursday night at the Mule Barn in Black Diamond Conference volleyball action, winning at all three levels.
In the freshman match, Fairfield posted a 25-17, 25-16 victory over the Lady Lions.
The Lady Mules also won the junior varsity match in straight sets, 25-18 and 25-16.
Fairfield completed the sweep in the varsity contest, defeating Edwards County 25-15 and 25-16.
With the victory, the Lady Mules varsity squad improves to 22-5 overall and remains unbeaten in Black Diamond Conference play at 5-0.
Fairfield will return to conference action Tuesday night at the Mule Barn against Flora.
OTHER AREA HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL SCORES:
Cisne over Palestine-Hutsonville in 2 Sets: 25-14 and 25-18
JV: Cisne over Palestine-Hutsonville in 2 Sets: 25-18 and 25-19
Wayne City over Red Hill in 3 Sets: 25-18, 23-25, and 25-14
HIGH SCHOOL CROSS COUNTRY:
The Mules and Lady Mules Cross Country teams were in action at the Cork Classic Meet at Robinson on Thursday. Medalists for the Mules were Ashton King – 6th, Treyton Lewis – 14th, and Skyler Bladel – 20th. Fairfield Lady Mule Emeri Sager also earned medalist honors finishing in 2nd Place overall.
HIGH SCHOOL TENNIS: (From Tuesday)
The Lady Mules Tennis team traveled to Olney on Tuesday to face Richland County but fell to the Lady Tigers 7-2. The Lady Mules picked up a Singles win from Marlee Richards and a Doubles victory from the team of Wren Braddock and Carly Fleener
JUNIOR HIGH CROSS COUNTRY:
RUN THE PINES AT ENERGY:
Fairfield, Jasper, and New Hope Cross Country teams competed at the Run the Pines meet in Energy on Thursday. Medalists in the meet were: 8th Grade Girls: Bristol Weber-New Hope-22nd; 7th Grade Boys: Jayson Rawls-New Hope-2nd and Hudson Weber-New Hope-22nd; and 5th Grade Boys: Johnny Rawls-New Hope-21st
ALLENDALE-ST, MARY’S MEET:
Geff and Wayne City Cross Country teams ran at Allendale-St. Mary’s on Thursday. Notable finishers were: Boys: Rigger Legg-Wayne City-1st, Hunter Denny-Geff-7th, and Joey McCleary-13th; Girls: Jensen Elliott-Geff-3rd and Presley Kelly-Wayne City-13th
***NATIONAL SPORTS***
THURSDAY’S SCOREBOARD
NFL
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Cleveland Browns 27, Pittsburgh Steelers 24
MLB Playoffs
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Atlanta Braves 6, Philadelphia Phillies 2
(Braves win best-of-three Wild Card series, 2-1)
NHL
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Columbus Blue Jackets 6, Buffalo Sabres 3
New Jersey Devils 3, Philadelphia Flyers 2 (OT)
New York Rangers 5, Tampa Bay Rays 1
Minnesota Wild 3, Nashville Predators 1
Seattle Kraken 6, Calgary Flames 1
Utah Mammoth 6, Chicago Blackhawks 0
San Jose Sharks 4, Florida Panthers 3 (OT)
Edmonton Oilers 9, Vancouver Canucks 7
PGA
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Bank of Utah Championship (at Ivins, UT)
1. Zach Bauchou (-9)
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