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Quarterfinals of IHSA football is this weekend
The IHSA football state tournament quarterfinals will be held at various locations this weekend. From this end of the state Carterville, DuQuoin and Harrisburg are the standard-bearers. In Class ...

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Harris begins job with LPGA
While it may not be the dream job that she hoped for, Chelsea Harris’ new job as the coordinator of teaching and club professional member services at the LPGA headquarters in Daytona Beach, Fla. ma...

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The following varsity players received recognition, from left: Caleb Parker, Dalton Mitchell, Hayden Bazor, Zac Henderson and Ryan Woolverton.
— Photo submitted

Recognition given to players at soccer banquet
Players, parents and the coaches from the Massac County High School Patriots soccer team recently celebrated the season with their end of season banquet.Coaches Marty Painter and Brock Frazier spok...

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Wet eyes and despondent faces told the tale after Massac County’s volleyball team lost in the finals of the Harrisburg regional Thursday night. Despite a valiant effort, the girls lost to Marion and ended a fabulous year with a record of 31-6. — Planet photo by Beth Shelton

Marion ends Patriot volleyball title run
Marion’s Lady Wildcats ended Massac County’s run at a regional title Thursday night with a hotly contested, straight set win of 25-19 and 25-21 at Harrisburg. Going into the title game, the two t...

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Newcomers Zach Donaldson, 54, and Braden Fritch, 8, join regular starters Mason Bremer, 56, and Jordan Troutman, 11, in Friday night’s game at Ballard Memorial. Quarterback Fritch reaches for a high snap in this action.
— Planet photo by Beth Shelton

Ballard County Bombers end Patriots’ season, 42-14
One could only hope that following a gut-wrenching week, Massac County’s young Patriot football team could muster up enough strength to pull out a win over Ballard’s Bombers last Friday night and p...

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Seniors Kirsten Faulkner, Sami Weber and Peyton Helm hold the Illinois Class A State Championship trophy the ladies golf team won last Saturday at Decatur. Back row, from left, are Brittany Reynolds, Ali Eickholz, Coach Kim Futrell, Paige Ellerbusch and Addie Gray. — Planet photo by Beth Shelton

Lady Patriots golf brings home the state trophy
For the third time in the last seven years, Massac County’s girls’ golf team has brought home the big prize from the IHSA State tournament. Beginning in 2006, under Coach Gary Pirtle and now twice...

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Zach Burnham surveys his tee shot last week on the seventh hole at Hickory Ridge in Carbondale. Burnham finished 12th out of 112 individuals in the class A finals at Normal.
— Planet photo by Beth Shelton

Burnham captures 12th at state
Stormy weather cancelled the second round of play at the Class AA IHSA State Tournament Saturday at the Weibring course in Normal. Metropolis’ Zach Burnham, playing as an individual, finished in a...

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All those index fingers signify Massac County’s first ever playoff win in soccer. The Patriots beat Valmeyer 7-2 to advance to Columbia to take on Waterloo Gibault. — Planet photo by Beth Shelton

Soccer team wins first ever playoff game
Before the season started, Massac County’s head soccer coach Marty Painter reckoned that a .500 season would be pretty good. I think he got more than he reckoned for. With the school’s first ever ...

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Patriot volleyball expectations high
With a convincing win last Thursday night at Murphysboro, Massac County’s Lady Patriot volleyball team clinched at least a share of the SIRR Ohio division crown. With a record now standing at 27-5...

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The Lady Patriots golf team will be packing their bags for a trip to Decatur this week to compete in the state golf tournament. Team members are, from left, Brittany Reynolds, Kirsten Faulkner, Sami Weber, Ali Eickholz, Paige Ellerbusch, Peyton Helm and Addie Gray. — Photo submitted

Girls golf team wins regional and sectional; statebound now
Following a business-like win in the regionals last week at Anna’s Union County Country Club, Massac County’s girls golf team continued on their quest to get to the state tournament again with a se...

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