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Massac County’s Lady Patriots proudly display their regional championship plaque Saturday at Vienna. The girls are still unbeaten and are now competing in sectionals at DuQuoin. Pictured are, from left, front row, Josie Garduno, Kaylee Childers, Jessie Lamb, Jessi Stunson, Mallory McGinnis, Gracyn McBride, Mackenzie Cowgill, Krista Garduno; back row, Coach Pat Clark, Lakkin Jones, Jordyn Smith, Jessie Douglas, Courtney Copley, Kelsey Corzine, Brittany McFall, Sydney Boyd, Assistant Coach Carey Burton and Ron George. — Beth Shelton | Metropolis Planet
Massac Lady Patriots are ‘takin’ care of business’
Way, way back in 1973, Randy Bachman penned a song about a “white collar worker” — a techie in a recording studio — that was later revamped to become a song about just about anyone who worked for a...
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Second baseman Luke Wieneke goes high after a throw to second by catcher Zach Stewart in Thursday’s game against St. Mary’s. — Beth Shelton | Metropolis Planet
Baseball team splits last pair; regionals are Thursday
The Massac County Patritots tangled with a pair of west Kentucky teams to end their regular season and came out with one win and one loss. The boys whipped St. Mary last Thursday 7-3 at home but d...
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Lakin Hoyer, Alyssa Logeman, Payton Hillebrand and Courtney Nelson, all in red, were in action Saturday at Olney. The girls lost 3-0 to Harrisburg in the regional championship game. — Beth Shelton | Metropolis Planet
Harrisburg wins girls’ soccer regional in Olney
For Massac County, the third time was not a charm as Harrisburg’s Lady Bulldogs shut out the Lady Patriots 3-0 to take the Olney regional on Saturday. Harrisburg was a just bit too physical for Ma...
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Second baseman Jessie Douglas has been on fire lately. Here she connects against Pope County for a home run. — Beth Shelton | Metropolis Planet
Unbeaten softball team turns focus to regionals
Phase 1 of the “Peoria Project” is now in the books and it’s on to Phase 2. With an unblemished mark of 28-0-1 at the end of regular season play, the Massac County Lady Patriots now start the nerv...
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More from the worlds of track, soccer, softball
Hill, Hoard do well at West Frankfort tourney Massac County’s Lady Patriots track team has had a fair amount of success this spring as Leilani Hill and Emily Hoard have become dominant in their m...
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OVC champs Korte, APSU head to NCAA regionals
Talk about saving your best for last. Metropolis native Dustin Korte survived the travails of college life as a freshman then produced two seasons of solid, if not spectacular, golf for the Govern...
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Patriots win a close one
Despite Mother Nature, Massac’s baseball team got in a pair of games last week and added two more wins to their resume. A 26-0 blowout at Egyptian was followed with a good effort in a 3-1 win at A...
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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 ...
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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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