Chester shuts out East Alton-Wood River, 55-0 (2 of 3)
Six Jackets score a total of 8 touchdowns; Landeros kicks 7 extra-points; defense smothers Oilers
BY JIM BEERS
Chester’s defense held tight to close out the rest of the first period as EAWR committed two penalties and 3-yard loss facing a stiff defensive effort by CHS.
To start the second quarter, on the YellowJacket’s first play from scrimmage, Tray Peters connected with wide receiver TaShawn Palacio for a 54-yard touchdown pass for Chester’s fourth touchdown of the early game. This effort took just 29 seconds. Landeros kicked his 4th extra-point of the night and at the 11:31 mark Chester extended its lead to 28-0.
The Oiler’s next possession was perhaps its best as they managed to keep the ball for nine plays as they achieved their first 1st-and-10 of the night. Chester’s defense, however, went to work and stopped their short-lived drive at the 8:34 mark, forcing a punt.
The Jackets used the next three minutes of the second quarter to run a nine play touchdown attack in which Tray Peters achieved two first downs. On the ninth play of the series, Ethan Colvis found the end zone after a 15-yard touchdown run at the 5:31 mark. Landeros remained perfect for the evening with his 5th successful extra-point kick. CHS led, 35-0.
On their next possession, EAWR started off with a nice Isaiah Brown pass to wide receiver Jasiah Brown for the Oiler’s second first-and-ten of the game. Chester then shut the door with back-to-back tackles for a loss and an EAWR false start penalty, forcing yet another EAWR punt with 1:56 to play in the first half.
Chester began its 7th possession of the game with 1:20 left on the clock to end the first half. On the first play of the series, Zane Eggemeyer caught a Tray Peters pass for 20 yards. Peters then connected with Ethen Colvis for another first and ten. On the third play, Peters hit Eggemeyer again, this time for a 31-yard touchdown with 37.5 seconds left in the first half. Karim Landeros kicked his 6th extra-point of the game as Chester increased its lead to 42-0 to end the first half. The first half took 1 hour and 30 minutes.
With Chester leading by 40 points, the “Mercy Rule” went into effect and the 3rd and 4th quarters were played with a continuous clock. Coach Belton turned the ball over to his bench most of the second half. His reserves played extremely well and managed to score an additional two touchdowns.
East Alton-Wood River kicked to Chester to start the second half. On the kickoff, Zane Eggemeyer made an excellent return giving CHS great field position to start the possession. On the second play from scrimmage, Alex Blechle ran 22 yards for his second touchdown of the game. The extra-point attempt failed. CHS led, 48-0 with 9:04 to play in the 3rd quarter.
EAWR could not manage to get anything moving during the rest of the third quarter and the score remained, 48-0 as the clock sounded to end the third period.
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Game Officials await the coin toss at the Chester vs East Alton-Wood River game Friday Augst 29. It was opening night/season opener for them as well as it was for all IHSA teams that evening. Pictured in no particular order were Brad Beighly, Mike Moorman, Mike Lutz, Clint Cowan, and Lonnie Bennbrook. Jim Beers Photo

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CHS quarterback Tray Peters (16) scrambles for a 19-yarde touchdown at the 6:05 mark of the first quarter Friday August. The Jackets hosted East Alton-Wood River in the season opener for both teams. Peter's TD was Chester's second of the game and helped give the Jackets a 13-0 lead. Karim Landeros kicked the extra point, his second of the evening, to make the score, 14-0. Jim Beers Photo
16 days ago, Chester High School
PHOTO 3 CHS FB Game 1 Officials
Photo 4 CHS FB Game 1 Peters scores TD 2

Chester shuts out East Alton-Wood River, 55-0 (1 of 3)

Six Jackets score a total of 8 touchdowns; Landeros kicks 7 extra-points; defense smothers Oilers

BY JIM BEERS

The Chester High School Football Team opened its 2025 season at home Friday August 29 at W.O. Smith Field. The YellowJackets did it in style, shutting out the East Alton-Wood River Oilers in style by a score of 55-0.

