Benton rode a seven-game winning streak into Saturday's Du Quoin Class 2A Regional title game, but couldn't use the momentum to derail the host Indians
Sesser-Valier-Waltonville's Chelsea Miller won a state championship and was one of three local girls to win medals at the IHSA's Girls State Track and Field Meet
Benton improved to 19-14 with three wins over the weekend. The Rangers downed Hamilton County in Benton on Friday and then beat Trico twice in a doubleheader in Campbell Hill on Saturday
Sesser-Valier's Chelsea Miller won the long jump and both the 100 and 200 dashes, while teammate Rae Lappin won the triple jump Friday at the Sparta Sectional meet
Trevor Johnston's win over Tanner Weatherbee in No. 5 singles broke a 4-4 tie and gave Benton a 5-4 win over Massac County on Senior Night Thursday evening
Harrisburg tallied 193 team points and edged Murphysboro for the Southern Illinois River-to-River Conference Ohio Division boys track conference title Thursday
The Herrin High School boys tennis team won four of the six singles matches and two of the three doubles matches on its way to a 6-3 win over Benton Tuesday afternoon
The Herrin girls track team won its fifth meet of the season by winning the Harrisburg Invitational Monday afternoon. It is the first time the Lady Tigers, who tallied 116 team points, have ever won the event
Benton graduate and current Murray State sophomore Sydney Potts won the javelin at the Ohio Valley Conference Outdoor Championship on the track and field event's first day Friday
Derek Repking stroked a walkoff two-run homer Thursday to lead the John A. Logan College baseball team to a 3-1 come-from-behind win over Rend Lake in 11 innings
With a pair of doubles and a homer, Du Quoin's Camden Youngman gave his team a big game at the plate as the Indians beat the Benton Rangers 8-6 in a non-conference game
Emily Oxford reached on an error and scored on a pinch-hit by Jordan Bayless in the bottom of the eighth inning as Benton edged Goreville, 4-3, in a non-conference softball game
Hunter Beetley hit a grand slam and Christian Spenner plated three runs as Nashville rolled past Benton, 11-3, in a non-conference prep baseball game Tuesday
Ana Duda hammered two home runs and drove in three to lead the John A. Logan College softball team to an 11-5 win over Rend Lake Monday to advance to the semifinal round of the Region 24 tournament
At one point three years ago, Bronson Verhines gave up on having a college basketball career. On Wednesday, the former Woodlawn and Rend Lake standout made it clear that he is not about to make that mistake again
Harrisburg's Brittany Reynolds drove in Ashley Ferrell in the first inning and that was all the Lady Bulldogs would need in a 1-0 win over Benton on Monday
Jessa Thomas broke her bat and ended a wild slugfest in walkoff fashion Saturday as Johnston City's softball team edged Benton, 11-10, in the first game of a mini round-robin at the Johnston City Athletic Complex