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Dalton Mitchell is all concentration as he glides to the hoop, takes aim and shoots Saturday night against Charleston. Mitchell was named to the All Tournament team. — Planet photo by Beth Shelton
Charleston takes Superman Classic title
It seems like Charleston doesn’t really rebuild, they just reload. For the second straight year the Bluejays took care of business and took home the hardware from the 30th annual Superman Classic....
Jan 23, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Natalie Bailey led Massac County with 14 points in a 45-35 win over West Frankfort. Bailey had four three pointers in her night’s work. — Planet photo by Beth Shelton
Lady Patriots cast a spell on West Frankfort
What a strange game. Massac County, despite being without the services of Kaylee Childers who is still nursing a bum ankle and Lauren Bunting who left early with a badly bruised proboscis from an e...
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Dazmeon “Daz” Nickerson turned in one of his best performances of the year last Friday night in the Patriots’ 50-42 win over Herrin. — Planet photo by Beth Shelton
Pats claw out 50-42 win over Herrin’s Tigers
Herrin’s Justin Lukens poured in 20 points to lead all scorers, but in the critical last eight minutes of the game, it was Daz Nickerson’s sticky defense on Lukens that made the ultimate difference...
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Patriot teams bowl in Carterville Invitational
By Galen Shelton Planet Sports Massac County’s Patriot bowling teams competed Saturday morning in the Carterville Invitational and acquitted themselves fairly well. Massac’s boys team finished fou...
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Senior Taylor Klankey scores two of her seven points in the win over Herrin. — Planet photo by Beth Shelton
Lady Pats notch two more wins also
Massac’s Lady Patriots kept pace with their male counterparts this past week as they posted a nice 42-34 win over key conference rival Herrin and then pounded Murphysboro Saturday morning by a scor...
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Alex Bellamy fires from the top of the key in Friday night’s junior varsity action. — Planet photo by Beth Shelton
Pats sharp in wins over Benton and DuQuoin
For about as long as I can remember, Massac County’s Patriot basketball team plays its best ball right around the time of the Superman Classic. Well guess what starts next week? Good, bad or indif...
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MCHS bowling teams are ‘getting there’
By Galen Shelton Planet Sports Massac County’s high school bowling teams haven’t reached that upper echelon of competitiveness yet, but the progress over the last couple of years is definable. Mas...
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Andy Walquist lays in two of his five points Saturday against Union County, Ky. The Patriots advanced to the quarterfinals against Harrisburg with the 46-44 win. — Planet photo by Beth Shelton
Pats face Harrisburg in Eldorado semis
The 48th annual Eldorado Holiday Tournament wasn’t all that hard to handicap this year, and the pundits that assigned seeds to the teams pretty much got it right. With the overall talent level of ...
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Jessie Douglas hauls in a rebound for Massac County last Tuesday night in a big win over Benton’s Rangerettes. — Planet photo by Beth Shelton
Lady Pats knock off Rangerettes
Massac County’s Lady Patriots saw action only once last week, but they made it count with a big 46-37 win over a resurgent Benton Rangerette team. Benton was coming off a huge win over previously ...
Dec 26, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Even though Ethan Shulte, 50, led the Patriots in scoring Friday night against the Red Devils of Murphysboro with 15 points in a 47-37 win, Austin Kendall, tipping the ball in, was right behind Schulte with 12. — Planet photo by Beth Shelton
Patriots’ post players double trouble for Murphysboro
Before the season started, Patriot Coach Joe Hosman knew he would have a size advantage over quite a few of his teams’ opponents this year with 6’5” — give or take a fraction — post players Ethan ...
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