In the process, six offensive players scored a total of eight touchdowns. Two YellowJackets, Alex Blechle, a junior, and Ethan Colvis, a senior, scored two touchdowns apiece. In addition, Tray Peters, a senior quarterback, TaShawn Palacio, a junior wide receiver, Zane Eggemeyer, a junior wide receiver, and Anthony Keeton, a sophomore quarterback, added individual touchdown efforts.

To add the finishing touches to seven-of-the-eight touchdowns, Chester’s dynamite kicker, Karim Landeros, a junior, kicked seven successful extra-points to round out the 48-point touchdown effort.

Helping to complete the successful shut out, CHS recorded 45 tackles, eight which were tackles-for-a-loss, and two quarterback sacks. The Orange Crush Jacket defense also held the Oilers to minus 29 yards rushing, as well as just 124 passing yards.

Chester played a complete game on both sides of the ball in their first appearance of the season. Leading, 42-0 at halftime forced a continuous clock the entire second half of the game, and Head Coach, Billy Belton, played non-starters, many of which were underclassmen, most of the 3rd and 4th quarters.

Three Chester players were highlighted in the Hudl Stats Report including Tray Peters with 158 passing yards and a pair of touchdown scrambles, Ethan Colvis with 119 yards rushing and two trips into the end zone, and TaShawn Palacio with 89 receiving yards and a 54-yard touchdown.

In the first quarter it took Chester just five plays and just under two minutes to get their first score when Alex Blechle scored on a 22-yard run at the 9:55 mark. Karim Landeros kicked the extra-point at CHS led, 7-0.

The Jackets defense held the oilers to 4-and-out forcing a punt. Nine plays later, Tray Peters scored for CHS on a 19-yard quarterback keeper at the 6:05 mark. Landeros kicked the extra-point and CHS led, 14-0.

On East Alton-Wood River’s second possession the Orange Crush defense held the Oilers to four downs and out forcing a second punt. Chester achieved three first and ten’s to open its third possession on efforts by Peters, Ethan Colvis and Zane Eggemeyer. Three plays later, Ethen Colvis scored his first of two touchdowns on a 7-yard run. Landeros kicked his third extra-point and Chester led, 21-0 with 1:16 left in the first quarter.

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The Football YellowJackets from Chester take the field for the first game of the season Friday August 29 at W.O. Smith Field at CHS. The Jackets shut out the Oilers from East Alton-Wood River, 55-0, to start the season, 1-0. Jim Beers Photo

PHOTO 2

Players and coaches from both Chester and East Alton-Wood River meet together center field with the referees for the traditional coin toss Friday August 29. The YellowJackets hosted the Oilers in Game 1 of the 2025 season. It was the openers for both teams. East Alton-Wood River received the opening kickoff, and Chester received the ball to start the second half. Jim Beers Photo

16 days ago, Chester High School
PHOTO 1 CHS FB Game 1 Team enters
PHOTO 2 CHS FB vs EAWR Game 1 coin toss
CGS Staff Member of the Month is BACK for the 2025-2026 School Year. Voting is open via the link below or on the Chester139.com website. Voting ends the 20th of this month at 3:00 pm!

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17 days ago, Chester Grade School
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Chester Football announces “Practice Player of the Week” and “Special Teams Player of the Week”
Weekly “Special Teams” player of the week sponsored by Korando Heating and Cooling, and “Practice Player of the Week” sponsored by Night Hawk Coal.
BY JIM BEERS
Chester High School Head Football Coach, Billy Belton, has announced that starting this 2025 CHS Football season his program will start a new award program. This program will be weekly and sponsored by Korando Heating and Cooling of Chester, and Night Hawk Coal.
Each week Belton and his staff will select two players to be recognized and honored. The first award will recognize the best “Special Teams” player of the week and the second award will recognize the best “Practice Player” of the week.
Belton is proud to announce award winners for Week 2 of the 2025 YellowJacket Football season.
Korando Heating and Cooling “Special Teams” Player of the Week: #14 Landen Conder
Coach Belton said, “Landen is one of the hardest workers on the team. He is constantly pushing his teammates and making them better players! He field down the field on Special Teams.
“Nighthawk Coal “Practice Player” of the Week: #12 Kanon Jany
Coach Belton said, “Cannon worked at Defensive End and Offensive Line Backer for us on the Scout Team this week. He is always going 100 miles per hour! He helps his teammates get better on every snap!”
Each of the two weekly award winners will receive a special T-shirt provided by the two sponsors. Korando Heating and Cooling and Night Hawk Coal have stepped up to be the 2025 sponsors of the “Special Teams” and “Practice Player” of the Week Awards for Chester Football.
Coach Belton stated, “I would like to give a special THANK YOU to Korando Heating and Cooling and Night Hawk Coal for sponsoring our “Special Teams Player of the Week” program and our “Practice Player of the Week” program.
The awards for Week 2 were announced and presented Thursday August 28 at the weekly team meeting and supper in the CHS Football Offices. This is a weekly event following the Thursday afternoon “Run-Through” practice in preparation for the Friday Night Game of the Week. Congratulations Landen Conder and Cannon Jany for being the Week 2 award winners!

