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Today's Sports

  • Fayette County hunters take...

    There were 492 deer killed in Fayette County during the second firearm season and 1,907 during the 2010 season, according to totals released by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources.

    One hundred and fifty-one fewer deer were killed in the county in the two seasons, from Nov. 19-21 and Dec. 2-5, than were killed during last year’s deer season.

    Statewide, 98,700 deer were killed, a decrease of 719. In the second season, 30,663 deer were killed, a decrease of 2,630 from last year.

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  • SC girls to play on Saturday

    The South Central High School girls basketball team will play Woodlawn in its home opener on Saturday at 2 p.m. after that game was canceled on Monday.

    South Central is 2-5 (2-2 Midland Trail Conference) this season.

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  • Brownstown girls win, lose and...

    The Brownstown High School girls basketball team defeated Casey-Westfield High School, 51-45 on Tuesday.

    Kel-C Sefton led the Bombers with 16 points and five rebounds. Morgan Myers was right behind with 10 points and five boards.

    Last Thursday, the Brownstown High School girls basketball team lost to  Neoga, 61-38.

    Brownstown held a 14-10 lead after the first quarter, but Neoga would outscore the Bombers 36-13 over the next two periods to take a 46-27 lead into the fourth quarter.

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  • Ramsey JH boys have successful...

    The Ramsey Junior High Boys basketball team had a successful week, defeating both Mulberry Grove and Brownstown.

    Brownstown was able to defeat the Ramsey seventh-graders, but the Rams won the rest of the contests.

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  • Boys basketball scores (Dec. 10)

    BROWNSTOWN
    Friday, Dec. 10
    at Windsor
    Windsor 72
    Brownstown 37
    Points – Zach Rigdon, 17; Bryce Mason, 7; Zach Garrison, 6; Matt Sefton, 3; Jake Behrends, 2; Austin Hunter, 2.
    Record – 2-6 (0-3 NTC, 0-0 EIC)
    Bombers  6–17–8–6—37
    Windsor  21–19–26–6—72
    JV – Brownstown lost 45-38
    Points – Eric Gurtner, 12; Behrends, 4; Hunter, 4; Nick Reeder, 4; Shane Sefton, 4; Dustin Lawson, 3.

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  • This week's local sports...

    Thursday, Dec. 16
    ST. ELMO HOLIDAY TOURNEY
    Second-round games, 6:15 p.m.
    BOYS BASKETBALL
    Patoka at Wayne City Holiday Tourney
    GIRLS BASKETBALL
    Vandalia at Pana, 6 p.m.
    South Central at Noble, 6:15 p.m.
    JR. HIGH BOYS BASKETBALL
    Vandalia vs. Pana, 6 p.m.
    Brownstown vs. Patoka, 6:15 p.m.
    Mulberry Grove vs. Altamont, 6:15 p.m.
    Ramsey vs. Pocahontas, 6:15 p.m.
    Friday, Dec. 17
    BOYS BASKETBALL
    Vandalia at Litchfield, 6 p.m.

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  • Power outage highlights first...

    ST. ELMO – A power outage halted play with 3:34 left in the fourth quarter of the second game of the St. Elmo Holiday Tournament between Brownstown and South Central.

    At approximately 8:41 Tuesday night, the city of St. Elmo lost power because of an accident involving a power pole near Altamont. At about 9:05, St. Elmo athletic director Ryan Beccue announced that the game was postponed.

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  • Seeds and schedule filled for...

    Seeds were selected last Wednesday and the schedule was announced last Friday for the 39th annual Vandalia Holiday Tournament.

    At a meeting of participating coaches at the Vandalia Country Club, the tournament was seeded as follows:

    Pool A:
    No. 1 Flora
    No. 4 Vandalia
    No. 5 Altamont
    No. 8 Greenville
    No. 10 South Central
    Pool B:
    No. 2 Wesclin
    No. 3 Pana
    No. 6 Stew-Stras
    No. 7 St. Elmo
    No. 9 Shelbyville

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