ON THE SCHEDULE TODAY AT FCHS:
Fairfield Mules Football vs. Hamilton County at the Trainyard 7:00 p.m
**SENIOR NIGHT** – Seniors for Football, Cheer, Band, and Cross Country will be recognized before the game.
WFIW’s LeMond’s Chevrolet Chrysler EXPANDED Pre-Game Show will begin at 6:00 p.m. with Mules Head Coach, Justin Townsend. Mark Wells will be joined in the broadcast booth by Randy Olson and you can hear the game LIVE on WFIW-FM 104.9 and video streamed on the websites, wfiwradio.com and tocsportsnetwork.com.
Lady Mules Tennis at the IHSA Class 1A Sectional at Centralia 11:00 a.m.
OTHER AREA SPORTS FOR TODAY:
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL:
BLACK DIAMOND CONFERENCE:
Edwards County at CZRE
Eldorado at Carmi-White County
Johnston City at Sesser-Valier-Waltonville
Flora at Red Hill (Saturday)
AREA SPORTS RESULTS FROM THURSDAY:
HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL:
FAIRFIELD LADY MULES CLAIM UNDEFEATED BLACK DIAMOND CONFERENCE-EAST CHAMPIONSHIP
The Fairfield Lady Mules varsity volleyball team completed a perfect run through the Black Diamond Conference-East Thursday night, defeating the Carmi-White County Lady Bulldogs in straight sets at Carmi.
The Freshman/Sophomore matchup ended in a split, with Fairfield winning the opening set 25-13 before Carmi-White County bounced back to take the second set 25-21.
In Junior Varsity action, Fairfield picked up a straight-set victory, defeating Carmi-White County 25-11 and 25-18.
Fairfield took the varsity match by scores of 25-16 and 25-17, improving to 27-5 overall and finishing conference play with a perfect 10-0 record. The victory secured the outright Black Diamond Conference-East championship for the Lady Mules.
The Lady Mules will return to action Monday night when they host Robinson at the Mule Barn in Fairfield. Freshman action begins at 5 p.m., followed by junior varsity and varsity matches.
OTHER AREA VOLLEYBALL SCORES:
Wayne City over Woodlawn in 2 Sets: 25-15 and 25-16
Hamilton County over Edwards County in 2 Sets: 25-17 and 25-23
During the game, Edwards County’s Dave Rigg was recognized by the IHSA for his years of excellence in broadcasting.
Flora over Eldorado in 2 Sets
Carlyle 2, Wesclin 1
Collinsville 2, Granite City 0
Columbia 2, Jerseyville 0
Father McGivney 2, Highland 1
Lafayette 2, Mater Dei 1
Mascoutah 2, Edwardsville 0
Massac Co 2, Salem 0
Mt Vernon 2, Cahokia 0
Nashville 2, DuQuoin 1
Pinckneyville 2, Benton 0
South Central 2, Cumberland 0
St Elmo 2, Neoga 0
Triad 2, East St Louis 0
Webber 2, Sandoval 0
West Frankfort 2, Anna Jonesboro 0
HIGH SCHOOL CROSS COUNTRY:
FAIRFIELD MULES AND LADY MULES CROSS COUNTRY ARE DOUBLE BLACK DIAMOND CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS
On Thursday, both the Mules Boys and Lady Mules Cross Country teams were in action at the Black Diamond Conference Championship Meet at Dolan Lake. Both teams put up impressive performance with each team finishing in 1st Place. Several runners also earned All-Conference honors. For the Lady Mules, Emeri Sager finished in 1st Place; for the Mules Boys team, Ashton King was 2nd, Treyton Lewis was 3rd, Skylar Bladel was 4th, and Kanyen Lingafelter was 5th.
Other results for the Mules were: Jarret Vaughan-9th, Kendall Diesel-18th, and Vance Vanway-21st; for the Lady Mules, Brianna Meeks-7th, Ellanie Vanway-8th, Nela Segitova-9th, Gabby Zurliene-10th, and Addy Spencer-17th.
JUNIOR HIGH GIRLS BASKETBALL:
Edwards County 36, Jasper 6
JV: Edwards County 47, Jasper 4
***NATIONAL SPORTS***
THURSDAY’S SCOREBOARD
NFL
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Denver Broncos 17, Seattle Seahawks 14 (OT)
MLB Playoffs
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Cleveland Guardians 3, Tampa Bay Rays 2
(Guardians lead best-of-seven ALCS, 2-1)
Milwaukee Brewers 6, Los Angeles Dodgers 4
(Brewers win best-of-seven NLCS, 4-0)
NBA Preseason
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New York Knicks 122, Toronto Raptors 120
Houston Rockets 116, Oklahoma City Thunder 89
NHL
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Minnesota Wild 5, St. Louis Blues 4
The Blues fell to the Wild 5-4 from Saint Paul. Mason McTavish scored his fifth goal of the season. St. Louis dropped 3-3-and-1 and will visit Nashville tomorrow night.
Chicago Blackhawks 4, Winnipeg Jets 3 (OT)
The Blackhawks edged the Jets 4-3 in overtime at home. Artyom Levshunov netted the game-winner about 90 seconds into the extra period. Chicago is now 3-and-5 on the young season and will host Dallas tomorrow night.
Buffalo Sabres 5, Toronto Maple Leafs 4 (OT)
Ottawa Senators 2, New York Islanders 1 (SO)
Tampa Bay Lightning 4, Seattle Kraken 3 (OT)
Florida Panthers 3, Vancouver Canucks 2 (OT)
New Jersey Devils 7, New York Rangers 1
Detroit Red Wings 2, Philadelphia Flyers 1
San Jose Sharks 3, Nashville Predators 2 (SO)
Utah Mammoth 4, Edmonton Oilers 2
Vegas Golden Knights 6, Calgary Flames 2
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