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The Chester High School Football Week 2 "Special Teams Players of Week" is Landen Conder, a 5'8, 160 lb., junior Offensive and Defensive lineman. Jim Beers Photo

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The Chester High School Football Week 2 "Practice Player of the Week" is Kanon Jany, a 5'6, 175 lb., junior Running Back and Defensive Linebacker. Jim Beers Photo
18 days ago, Chester High School
CHS Football Special Teams Player of the Week 01
CHS Football Special Teams Player of the Week 02
CHS Football Practice Player of the Week 01
CHS Football Practice Player of the Week 02
CGS & CHS SPORTS SCHEDULES
Week of September 1st
See attached graphic.
18 days ago, Chester High School
CGS & CHS Athletics
CGS & CHS Athletics
CHESTER HIGH SCHOOL YELLOWJACKET FOOTBALL
Tonight is our home open at W.O. Smith Field against East-Alton Wood River. Band street performance begins at 6:00pm with the pregame on the field starting at 6:40pm, and game start at 7:00pm.
Come out and CHEER on the Yellowjackets!
If you cannot make it out to the game, our Pay-Per-View is available on Hudl at the following link for $7.19 (this game only), $28.90/monthly, $107.99/yearly (prices with tax included), and you can enjoy the game in the comfort of your own home. Stream starts at 6:45pm with Dr. Jim Beers announcing.

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20 days ago, Chester High School
CHS Athletics on HUDL

CHS Writers' Circle Leadership 2025-2026
Congratulations!
President: Rev Chaput
Vice-President: Brodie Mattingly

CHS Poetry Competition
September Theme: "time"
Due September 25th

All poems subject to an AI & plagiarism scan.
See attached graphic.

20 days ago, Chester High School
CHS Poetry Competition
CHS Writers' Circle Leadership 2025-2026
Grade School Cafeteria vacancy 🍔🧃
20 days ago, Chester Community School District 139
Grade School Cafeteria personnel vacancy
🏀 Head Girls Basketball coach vacancy 🏀
20 days ago, Chester Community School District 139
Jr. High Girls Basketball vacancy
CECC, CGS & CHS Families! Just a friendly reminder that tomorrow, Friday August 29 is a 1:30pm early dismissal day.

CECC & CGS Parent pick up is from 1:30pm-1:45pm. Please ensure that your child is picked up by 1:45pm.

CHS Students dismiss at 1:26pm
Thank you, and have great evening!
21 days ago, Chester High School

CECC & CGS ICONIK PICTURE DAY DETAILS
Chester Early Childhood Center (CECC)
Fall Portraits - September 2nd, 2025
Retakes - November 24th, 2025
Spring & Class Groups - February 20th, 2026

Chester Grade School (CGS)
Fall Portraits & Fall Sports - September 2nd, 2025
Retakes & Winter Sports (Clubs if ready) - November 24th, 2025
Spring & Class Groups & Spring Sports & Clubs - March 18th, 2026

See attached graphics.

