ON THE SCHEDULE TODAY AT FCHS:
Mules Football at Eldorado Kickoff at 7pm
FCHS Boys Golf @ Lawrence County Invite 1pm
LADY MULES TO COMPETE IN CROSSROADS CLASSIC AT EFFINGHAM:
The Fairfield Lady Mules Volleyball Team will compete in the Crossroads Classic in Effingham this weekend, Friday, September 12th, and Saturday, September 13th.
Tonight, pool play will be held at Effingham Junior High School. The Lady Mules will face McCracken County, KY at 6:00 p.m. and Normal University at 7:05 p.m. Bracket play continues Saturday, with Fairfield scheduled for three matches. Their first match will be at either 8:30 a.m. or 9:40 a.m., depending on Friday’s pool play results.
MONDAY’S HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS TENNIS RESULTS:
Fairfield – 7, Carmi (C.-White County) – 2
Fairfield picked up Singles wins from Wren Braddock, Marlee Richards, Kenry Hutchcraft, and Malia Austin. Doubles wins from Mabrey Foster/Wren Braddock, Marlee Richards/Kenry Hutchcraft, and Malia Austin/Carly Fleener
TUESDAY HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS TENNIS RESULTS:
Fairfield 5, Mt. Vernon 4
Fairfield picked up Singles wins from Wren Braddock, Mabrey Foster, and Kenry Hutchcraft. Doubles wins from Wren Braddock/Mabrey Foster and Marlee Richards/Kenry Hutchcraft
WEEK #3 HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL GAMES:
September 12th & 13th
BLACK DIAMOND CONFERENCE:
Johnston City at Edwards Co
Red Hill at Sesser-Valier/Waltonville
Hamilton County at Carmi-White Co.
Flora at C-ZR-E
Fairfield at Eldorado
LITTLE ILLINI CONFERENCE:
Paris at Marshall
Robinson at Mt. Carmel
Richland Co. at Lawrenceville
Newton at Casey-Westfield (Sat 7pm)
SOUTH CENTRAL CONFERENCE:
Greenville at Carlinville
Staunton at Litchfield
Vandalia at Pana
North Mac at Piasa-SW
SOUTH SEVEN CONFERENCE:
Mt. Vernon at Marion
NON-CONFERENCE GAMES:
Althoff at Belleville East
Benton at Murphysboro
Breese Central at Mt. Zion
Breese Mater Dei at Effingham
Cahokia at Granite City
Carbondale at Collinsville
Carterville at Charleston
Chester at West Frankfort
East St. Louis at Las Vegas Bishop Gorman
Freeburg at Taylorville
Gateway Tech at Highland
Harrisburg at Jerseyville
Herrin at Du Quoin
Heyworth at Carlyle
Jackson (MO) at Edwardsville
Mahomet-Seymour at Sycamore
Massac Co. at Anna-Jonesboro
Pinckneyville at Dupo
Red Bud at Columbia
Roxana at Bethalto Civic
Salem at Mattoon
Saxony Lutheran (MO) at Sparta
STL Riverview Gardens at Mascoutah
STL St. Mary’s South Side at O’Fallon
Trenton-Wesclin at Nashville
Tuscola at Tri-County
Triad at Alton
Waterloo at Centralia
EAWR at Alton Marquette (Sat 11am)
Belleville West at STL Normandy (MO) (Sat 1pm)
8-MAN FOOTBALL GAMES:
Metro-East Luth at St Thomas More
Martinsville at Dugger, IN
Oblong at Milford
Pawnee at Macon Meridian
South Fork at Decatur Unity
THURSDAY HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL SCORES:
Cisne Varsity over Oblong in 2 sets, 25-18 & 25-23
Cisne JV fell to Oblong in 3 sets, 16-25, 25-20, & 3-15
Edwards County over Newton in 2 sets
Wayne City over South Central in 2 sets
NCOE CATHY BLACK INVITATIONAL TOURNAMENT:
Carmi over Hamilton County 2-0
Carmi over Herrin 2-0
Grayville over Eldorado 2-0
Hamilton County over Herrin 2-0
NCOE over Massac Co 2-0
Massac Co over Pinckneyville 2-1
Pinckneyville over NCOE 2-1 Despite the loss to Pinckneyville, NCOE wins the tournament due to a better set record.
