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No Pre-Sale Tickets For Shrine Game This Year…Gates Open Next Friday at 5:30 p.m.
Centralia has announced that the gates will open for next week’s Shrine Game on Friday night beginning at 5:30. There will be several entrances open so pre-selling of tickets will not be necessary. Kickoff is at 7:30 for the annual event and you can listen on 100.1 FM and streaming at WJBDradio.com.
Annies 7th At Nashville Invitational….Olivia Johnson 5th Overall
Massac County won the Nashville Girls Invitational shooting 172 with Nashville 2nd at 175 and Breese Central 3rd with their 176. Centralia was 7th as a team. The Annies were led by Olivia Johnson’s 41, she finished 5th. Kaylee Bowdler shot 53 for 35th, Josie Venturini 53 for 35th, Sienna Fieg shot 51 for 28th place, Morgan Sligar shot 55 for a 42nd place finish. Laynee Garren shot 61 for 52nd.
St Mary/Willow Grove Gets Shutout of Iuka
St Mary/Willow Grove got back above .500 with a 15-0 win over visiting Iuka. 10 first inning runs were the difference in the game as Iuka was unable to get a it in the 3 innings of play. Devyn Dodillet, Aubrey Kuder and Amelia Steinkamp drove in 2 runs each with RBI also from Raylynn Parker, Madalynn Wethington, Charleigh Garren and Hayslee Rosol. Parker and Dodillet combined in the circle for the win. The Defenders are 4-2 on the season.
Selmaville To Host 3-Team Round Robin With Iuka & Odin On Saturday
Selmaville will host a 3-team softball round robin tomorrow at the Little League Complex. The day begins at 10am with Selmaville and Iuka, followed at 11:45 with Iuka and Odin. The final game of the day at 1:15 will be Selmaville and Odin. Today, Odin is at home against Iuka.
Franklin Park Wins Battle of Salem With 4-0 Shutout Of Selmaville
The Franklin Park Bobcats improved to 5-1 on the season with their 4-0 shutout of visiting Selmaville on Thursday afternoon. Dakota Gregg tossed the complete game on the mound allowing just 4 hits and struck out 5. At the plate, Kai Graham drove in 3 runs with Jax Schaubert scoring 3 times. Ben Lux doubled. For the Rockets, Tripp Garden had a hit along with Drew Consolino, Jacob Butts and Weston Crouse. Crouse tossed a complete game as well allowing 6 hits and 2 earned runs.
Aaron Helps Iuka To First Win
Trygg Aaron went 3-4 from the leadoff spot for Iuka driving in 2 and scoring 2 more as Iuka beat Willow Grove/St Mary 8-2. Devan Jennings added 2 hits and 2 RBI. Iuka also got RBI from Vince Krajefska. Iuka improves to 1-3 on the season.
Centralia Rec Complex To Host 3-on-3 League This Fall
The Centralia Recreation complex is sponsoring a 3 on 3 fall basketball league. The play will be on Sunday starting Sunday, September 22 with the final games being played on October 27 six weeks of games with the minimum of 16 games, including playoffs. Registration is now under way and will end on September 17. Maximum of 5 players per team and the cost is $150.00 per team. For additional information call 618-532-3214.
Summersville & Field Get Wins To Set Up Showdown Friday Afternoon
The Summersville Lady Wildcats improved to 6-1 on the season with an 18-0 road win at Bethel. The Lady Cats jumped out to an 8-0 lead after the opening inning. Extended that lead to 14-0 after 2 and scored four more in their final at bat in the 3rd. Brynlee...
Detering Duo Leads Cats To Tri-Match Win Over Centralia & Mount Vernon
Rhett and Ryan Detering were co-medalists with 39s for Salem in the tri match with Mt Vernon and Centralia. Salem finished with a team score of 166 followed by Centralia with a 169, and Mt Vernon with a 170. Next Varsity match is Tuesday when we play travel to Bent Oak to face Breese Central.
Whole police force quits on same day, Missouri officials say. ‘Privilege to serve you’
An entire Missouri police department announced its resignation, citing budget constraints, officials said. The Bollinger County Sheriff’s Office announced in an Aug. 21 Facebook post that all members of the Marble Hill Police Department submitted their resignations on Aug. 19. The resignations will take effect Aug. 23, according to...
BSE Gets First Win of Season, Beats Webber 11-8
Brownstown-St. Elmo baseball used a big fourth inning to get their first win of the season with an 11-8 win at Webber on Thursday. A run in each of the first two innings put BSE up 2-0 before Webber was able to tie I tup 2-2 in the bottom of the third inning. The Bombers offense erupted for seven runs in the top of the fourth inning as BSE took control of the game with a 9-2 lead. Webber cut the lead to 9-3 but BSE responded with another 2 runs in the top of the sixth, further pushing their lead out to 11-3. Webber cut into the lead again with three runs in the bottom of the sixth to cut it to 11-6 and managed another pair of runs in the bottom of the seventh, but BSE was able to hold on and grab the 11-8 win. BSE has three players finish with 3 hits each as Corey Hoopingarner and Gavin Sanders both went 3-3 at the plate and Keelan Speagle went 3-5 for the day. BSE events up their record at 1-1 to start the season and will go back on the road on Monday to take on Odin with game time set for 6:30pm.
Illinois’ Endangered Species: These Animals Are On The List
If you've ever wondered if an animal on the endangered species list ever gets off that list, the answer is actually yes. I guess I had never given it much thought, but I'll admit to being somewhat surprised to learn that some animal species have actually found themselves deleted from the database of endangered animals because...well...they started doing a lot better (with a lot of help) when it comes to staying alive.
8 Illinois KFC Locations Closed Forever this Week With No Warning
This is not what you want to hear if you love fried chicken fast and live in Illinois. At least 8 locations in the state closed permanently this week and it appears they did so with no warning whatsoever. I saw this report just shared by Yahoo News. They say...
Girl Scouts of Central Illinois has a new CEO and she’s asking for help to expand the program
PEORIA (25News Now) - The new CEO of Girl Scouts of Central Illinois wants to create all-female spaces, but she says more ladies are needed to make that possible. Jennifer Sedbrook recently began her new role as CEO of Girl Scouts of Central Illinois. Though she never was a Girl...
Iowa, Illinois, & Wisconsin Could Soon Experience A ‘Rodent Rampage’ In Their Homes
You may need to charge rent to a few critters before too long. Some of us have had to deal with snakes and bugs in our houses or on our property this summer. And now, one of the best parts of fall is that all of those crawl back into the earth where they belong.
Illinois Store Is Already Selling Christmas Decorations
Why are stores in Illinois already selling Christmas decorations and it's still summer?. Illinois Store Already Has It's Christmas Decorations For Sale. I remember when I was a kid, holidays and the seasons stayed in their lane. You didn't have any sight of them until it was the appropriate time. At the most, it was a month out. For example, you wouldn't see any Halloween stuff until October 1st.
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