21 days ago, Chester High School
CECC Picture Day Details
CECC Picture Day Details (Spanish)
CGS Picture Day Details
CGS Picture Day Details (Spanish)
CECC, CGS, CHS LABOR DAY HOLIDAY Monday, September 1st, is Labor Day No School Celebrate American Workers and their contribution to our Nation's strength, prosperity and wellbeing!
21 days ago, Chester High School
CECC, CGS & CHS Labor Day Holiday
CHS FOOTBALL HOME OPENER
Come out and SUPPORT our Chester Yellowjackets
Friday, August 29th at 7:00pm
W.O. Smith Field
Go Jackets!!!
22 days ago, Chester High School
CHS Football Poster
CHS Football Game Day
CHS Football Concessions Menu
CHS TRAPSHOOTING
PARENT INFORMATIONAL MEETING
THURSDAY, SEPT 4th 7PM
PROFESSOR SHARP CAFETERIA
PRIOR SIGNUP NOT REQUIRED
23 days ago, Chester High School
CHS Trapshooting Parent Meeting

CHS PINK OUT GAME
OCTOBER 6th, 2025
PINK OUT shirt!
Cost is $15
Pay by cash or check when you pick up your shirt.
Pre-Orders Due by September 2nd
Email colleenrunge@chester139.com with your order.
Thank you!!

23 days ago, Chester High School
CHS Volleyball Pink Out Game Shirts
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Rachel Marshall Principal at the new Chester Early Childhood Center in Chester, Illinois poses for a photo in front of the new facility that will officially receive students beginning Tuesday August 26. Marshall had just finished welcoming parents and members of the Chester community at an Open House to showcase the new state of the art facility. Jim Beers Photo


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Chester School District # 139 Superintendent of Schools, Kimberly Briggs, prepares to cut the ribbon on the brand-new Early Childhood Center in Chester Monday August 25. The ceremony took place on the front porch of the Pre-School immediately following an open house held to introduce the new facility. With Briggs is the Chester Board of Education and other dignitaries including (left to right) Chad Ebers, Board member, Nikki Malley, former Board member, Rachel Ranta, Chester Early Childhood Center Principal, Shannon Wolff, Board member, Deb Caraway, Board President, Kimberly Briggs, Superintendent, Melissa Davitz, Preventive Initiative Coordinator, Barb Coffey, Board member, Dr, James Krieg, Board member, Matt Davitz, Board Vice President, and Charles Fricke, Board Secretary. The facility will receive students Tuesday August 26. Jim Beers Photo