Althoff over Christ Our Rock 2-0
Breese Central over Columbia 2-1
Breese Mater Dei over Belleville West 2-0
Casey-Westfield over Paris 2-0
Collinsville over Granite City 2-0
Father McGivney over Metro-East Luth 2-0
Johnston City over Christopher 2-0
Marion over Cahokia 2-0
Martinsville over Neoga 2-0
Mt Carmel over Marshall 2-0
New Athens over Dupo 2-0
Okawville over Sparta 2-0
St Elmo over Sandoval 2-0
Waterloo over Murphysboro 2-0
Windsor/S-S over Altamont 2-0
THURSDAY JR HIGH BOYS BASEBALL:
Fairfield shut-out Grayville 15-0 behind a 7 Strike-out, No-Hitter from Fairfield’s Andrew Bayley
Cisne outlasted Jasper 10-9 on Cisne’s 8th Grade Night
West Salem shut-out New Hope 10-0
Summersville 12, Mt Vernon 0
Teutopolis 9, South Central 1
Marion 9, Harrisburg 7
Woodlawn 12 Rome 2
Ewing 19 Spring Garden 2
Summersville 12 Casey 0
Galatia 10 Eldorado 0
Centralia 13 Olney 12
THURSDAY JR HIGH GIRLS SOFTBALL:
Fairfield over Grayville 10-3
Cisne over Jasper 13-1 on Cisne’s 8th Grade Night
Selmaville 18, Odin 4
St Mary-MTV 15, Sandoval 3
Dieterich 4, Oblong 0
Effingham 10, Mattoon 6
Harrisburg 9 Marion 7
Ewing 23 – Spring Garden 0
THURSDAY FAIRFIELD JR FOOTBALL LEAGUE:
3RD/4TH GRADE
Fairfield Jr. Mules 28 Edwards County Jr. Lions 0
THURSDAY BOYS HIGH SCHOOL SOCCER SCOREBOARD:
Altamont 5, Wesclin 1
Carterville 2, Harrisburg 0
Centennial 2, Peoria HS 1
Edwardsville 4, Rochester 3
Effingham 3, Mt Zion 0
Father McGivney 3, Alton-Marquette 0
Highland 2, Bethalto Civic 0
Hillsboro 4, Staunton 1
Lincolnwood 2, Beardstown1
Mahomet-Seymour 7, Charleston 1
Nashville over Centralia 2-0
Newton 3, Robinson 0
Normal West 2, Champaign Central 0
Salem 8, Breese Central 1
Triad 2, Mascoutah 0
Waterloo 7, Jerseyville 1
BILL BRUCE MEMORIAL SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT SET FOR SEPTEMBER 13TH
The annual Bill Bruce Memorial Softball Tournament will take place on Saturday beginning at 9:00 a.m. at Southwest Park in Fairfield.
The four-team tournament will be played under SIJHSAA regulations with each team guaranteed two games. A time limit will be in effect, with no new inning beginning after one hour and 15 minutes.
Seeding for this year’s event is as follows:
New Hope
Cisne
Fairfield
Jasper
Opening-round games start at 9:00 a.m., with New Hope vs. Jasper and Cisne vs. Fairfield. The winners and losers of those contests will meet at 10:30 a.m
COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL:
THURSDAY’S SCOREBOARD:
NFL
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Green Bay Packers 27, Washington Commanders 18
MLB American League
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Chicago White Sox 5, Tampa Bay Rays 1
Toronto Blue Jays 6, Houston Astros 0
New York Yankees 9, Detroit Tigers 3
Cleveland Guardians 3, Kansas City Royals 2
Seattle Mariners 7, Los Angeles Angels 6 (F/12)
MLB National League
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Miami Marlins 5, Washington Nationals 0
Philadelphia Phillies 6, New York Mets 4
San Diego Padres 2, Colorado Rockies 0
MLB Interleague
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Baltimore Orioles 3, Pittsburgh Pirates 2
The St. Louis Cardinals aim to avoid a fourth loss in a row when they visit the Milwaukee Brewers at American Family Field. The Cardinals were just swept by the Seattle Mariners earlier in the week. St. Louis is in fourth place in the NL Central at 72-and-75. Andre Pallante starts for the Cardinals tonight. First pitch is at 7:10PM.
The Cubs open up a weekend series against the Tampa Bay Rays with a game at Wrigley Field this afternoon. The Northsiders took two of three from the Atlanta Braves earlier in the week. The Cubs are in second place in the NL Central with an 83-and-63 record. Matthew Boyd starts for Chicago this afternoon.
The number-nine Illinois Fighting Illini will try to stay undefeated when they host Western Michigan at Memorial Stadium tomorrow. The Illini crushed Duke 45-19 on the road last weekend to improve to 2-and-0 on the year. Illinois is 4-and-2 all-time against Western Michigan. Tomorrow’s game starts at 6:00PM and can be heard on WFIW-AM 1390 on the Illini Sports Radio Network powered by Learfield with the pregame show at 5pm.
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