Avery Dugan, Staff Writer
October 21, 2016
Filed under Sports
As the college football season is now half way over, the favorite to win the National Championship sits in the best conference in college football. The SEC’s (Southeastern Conference) own Alabama Roll Tide are projected to win ...
Madison Reynolds, Staff Writer
October 20, 2016
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On October 11, 2016, the Jacksonville High School swim team held their annual Breast Cancer Awareness meet against Routt Catholic High School. The meet was held at Illinois College, where both teams came together and presented...
Abby Scribner, Staff writer
October 17, 2016
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The girl’s swim season started with a “splash” on August 15. With the help of their swim coach, Sam Black, the girls having been working hard at practice to beat their times at swim meets. The season for girls’ swim...
Kameron Chappell, staff writer
October 6, 2016
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Last Friday the Jacksonville Crimsons celebrated their Homecoming with a runaway win against the Lincoln Railsplitters who are in their last year of playing in the CS8 conference. During this game, receiver James White broke the...
Avery Dugan, Staff Writer
October 4, 2016
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On August 30, 2016, my phone was blowing up with ESPN and CBS Sports notifications about Tim Tebow’s plans to try out for a professional baseball team. As I sat in my chair after a long day watching Twitter go crazy about Tim Tebo...
Madison Reynolds, Staff Writer
October 3, 2016
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JHS swim is not well known unless you know someone associated with the team. Without a lot of people knowing about the team, it usually does not have that many swimmers. This year, however, the team has about 20 girls! That is...
Joe Hall, Guest Writer
September 28, 2016
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Over the past two years that I’ve been affiliated with the Crimson J, I wrote articles involving the Chicago Bears starting quarterback Jay Cutler and whether or not he is an elite QB or just another scrub. For the past two years, I’ve defe...
Kameron Chappell, staff writer
September 27, 2016
Filed under Sports
When you think of a football player, you picture meat-head jocks with little interest in anything that doesn’t involve sports. When you think of a high-school actor, you picture the kids who run from their football playing counterparts...
Avery Dugan, Sports writer
September 22, 2016
Filed under Sports
As Week Three in college football started up, the Florida Gators did not have a tough task facing the North Texas Mean Green. The Gators have started their season undefeated as they have beat Kentucky and Massachusetts. Week Three w...
Joe Hall, Guest Writer
September 20, 2016
Filed under Sports
Joe Hall is a 2016 graduate of Jacksonville High School. He now attends Ball State University in Muncie, IN. Joe is an avid fan of the Chicago Cubs, Bears, and Blackhawks, as well as the Minnesota Timberwolves. Nowadays, you will f...
Joe Hall, Guest Writer
August 9, 2016
Filed under Sports
Generally, when the Cy Young race heats up shortly after MLB’s All Star break, one would see big name pitchers at the top of the list. More recently, pitchers like Clayton Kershaw, Madison Bumgarner, and Jake Arrieta have been...
Joe Hall, Staff Writer
May 18, 2016
Filed under Sports
Over this past Spring Break, I found myself sitting in Olive Garden in Springfield wearing a jersey of Mike Aviles that I got in Kansas City at a Royals game many, many years ago. When our waiter came over and asked me the ques...