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Parents tour the brand-new Chester Early Childhood Center during the official Open House Monday August 25. A good crowed attended the event and were absolutely amazed with the pre-school. The inaugural class of students to attend the school will start Tuesday August 26. A large number of students who attend the event had to literally be carried from the school once the tour was over because they loved it so much, they did not want to leave! The facility is a huge hit with children and parents alike! Jim Beers Photo
24 days ago, Chester High School
Photo 1 Early Childhood Rachael Principal
Photo 2 Early Childhood group cutting
Photo 3 Early Childhood tour
Jacket fans get to “Meet the Fall Athletes” (4 of 4)
Football YellowJackets scrimmage Carbondale Terriers in final warm-up for home opener next Friday August 29
6:57 p.m. National Anthem
In order to make the game situation as normal as possible the National Anthem, “The Star Spangled Banner” was played to start the game. In the absence of the Chester High School Marching YellowJackets, the Anthem was played over the Public Address System via a recording of the band.
7:00 p.m. Scrimmage begins
The scrimmage began at 7:00 p.m. Chester came to the game with a roster of 34 Varsity Players and 30 JV Players. The Carbondale Terriers had a roster of approximately 80 players according to one of their football staff.
The plan for the scrimmage was full contact with only individual plays being run. There was no clock. No scores were kept and no penalties enforced. The schedule for the plays being executed was as follows.
12 Varsity Offensive plays
12 Varsity Defensive plays
12 Varsity Offensive plays
12 Varsity Defensive plays
10 JV Offensive plays
10 JV Defensive plays
When asked his opinions regarding the scrimmage CHS Head Coach, Bill Belton said, “I thought the night was a great success. We got to play against a really good team. Coach Lee and his coaching staff do a great job. The Terriers are so well coached!”
“I thought our boys played extremely well! Trey McCartney had a great night. He had an interception and a touchdown. I feel as if the offensive line did a great job up front. Carbondale has some nice size and speed on defense, so it was nice to see our guys have some success against that defense!”
“The offensive line is led by our senior linemen, Brayden Juenger, Trever Keeton, Morgan Miers, and Jakob Stueve. Our senior skill guys had a great night also. Quarterback Tray Peters had a great night throwing the ball. He had a touchdown pass and he connected with five different receivers.”
“Derrius Shoemate had a great catch and a great run after the catch for an explosive play! Reed Creason did a great job blocking on our outside plays. Ethan Colvis ran the ball really hard. The offense looked really good overall. We have some things we need to work on but it’s early in the week so we will get to work on Monday!”
“Defensively I loved how we ran to the ball. Our defense played really well! The boys have worked really hard on that side of the ball. It was nice to see their hard work playing off. Carbondale has great speed. It is hard to keep those guys contained!”
“The defense did a great job all night. Our defensive line including Meir, Juenger, and Stueve led the way! Our defensive ends played really well. Karim Landeros and Trey McCartney did a great job on the sweeps. Ethan Colvis and TaShawn Palacio are the leaders of that group. They have done a great job!”
“Our linebackers did an amazing job. Conder, Ryker, Jany, and Creason all played really well. The defensive backs did a good job keeping the Terriers in front of us. Caleb Coffey and Derrius Shoemate have done a great job for us all summer! Finally, Alex Blechle and Zain Eggemeyer both played great on the back end!”
Belton said, “Overall I am very happy where we are right now! We have a ton of stuff to work on, but we have the players who will work. I am excited to get back to work on Monday.”
“Defense Coach Danny Roth has done an amazing job with the defense. The defense gets better every practice. Our JV and Freshmen played extremely well. Matt Colvis has done a great job with the younger guys. We all played well overall!”
Some of the key plays of the scrimmage included Peters completing a pass to Palacio very early in the game; Colvis breaking away for a great run around the left side; Peters completing a long pass to Blechle for yardage; Peters completing a pass to Trey McCartney and McCartney running an excellent sprint for the first touchdown of the evening; and finally, Karim Landeros kicking his first extra point of the season after McCartney’s touchdown.
The YellowJackets open the season this Friday August 29 when East Alton-Wood River comes to town to challenge the Jackets. Kickoff is 7:00 p.m. at CHS W.O. Smith Field.
24 days ago, Chester High School
Photo 14 Fall Fans meet and greet
Photo 15 Fall Dance and Cheer Perform
Photo 16 Fall Ethan Colvis runs
Photo 17 Fall Peters thows to McCartney
Photo 18 Fall McCartney scores first TD of 2025
Photo 19 Fall Landeros extra point
Photo 20 Fall Colvis runs
Photo 13 Fall Dwight and Aidan

Jacket fans get to “Meet the Fall Athletes”   (3 of 4) 

Football YellowJackets scrimmage Carbondale Terriers in final warm-up for home opener next Friday August 29

YellowJacket Golf

The Chester High School Golf Program has a total of 19 golfers, 9 girls and 10 boys. The girls feature an unusual four seniors, two juniors, one sophomore, and two freshmen. The boys have six juniors, two sophomores and two freshmen. There are no seniors on this year’s team. 

2025 Lady Jacket Girls’ Team: The Lady Jackets feature seniors Macy Bert, Addison Gottschammer, Riley Lochhead, and Rylie Myers. Juniors include Monica Anaya and Macy VanZandt. The lone sophomore is Mallorie Homan. The two freshmen are Ashlynn Young and Natalie Venus. 

Girls’ Golf Staff:

Head Coach: Robin Barton

Assistant Coach: Tony Lochhead

2025 YellowJacket Boys’ Golf Team: The Boys’ Team features juniors Trevin Eggemeyer, Logan Brace, Tallen James, Kross Jany, Logan McDonald, and Aidan McKinney. The two sophomores are Alden Davitz and Logan Springston. The two freshmen are Preston Liefer and Jack Luthy.

Boys’ Golf Staff:

Head Coach: Clayton Andrews

CHS Dance Team

The 2025-26 Dance Team consists of 12 young ladies including four seniors, three juniors, three sophomores, and two freshmen. The team has been practicing all summer and is now ready to begin performances at CHS Football games.

