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SPORTS FOR SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26TH

By Mark Wells Sep 26, 2026 | 6:59 AM

LOCAL SPORTS FOR SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26TH

 

ON THE SCHEDULE TODAY AT FCHS:

Mules and Lady Mules Cross Country at the Lawrenceville Invitational 10:00 a.m.

Lady Mules Tennis at the Mt. Vernon Doubles Tournament 9:00 a.m.

 

OTHER AREA SPORTS FOR TODAY:

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL:

BLACK DIAMOND CONFERENCE:

CZR at Red Hill

 

FAIRFIELD JUNIOR FOOTBALL LEAGUE:

3rd/4th Grade: Fairfield at Johnston City 3:00 p.m.

5th/6th Grade: Fairfield vs. Carmi at the Trainyard 5:00 p.m.

7th/8th Grade: Fairfield vs. Carmi at the Trainyard 7:00 p.m.  Tonight is also 8th Grade Night.

 

AREA SPORTS RESULTS FROM FRIDAY:

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL:

On Friday night it was the battle of the unbeatens at the Trainyard as the 5-0 Fairfield Mules hosted the 5-0 Johnston City Indians. In a matchup that lived up to the hype, Johnston City eventually powered past Fairfield by a score of 28-12. Johnston City opened the scoring midway through the 1st Quarter, but the Mules answered back early in the 2nd Quarter with a 6-yard Touchdown pass from Alex Basnett to Breychan Kovacich. Johnston City followed the Mules touchdown with their own 3 minutes later to take a 14-6 lead into halftime.

The Mules came out of halftime and pulled within 2 points of Johnston City on a 1-yard Touchdown run by Cooper Berg. The Indians answered back with their own touchdown on the next series to extend their lead. Johnston City then took advantage of a Mules fumble on the ensuing kickoff and used their next series to cap off the scoring at 28-12.

The Vaughan’s Tire Offensive Player of the Game was Breychan Kovacich who had 3 receptions for 38 yards, including one for 29 yards, and 1 touchdown. The Peoples National Bank Offensive Play of the game was Cooper Berg’s 4th down run near the goal line to pick up a 1st down and extended the Mules drive that led to a Touchdown.

The Potts Family Pharmacy Defensive Player of the Game was Aiden King who had 8 solo tackles, 2 assisted tackles, and a sack. The One Step Ahead and HME Defensive Play of the game was a crucial sack by Braxton Marshel in the 3rd Quarter.

The Mules will be at home once again next Friday night for Homecoming versus the 5-1 Flora Wolves.

 

OTHER BLACK DIAMOND CONFERENCE FOOTBALL SCORES:

Hamilton County 30, Edwards County 0

Flora 45, Eldorado 0

Carmi-White County 26, Sesser-Valier-Waltonville 0

 

OTHER AREA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL SCORES:

LITTLE ILLINI CONFERENCE

Robinson 19, Lawrenceville 16

Casey-Westfield 13, Marshall 6

Mt Carmel 38, Olney 30 (OT)

Newton 35, Paris 29

RIVER-TO-RIVER CONFERENCE

Anna-Jonesboro 54, Pinckneyville 29

West Frankfort 28, DuQuoin 7

Nashville 42, Benton 14

Carterville 41, Harrisburg 20

Salem 50, Murphysboro 20

 

OTHER AREA SCORES FROM FRIDAY:

HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL:

Cisne over Altamont in 2 Sets: 25-9 and 25-11

JV: Cisne over Altamont in 2 Sets: 25-19 and 25-19

 

JR HIGH BOYS BASEBALL REGIONAL:

SIJHSAA CLASS S REGION 7 REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP:

Ewing-Northern 5, Summersville 2

 

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL FRIDAY:

Milwaukee  8  St. Louis  4

Boston  4  Chicago Cubs  0     (game 1)

Boston  2  Chicago Cubs  0     (game 2)

Chicago White Sox  6  Colorado  1

Baltimore  10  NY Yankees  2    (game 1)

NY Yankees   6  Baltimore  3     (game 2)

Detroit  8  Pittsburgh  7

Tampa Bay 2  Philadelphia  0

Washington  7  NY Mets  6

Toronto  6  Cincinnati  5

Miami  3  Atlanta  0

Clevleand  12  Kansas City  9

Minnesota  10  Texas  2

Arizona  11  San Diego  4

Athletics  6  Houston  5

LA Angels  7  Seattle  5

LA Dodgers  2  San Francisco  0

Cardinals and Milwaukee play at 6:10 tonight.  The game can be heard on WOKZ 105.9 FM with coverage beginning at 5:15 p.m.  The Cardinals finish their regular season Sunday afternoon at Milwaukee at 2:10 p.m.  That game can also be heard on WOKZ 105.9 FM with coverage beginning at 1:15 p.m.

 

COLLEGE FOOTBALL:

Indiana  29  Northwestern  23

Rutgers  58  Howard  7

UAB  24  Navy  20

Clemson  24  California  10

Army  21  Temple  17

Illinois plays Ohio State at 11 a.m. today.  The game can be heard on WFIW AM 1390 and 103.3 FM with coverage beginning at 10 a.m.

 

NHL PRE-SEASON:

Washington  3  Boston  2  (OT)

NY Rangers  6  NY Islanders  1

Dallas  2  Minnesota  1

Colorado  5  Winnipeg  2

St. Louis plays at Chicago tonight at 6 p.m.

 

NASCAR:

The Truck Series races at Kansas at noon today and can be seen on FS1.  The Cup Series races Sunday afternoon at 2 p.m. and can be seen on the USA Network.