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Jessie Douglas slides headfirst into second base in Monday’s win over West Frankfort. Douglas sustained a hand injury in the slide.
— Planet photo by Beth Shelton

Lady Pats record 17th win with 5 and 2 week
What’s goin’ on here? Not even Easter and we’re in the eighties and the Lady Patriots softball team has posted a 17-3-1 record already. With an impressive 9-2 win over Cobden for a send-off, the g...

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Wientjes records ace on Monday in South Carolina
Western Kentucky Hilltopper Dawn Wientjes, a junior from Metropolis, recorded a hole-in-one on her first hole of the day Monday at Hilton Head, S.C. in the Low Country Intercollegiate hosted by Wof...

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Pats win 5-4 at Gallatin
Massac County’s baseball team went northeast last week to Junction and came home with a 5-4 win over the Gallatin County Hawks. Dalton Mitchell was the winning pitcher, going 7 innings allowing 4 ...

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Hard-hitting junior third sacker, Courtney Copley was named the tournament MVP Saturday night after the 15-3 win over Livingston Central’s Cardinals.

Lady Patriots take Lone Oak softball championship
Juggernaut — An invisible force, machine or agent that destroys anything in its path. It may be a little early to apply that particular adjective to the Lady Patriots softball team, but at 10-1-1 ...

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Y’er out! Massac County High School senior Chase Patterson, Patriot second baseman, applies the tag to a Pope County runner in last week’s win over the Pirates.
— Planet photo by Beth Shelton

MCHS baseball Patriots off to 3-0 start
The Patriot baseball team is off to a quick start with wins over Pope County, Century and Carrier Mills. The season opener was a 10-0 whitewash of Pope with Caleb Crim and Dalton Mitchell combinin...

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Accolades roll in for Amos
Massac County High School Patriot senior swingman Malcom Amos has received some nice kudos recently. Amos, who is expected to sign with Kaskaskia Junior College for the fall semester, was named to...

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Perfect slide - MCHS Lady Patriot Madison Stephens executes a perfect “figure four” slide into third base last week in Massac County’s season opening win over Eldorado.
— Planet photo by Beth Shelton

Lady Patriots softball off to 3 and 1 start
The MCHS Lady Patriot softball team is off to a 3-1 start with wins over Eldorado, Olney and Mt.Carmel. The loss came Monday at the hands of a very fine Nashville team. Coach Pat Clark had commen...

Mar 21, 2012 | 0

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Breese Central and Woodlawn bring back basketball crowns
If you accept the premise that southern Illinois is bounded by U.S. 50 on the north, running roughly from Vincennes, Ind. through Olney and Salem over to St.Louis, then southern Illinois can lay cl...

Mar 14, 2012 | 0

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Harrisburg, Breese vie for final four
Harrisburg and Breese Central tangled Tuesday night for the right to represent southern Illinois in the Class AA state finals. Breese Central improved their record to 31-1 with a 74-52 win over Pa...

Mar 07, 2012 | 0

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Travis Beck, top left, Griffin Bazor, top right; and Malcom Amos, bottom, wore the red, white and blue for the last time Friday night.
— Planet photos by Beth Shelton

Harrisburg Bulldogs take regional, 59-50
My mom had a saying that fit Massac County’s first quarter last Friday night in the Vienna regional finals. “The hurrieder I go, the behinder I git!” After Dalton Mitchell hit the first bucket of ...

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