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Jordyn Smith connects for a line drive home run against Calloway County.
Lady Patriots knock off defending state champs, remain unbeaten
An ESPN “Instant Classic,” last Thursday night’s match-up of Massac County and Nashville at SIU’s Charlotte West Stadium pitted two of the state’s very best softball teams and the game lived up to ...
May 08, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Surrounded by the Massac County High School Lady Patriots soccer team, coach Brock Frazier holds up the second-place plaque won at the Centralia Tournament last week. — Photo submitted
Girls soccer team second in Centralia tourney
For the second time this season, Massac County’s Lady Patriots soccer team placed second in a very competitive tournament. This time, the girls actually lost in the championship game and weren’t r...
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MCHS Patriot baseball splits a pair . . . sort of
After the exciting 3-2 win over Herrin on April 22, the Patriot baseball team sort of kissed their sister with an 8-8 tie on April 23 against Benton. The back-and-forth affair ended when the umps ...
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Umpire Steve Karaker gives the safe sign as senior shortstop Sonja Robertson slides into third base with a triple. Robertson scored Joppa’s only run in a 10-1 loss to Century. — Beth Shelton | Metropolis Planet
Lady Rangers fall to 2-6
The improvement is easy to see, but the disappointment is also likewise easy to see. At the season’s beginning, first-year Joppa High School Lady Rangers softball coach Michelle Johnson was highly...
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Senior lefthander Kaylee Childers was in rare form Monday against defending Class A state champs Goreville. Childers threw a seven-inning perfect game in the 5-0 win. Courtney Copley watches from third base. — Beth Shelton | Metropolis Planet
MCHS’ Childers throws ‘perfecto’ against Goreville
Lady Patriots’s senior lefthander Kaylee Childers tossed that rarest of gems Monday afternoon against Goreville with a 21 up, 21 down perfect game. Childers recorded 11 strikeouts in the 5-0 win a...
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Left: Lady Patriot second baseman Jordyn Smith throws to first for a putout against Herrin. The girls continued their unbeaten streak as Kaylee Childers and Jessie Lamb combined on the base paths to ‘steal one’ from Herrin. — Beth Shelton | Metropolis Planet
MCHS softball team gets three more in the win column
The unbeaten and — depending on which poll you rely on — either second- or fourth-ranked team in the state got three more wins this past week. The Lady Patriots put a 20-1 shellacking on Murphysbo...
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Patriot Reis Brugger is exuberant as teammate Zach Stewart slides home with the winning run in a thrilling 3-2 win Monday over Herrin. — Beth Shelton | Metropolis Planet
Patriot baseball team wins twice
Massac County’s baseball team recovered from the tough loss to Harrisburg last week to put up a 5-3 win over Murphysboro on April 16 and a thrilling come-from-behind 3-2 win over Herrin on Monday. ...
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Glass era ends at Massac
Kelly Glass, Massac County High School athletic director and head football coach, has accepted an associate head coaching position with the new McCracken County High School and will leave behind a ...
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Lady Patriot left fielder Kelsey Corzine overran this line drive a smidgeon but still managed to snag it in last week’s game against West Frankfort. — Beth Shelton | Metropolis Planet
Lady Patriots softball streak is at 18
I’m not really a superstitious guy, but I’m beginning to get a little nervous every time I mention how far the Lady Patriots’ winning streak has gone. It’s now at 18 with a 4-1 win over Harrisburg...
Apr 17, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Morgen Eckenberg and Abigail Hosman are shown in action Monday against Anna-Jonesboro. The Lady Wildcats shut out the Lady Pats 3-0. — Beth Shelton | Metropolis Planet
Soccer team unbeaten over weekend play
Massac County’s girls soccer team was awarded second place this past weekend, even though they were unbeaten and unscored on. In the Harrisburg Tornado Memorial Tournament, the girls beat Salem 3-0...
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