Head Cross-Country Coach Scott Haxton and his assistant coaches would like to invite all interested Chester High School students to become part of the 2010 Boys’ and Girls’ Cross-Country teams

On Saturday morning the first ever Randolph County Fair Run for Fun took place.  The race featured a 5K run/walk. Prior to the 5K a free 1 mile walk/run took off at 8 a.m.  At 8:30 a.m. forty-three entrants from Illinois, Iowa, and Missouri took to the pavement in the inaugural run.  
Race Results

Fans of the Steeleville American Legion baseball squad have not had the opportunity to see the team in action at home this year due to some canceled or postponed games. That changed last week when Steeleville took the home field for two key district match-ups.

 On the final day of the Harold Harmsen Wooden Bat Classic the Steeleville American Legion baseball squad lost a heartbreaker to Sparta by a score of 6-5.

Natalie Ruebke, Jill Winkelman, and Rachel Duensing are the members of the Steeleville High School Girls Track and Field team.  While the numbers may be small, never count these girls out for one moment.  Natalie Ruebke, a sophomore with a lot of potential, runs the 800 meter, 1600 meter, and long jump.  Jill Winkelman, a junior, throws shot put and discus.  Rachel Duensing, the team’s only Senior, runs 100 meter and 300 meter hurdles, and the 200 meter dash. 

 The Class 1A Boys Track and Field State Championships at Charleston saw several Sparta athletes competing in the preliminary round on Thursday.

The Chester High School Lady Yellow Jackets Softball Team defeated Hamilton Co. and Fairfield enroute to a third place finish at the 2010 Benton Tournament Saturday, May 8.  Both wins came against Black diamond teams who the Jackets will face next season as part of their regular season schedule.  The Jacket’s only loss in the tournament came to Southern Illinois River-to-River Conference foe, Anna-Jonesboro.

CHS Boy’s Basketball Coach, Robert Bell, and several of his current Yellow Jacket players will host a basketball camp for all boys who will be entering grades 3-8 for the 2010-2011 school year.

The Chester High School Lady Yellow Jackets Track and Field Team competed in the 2010 Southern Illinois River-to-River Conference Meet Thursday, May 6 at Harrisburg High School.  The Jackets fought hard and beat out Sparta and Anna-Jonesboro to finish 2nd Place yielding only to the ever-powerful and very deep Nashville Hornettes squad.

The 2010 U.S.A. Bassin Classic began after a 2 hour delay. My partner, Jason Estel and I were anxiously awaiting our number to be called. With our number being called the problems started.  The hot engine alarm went off.  We sat there for 15 minutes until the engine cooled and finally made our way 15 miles south from the dam on an extremely choppy Kentucky lake.  Forty-five minutes later and $2500.00 worth of damage to my boat we arrived at our first spot.  The wind was rocking our first spot.  We were able to catch a small keeper before we retreated to a more protected bay. 
We had located this small bay in practice near our main area.  With the wind bearing down it cut our small bay into a third.  We knew this wasn't a place to win, but we thought we could buckle down and catch a small limit and hope the wind would calm a bit.  After catching a limit and culling a couple times we noticed that the wind was still present but had lightened a couple notches and we took a short boat ride to our main area.