ON THE SCHEDULE TODAY AT FCHS:
NO EVENTS SCHEDULED
OTHER AREA SPORTS FOR TODAY:
JR HIGH GIRLS BASKETBALL:
New Hope vs. Edwards County
Cisne at Iuka
COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL:
Frontier Bobcats at Lake Land College
AREA SPORTS RESULTS FROM TUESDAY:
HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL:
The Fairfield Lady Mules celebrated Senior Night in style Tuesday at the Mule Barn with a clean sweep over the NCOE Fighting Cardinals in a battle of two teams who were both 28-5.
Before the Varsity match, Fairfield honored Seniors Allee King, Dalanie Ellis, and Hilary Hodges, managers PJ Felowitz and Jordyn Ahlfield, and foreign exchange students Lucy Randermann and Lena Brouir.
In the Fresh/Soph match it was Fairfield over NCOE in 2 Sets: 25-12, 25-15
The JV Squad also won straight sets: 25-22, 25-14
In the Varsity matchup between 2 teams who came in 28-5, the Lady Mules bested the Lady Cardinals 25-19 and 25-18
The Varsity Lady Mules improve to 29-5 overall and extend their winning streak to 20 matches.
UP NEXT: Final regular season match on the road at Cisne Thursday. Fresh/Soph starts at 5pm, followed by JV and Varsity.
OTHER HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL SCORES FROM TUESDAY NIGHT:
Wayne City over Altamont in 2 Sets: 25-15 and 25-16
It was Wayne City’s Senior Night
Crab Orchard over Hardin County in 2 sets
Sparta over Christopher in 2 sets
Columbia over Centralia in 3 sets
Edwards County over Hamilton County in 3 sets
Salem over Marion in 2 sets
Red Bud over EAWR in 2 sets
South Central over Olney in 2 sets
Nashville over Murphysboro in 2 sets
Freeburg over Gibault in 2 sets
Sesser-Valier-Waltonville over Eldorado in 2 sets
Webber over North Clay in 3 sets
JR HIGH GIRLS BASKETBALL:
Wayne City 34, Jasper 8
JV: Jasper 11, Wayne City 5
New Hope 48, Grayville 5
JV: New Hope 38, Grayville 12
C-Game: Allendale-St. Mary’s 16, New Hope 15
***NATIONAL SPORTS***
TUESDAY’S SCOREBOARD
MLB Playoffs
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No Game Scheduled (World Series begins Friday)
NBA
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Detroit Pistons 121, Boston Celtics 113
Philadelphia 76ers 106, New York Knicks 100
Oklahoma City Thunder 116, San Antonio Spurs 104
NHL
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St. Louis Blues 2, Winnipeg Jets 1
San Jose Sharks 4, Montreal Canadiens 3 (F/OT)
New Jersey Devils 4, Colorado Avalanche 3
New York Islanders 3, Anaheim Ducks 2
Los Angeles Kings 5, Washington Capitals 2
Toronto Maple Leafs 6, Columbus Blue Jackets 2
Dallas Stars 3, Boston Bruins 2 (F/OT)
Edmonton Oilers 4, Minnesota Wild 3 (F/OT)
Seattle Kraken 4, Detroit Red Wings 3 (F/SO)
Carolina Hurricanes 6, Vancouver Canucks 3
Tampa Bay Lightning 6, Vegas Golden Knights 2
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