Area Sports

The Carrollton Lady Hawks hosted Southwestern Saturday afternoon and sent the Lady Birds flying home with a loss to add to their record in a close game that the Lady Hawks pulled out with a 35-31 win.

The Calhoun Warriors took second place in the Carlinville Holiday Tournament after falling to the Staunton Bulldogs last week. The Bulldogs hit the Warriors hard in the first quarter taking the lead 26-9. The Warriors stepped up their offense in the second quarter and put 22 points on the board to trail Staunton at the…

North Greene hosted a Unified Basketball scrimmage game Friday night before the game against Gillespie. High School Unified Basketball is an inclusive program, often part of the Special Olympics program that brings together students with and without intellectual disabilities on the same basketball team to play, train and compete together, foster friendships, understanding and a…

The JCHS Lady Panthers took a 17 point win in the Orchard Farm Tournament Championship and returned home with some hardware after defeating Orchard Farm, 40-23. Jersey’s Meredith Gray was named as the Tournament MVP and Cali Breden earned recognition on the All Tournament Team. (Submitted photo)