The first meet of the season was a fairly successful one for Oblong-Palestine-Hutsonville’s track team. In a three-team meet at Red Hill March 20, the new OPH co-op made its debut and came away with a first-place finish in the boys’ meet and a second-place finish in the girls’ meet. OPH won nine events and finished the boys’ meet with […]
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Lady Tigers roll past Chrisman in season opener, 15-3
Runs came early and late for Hutsonville-Palestine’s softball team in their first game of the season Monday, leading to their first win. The Lady Tigers led early, then pulled away late for a 15-3 win over Chrisman in their season opener. Hutsonville-Palestine gave up a run in the top of the first inning, but scored three runs in the bottom […]
Lady Maroons beat Cumberland, 9-1
Solid play across the board led Robinson High School’s softball team to its first win of the season Monday. The Lady Maroons grabbed an early lead, then pulled away late en route to a 9-1 win at Cumberland in a non-conference contest. Robinson opened the scoring with a run in the first inning, then tacked on single runs in the […]
RHS boys’ tennis has talent, experience
An experienced and talented group that is still relatively young has expectations high for Robinson High School’s boys’ tennis team this season. The Maroons return the top three players from last season and have several more returners that varying levels of success, which head coach Zach Shipman believes should mix well together. “I’m excited about the group that we have […]
Young OPH baseball team seeking improvement
With just one player with varsity experience returning, most everything surrounding the Oblong-Palestine-Hutsonville baseball team this season is new. Included in that is the head coach, as Brandon Sparks is in his first season at the helm for the second year of this co-op. “The transition has been really good,” Sparks said. “I have a great group of players that […]
Sports Calendar
Monday, March 20 Robinson Softball at Cumberland, 4:30 p.m. Oblong Softball (H) Mt. Carmel, 4:30 p.m. Hutsonville Softball (H) Chrisman, 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 21 Lincoln Trail College Softball (H) Rend Lake (DH), 2 p.m. Baseball (H) Vincennes, 3 p.m. Robinson Baseball at Effingham St. Anthony, 4:30 p.m. Boys Tennis (H) Mt. Carmel, 4:30 p.m. Baseball JV (H) Effingham St. […]
Sports Briefs
Crosby Scholarship applications available at RHS Applications for the 2022-23 Merle E. Crosby Scholarship are available at Robinson High School in RHS Athletic Director Tara Apple’s office. To be eligible, a senior student – male or female – must be planning on attending Lincoln Trail College or another accredited two our four-year college, have a “respectable” grade-point-average and have excelled […]
Lady Maroons drop opener at Mt. Carmel, 16-6
It was a rough start to the season for Robinson High School’s softball team March 16, as the Lady Maroons dropped their first game of the season at Mt. Carmel in less than ideal conditions, 16-6. The Lady Maroons trailed 4-1 after one inning, then scored twice in the third to pull within 4-3, only to give up a run […]
Lady Statesmen blanked at Wabash Valley
Rain prevented Lincoln Trail College’s softball team from getting all of its Great Rivers Athletic Conference and Region 24 doubleheader in Thursday, but that might have been for the better. The Lady Statesmen were unable to score in an 8-0 loss in game one, then were trailing 3-1 in the second inning of game two when inclement weather forced play […]
Statesmen fall to Wabash Valley, 14-2
A slow start put Lincoln Trail College’s baseball team in a hole they would not climb out of Thursday, as the Statesmen dropped the opener of the Great Rivers Athletic Conference and Region 24 series with No. 8-ranked Wabash Valley, 14-2. The Statesmen trailed 3-1 after one inning, then Wabash Valley put things out of reach in the middle innings, […]
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