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The Pinckneyville Panthers defeated West Frankfort 28-14 in its home opener to even its record at 1-1. The team capitalized on a balanced attack on both sides of the ball. Neil Kellerman ran for two touchdowns and 66 yards.The defense was also stout, stifling the Redbirds' no-huddle offense with four interceptions including a third quarter pick by senior Adam Barczewski that he returned for a 16-yard TD. Sophomore Caleb Howard was the other Panther to reach paydirt with a one-yard run in the opening minutes of the fourth quarter. The team hosts Benton Sept. 10. Click on the image to view the picture gallery.

The Pinckneyville Panthers unveiled its 2010 look with a scrimmage Aug. 21. The opens play Aug. 27 at Red Bud. It returns home Sept. 3 to face West Frankfort. Remaining games on the schedule include: Sept. 10 versus Benton; Sept. 17 at A-J; Sept. 24 at Nashville; Oct. 1 versus Du Quoin; Oct. 8 at Sparta; Oct. 15 versus Carterville and Oct. 22 at Dupo. Kickoff for all games is 7 p.m. Click on image to view the photo gallery.

The Pinckneyville High School Marching Panthers broke from camp earlier this month after practicing in sweltering weather a medley of songs by Billy Joel. The band is slated to participate in the Murphysboro Apple Festival, Sept. 18; Effingham Field Show, Sept. 25 and University of Illinois Field Show, Oct. 16. Click on the picture to view the photo gallery.

The Lady Panthers basketball team held a car wash Sunday at Casey's to raise money for the upcoming season. The money is used for the annual banquet and other expenses. Casey's treated the girls to soft drinks and pizza throughout the day.

107 students from the Pinckneyville Community High School performed down "Mainstreet U.S.A" at the Magic Kingdom on their Disneyworld trip on June 8th.  The band was the largest of the three performing bands that lead the afternoon parade.  The seven day long trip included all of the following  stops:  Magic Kingdom and Performance, EPCOT, Blizzard Beach Water Park, Disney Studios, Typhoon Lagoon Water Park and Disneys Animal Kingdom.

The Lady Panthers delivered to Coach Greg Hale his 19th regional championship and 896th career win with a 3-2 victory over Anna-Jonesboro.

With the game tied at 2-2 Kortney Crawford led off the seventh with an infield single. With one out she stole second and advanced to third on a sacrifice fly to right field by Emily Miller. Taylor Cicardi then smashed a grounder that went through A-J’s third baseman allowing Crawford to cruise home.

The Lady Panthers opened regional play with a 5-0 win over host Murphysboro Tuesday. The game was scoreless until the sixth inning when Maddy Keith and Kortney Crawford hit back-to-back singles. Mo Ramsey followed with a walk to load the bases. Emily Miller broke the scoreless tie with a double off the left center field fence driving home Keith and Crawford. (click on the image to view the photo gallery)

The Panthers rebounded from Tuesday's loss to defeat Seneca 9-5 at home. CJ Opp shutdown the Irish for six innings to record the win. Drew Dudek homered for the second straight game. The Panthers' next opponent is Steeleville at home April 1.

PCHS girls track team competed at the Nashville Invitational March 31. The team placed fourth among five schools competing. Pinckneyville won the 400 meter relay with a time of 54.01 seconds. It also won the 800 meter relay with a time of 1:55.6 seconds. The girls return to Nashville April 7 for its next meet.

The varsity Panthers went to 1-5 for the season after losing to Zion-Benton 9-3 March 30 at home. Drew Dudek and Landon Chandler each homered for the Panthers. The Panthers face Seneca March 31 at home and host Steeleville April 1.

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