ON THE SCHEDULE TODAY AT FCHS:
Lady Mules Volleyball vs. Edwards County at the Mule Barn (3 Levels) 5:00 p.m.
Mules and Lady Mules Cross Country at the Robinson Invitational 4:30 p.m.
Lady Mules Tennis at Flora 4:00 p.m.
OTHER AREA SPORTS FOR TODAY:
HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL:
Cisne at Palestine-Hutsonville
Wayne City at Red Hill
JUNIOR HIGH CROSS COUNTRY:
Fairfield, Jasper, and New Hope at Run the Pines in Energy
Geff and Wayne City at Allendale-St. Mary’s
AREA SPORTS RESULTS FROM WEDNESDAY:
FCHS BATTLE OF THE CLASSES
The FCHS Seniors won the annual “Battle of the Classes”
HIGH SCHOOL BOYS GOLF:
IHSA CLASS 1A REGIONAL AT QUAIL CREEK COUNTRY CLUB IN ROBINSON:
The FCHS Mules Boys Golf team competed at the IHSA Class 1A Golf Regional at Quail Creek Country Club in Robinson on Wednesday and came away with a 4th place finish overall as a team. FCHS Senior River Wise shot an 82 to finish in 14th Place and qualify for the Class 1A Sectional at Monticello on Monday, October 5th. Other scores for the Mules were: Andrew Hutcheson and Alex Fry tying for 24th with an 85, Cruz Wells-29th with an 87, Lane Witucki-47th with a 93, and Laython Craft-54th with a 96.
JUNIOR HIGH CROSS COUNTRY (From Tuesday):
WAYNE CITY INVITATIONAL MEET:
All of the Wayne County grade school Cross Country teams participated in the Wayne City Invitational meet on Tuesday. Medalists in each race were:
Varsity Boys:
Jayson Rawls – New Hope -1st Mason Ethridge – Jasper – 12th
Rigger Legg – Wayne City – 3rd Johnny Rawls – New Hope – 13th
Corbin Hutchcraft – Cisne – 4th Hunter Denny – Geff – 14th
Hudson Weber – New Hope – 8th Jayce Lee – Cisne – 17th
Tucker Brooker – Cisne – 9th J.D. Belmont – Cisne – 19th
Lennox Lewis – Cisne – 10th Bo Laird – Fairfield – 20th
Varsity Girls:
Pyper Lewis – Cisne -2nd Lily Baldwin – Fairfield – 12th
Paisley Ewing – Fairfield – 6th Brystol Flanagan – Fairfield – 14th
Bristol Weber – New Hope – 7th Milli’n Hendrix – Geff – 17th
Lucy Troyer – Cisne – 9th Leona Fry – Cisne – 18th
Presley Kelly – Wayne City – 10th Mackenzie Christian – Geff – 19th
Addison Lawyer – Fairfield – 11th Ruby Manning – Wayne City – 20th
JV Boys:
Wyatt McKinney – Wayne City – 4th Leo Talbert – Wayne City – 12th
Kash Newton – Wayne City – 7th Emmett Weber – New Hope – 13th
Emmett Courtright – Cisne – 8th Elliott Burkett – Geff – 14th
Sam Edmison – Cisne – 10th Connor Lentz – Wayne City – 15th
JV Girls:
Jensen Elliott – Geff – 1st Kentley Ethridge – Jasper – 8th
Elsie Talbert – Wayne City – 3rd Maddi McCleary – Geff – 10th
Lennon Williams – Wayne City – 6th Kallie Newton – Wayne City – 14th
Gracie Walker – Geff – 7th
***NATIONAL SPORTS***
WEDNESDAY’S SCOREBOARD
MLB Playoffs
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Philadelphia Phillies 4, Atlanta Braves 3 (F/10)
(Best-of-three NL Wild Card series tied, 1-1)
Chicago White Sox 7, Houston Astros 3
(White Sox win best-of-three AL Wild Card series, 2-0)
New York Yankees 9, Boston Red Sox 2
(Yankees win best-of-three AL Wild Card series, 2-0)
San Diego Padres 4, Chicago Cubs 1
(Padres win best-of-three NL Wild Card series, 2-0)
NHL
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Pittsburgh Penguins 7, Philadelphia Flyers 0
Toronto Maple Leafs 2, New York Islanders 1
Colorado Avalanche 8, Los Angeles Kings 4
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