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Jonathan Haverkamp and Rebecca Shepard are the first recipients of the the Coach J.D. Seitzinger Memorial Scholarship. — Photo submitted
Seitzinger memorial scholarship awarded
Staff Report Jonathan Haverkamp and Rebecca Shepard were each awarded $1000 after receiving the Coach J.D. Seitzinger Memorial Scholarship. The scholarship was established to award two scholarshi...
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Emily Hoard, left and Emily Hoard represent Massac County High School at the IHSA Girls State Track and Field Meet in Charleston. — Photo submitted
Hill shines at state track and field meet
Sophomores Leilani Hill and Emily Hoard were Massac County’s only representatives at the IHSA Girls State Track and Field Meet held last weekend at O’Brien Stadium in Charleston. Hoard, who has pr...
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Patriot infielder Tyler Jennings catches one on the barrel of the bat last week against Vienna in the Harrisburg regional. Massac lost a tough one 11-8 despite a valiant comeback attempt. — Beth Shelton | Metropolis Planet
Vienna ends boys’ season
What had been a somewhat surprisingly good season for Massac County’s baseball team came to a bitter end Thursday at Harrisburg’s Dorris Heights Baseball Complex. Vienna pulled off the upset and b...
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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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