Basketball Tonight Involving Local Teams
Tonight’s games feature Black Diamond at Carmi White County, Johnston City at Eldorado, Chester at Eldorado Trico, Fairfield at Lesser Walier Waltonville Woodlawn, Carterville at Du Quoin, Pinckneyville at Nashville, and A at Sparta all scheduled for 7 p.m. Strong squads from Vienna Goreville and other area programs are on the docket.
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Fairfield
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Southern sports site teases live scoring and photos
Visit our site for live scoring updates tonight and all action from the gridiron. Saturday coverage includes stories and photos. For complete coverage from your school go to SI Varsity online at the southern site.
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SI Varsity
Night basketball coverage across Southern Illinois games
The Southern Illinoisan assigns eight tonight games with correspondents Scott Mees Carterville at Du Quoin Jeffrey Drake Harrisburg at Herrin Pete Spitler Massac County at Murphysboro Geary Deniston Mount Vernon at Carbondale Toby Brown Vienna Goreville Carmi White County Les Winkeler Johnston City Eldorado Chris Hottensen Bucky Dent Fairfield S V W W Plus Pinckneyville Nashville and Marion Belleville Althoff on tap Saturday two games Bucky Dent West Frankfort Benton Hamilton County Christopher Zeigler Royalton
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Carterville
du Quoin
Jeffrey Drake
Harrisburg
Herrin
Pete Spitler
Massac County
Murphysboro
Geary Deniston
Mount Vernon
Carbondale
Toby Brown
Vienna-Goreville
Carmi-White County
Les Winkeler
Johnston City
Eldorado
Chris Hottensen
Chester
Eldorado-Trico
Bucky Dent
Fairfield
West Frankfort
Benton
Hamilton County
Christopher-Zeigler-Royalton
West Frankfort at Benton Rivalry Faces Saturday Showdown
West Frankfort travels to Benton for a 2 p.m. prep football clash, renewing one of the region’s oldest rivalries. Benton leads 48-46-2 in 96 meetings and enters at 5-0 while West Frankfort sits 2-3. Redbirds coach Brian Beery stresses the game’s Franklin County importance after years delaying IHSA playoff runs for Turkey Day.
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Du Quoin hosts Carterville in pivotal SIRR Mississippi clash
Du Quoin and Carterville meet at Van Metro Field at 7 p.m. with sole possession of first place on the line after both teams started 2-0 in conference play. Du Quoin aims to extend a three game win streak while Carterville seeks offense to counter a strong defense.
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al Martin
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Deeja Cole
Shayne Baxter
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Spann Field at Christopher High School Bearcats Home Ground
Spann Field in Christopher Zeigler Royalton, one of Southern Illinois oldest stadiums, was built in 1924 and named for Alfred E. Spann in 1971. Spann, a WWII veteran and former athletic director, led dressing room fundraising and later ran a Zeigler clothing store. He died in 1976.
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Babe” Spann
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