Track & Field

Carterville's Barton signs with South Dakota

November 13, 2021 @ 11:11 pm

Darren Kinnard Section618.com CARTERVILLE — Carterville’s Townsend Barton has signed with South Dakota for track and field. Barton is a versatile, multisport athlete who...

OCSI Player of the Week--Townsend Barton

October 30, 2021 @ 7:00 am

Darren Kinnard Section618.com CARTERVILLE — The Orthopaedic Center of Southern Illinois Player of the Week for October 11-16 is Carterville senior Townsend Barton. Barton...

Medal Detector--area athletes haul in numerous state medals

June 21, 2021 @ 6:20 pm

Darren Kinnard Section618.com CHARLESTON — This year’s State Track and Field Championships were nearly a month later than usual, a different format than usual,...

Rushing medals twice during tough day at state for region

June 19, 2021 @ 12:03 pm

Darren Kinnard Section618.com CHARLESTON — On a day when the region didn’t see many medals won at the Boys 1A State Track and Field...

Area athletes medal at 2A Girls State Track and Field Championship

June 12, 2021 @ 4:57 pm

Darren Kinnard Section618.com CHARLESTON — The deep south only had a handful of area athletes qualify for the 2A Girls State Track and Field...

Nashville, Du Quoin relays strike gold at state

June 11, 2021 @ 2:48 pm

Darren Kinnard Section618.com CHARLESTON — The Nashville Hornettes and Du Quoin Lady Indians each won event state championships at the Girls 1A State Track...

Du Quoin runs away with sectional championship

June 10, 2021 @ 10:50 am

Darren Kinnard Section618.com DU QUOIN — Often you will hear the phrase “total team effort” when it comes to success in sports. The Du...

Mascoutah wins Salem 2A Sectional, more area state qualifiers

June 4, 2021 @ 7:21 am

Darren Kinnard Section618.com SALEM — The Mascoutah Indians used a balanced scoring attack, seemingly getting points from all parts of their roster, to roll...

Du Quoin runs away with sectional championship

June 3, 2021 @ 6:11 am

Darren Kinnard Section618.com DU QUOIN — The Du Quoin Lady Indians felt like they had a great chance to defend their 2019 Girls Track...

A long time coming--Red Devils win SIRR Ohio meet

May 27, 2021 @ 12:47 am

Darren Kinnard Section618.com HERRIN — For the first time in 18 years, the Murphysboro Red Devils are conference champions in girls track and field....