Seniors include Annah Helvey-Ahring, Hayden Cartwright, Megan Zimmer, and Southern LaChance. Juniors include Aubrey Petrowske, Macy VanZandt, and Katie Werner. Sophomores include Jaden Bert, Grace Irose, and Justice Mattingly. Freshmen include Peyton Moll and Kennedy Nortin. 

Dance Team Staff:

Head Coach: Adrianne Kern

Assistant Coach: Bailey Misuraca

Assistant Coach: Emily Roth

2025 CHS Cheerleaders

There are 13 Cheerleaders on the 2025-26 CHS Cheerleading roster including one senior, four juniors, four sophomores, and four freshmen. This group was selected last spring at Cheer tryouts and are now ready to lead Jacket fans in supporting CHS sports teams to victory this school year!

The lone senior cheerleader is Callie Davis. She is joined by juniors Brooke Howie, Olivia Sellers, Vacey Shields, and Mackenzie Studt. Sophomores include Ashlynn Addison, Vanessa Greene, Addy Jany, and Kaylin Jany. Freshmen include Emma Bogard, Bailey Cross, Lauren Hayer, and Katelynn Vallett. 

Cheerleading Staff:

Head Coach: Paige Gendron

6:00 - 6:45 p.m. Teams warmed up

The YellowJackets took the field for 45-minutes and warmed up for the upcoming scrimmage with Carbondale. The Terriers arrived during that time and began warming up as players were available.

6:45 p.m.  CHS Cheerleaders and Dance Team Performance

At 6:45 p.m. the Chester High School Cheerleaders and the CHS Dance Team joined forces to perform a routine to the CHS Loyalty School Song. The combined units did a wonderful job and brought the audience to their feet.

6:55 p.m. Introduction of the officials

At 6:55 p.m. the game officials were introduced. The following five registered officials were on hand to call the game and give the players a taste of what they will face beginning next week at the start of the 2025 IHSA Football season. Officials included:

Brian Belcher

John Powell

Bernie Page

Derek Flatt

Wayne Taylor

24 days ago, Chester High School
Photo 9 Fall Girls Golf
Photo 10 Fall Boys Golf
Photo 11 Fall Dance Team
Fall Photo 12 CHEERLEADERS

Jacket fans get to “Meet the Fall Athletes”   (2 of 4) 

Football YellowJackets scrimmage Carbondale Terriers in final warm-up for home opener next Friday August 29

BY JIM BEERS

Volleyball

The 2025 Lady Jacket Volleyball Team features 21 young ladies including six freshmen, eight sophomores, four juniors, and three seniors. The 21 players are mixed to form three separate teams including a Freshman/Sophomore Team, a Junior Varsity Team and a Varsity Team.

2025 Freshman/Sophomore Team (11 players): This squad includes: Freshmen (six) Kinly Davitz, Kaylee Luckhaupt, Peyton Moll, Brystol Stellhorn, Hadlie Cushman, and Morgan Nanney; and Sophomores (five) including: Ashley Garcia, Jaden Bert, Maddie Hurst-Roy, Vanessa Greene, and Maci Ahring. 

2025 Junior Varsity Team (14 players): This squad includes: Freshmen (six) Kinly Davitz, Kaylee Luckhaupt, Peyton Moll, Brystol Stellhorn, Hadlie Cushman, and Morgan Nanney; and eight sophomores ) including Marlie Caby, Ashley Garcia, Hannah Crow, Jaden Bert, Maddie Hurst-Roy, Vanessa Greene, Maci Ahring, and Taylor Korando. 

2025 Varsity Team (10 players): The CHS Varsity Volleyball Team features 10 players. There is one freshman: Peyton Moll; There are two sophomores: Marlie Caby and Hannah Crow; Juniors include Aleah Eggemeyer, Aubrey Colvis, Joella Eggemeyer, and Avery Hasemeyer; and there are three seniors, including Camryn Wolff, Erin Liefer, and Maggie Caby. 

Volleyball Staff:

Head Coach: Colleen Runge

Assistant Coach: Reese Chandler

Assistant Coach: Shannon Wolff

Cross Country

The 2025 Cross Country Team features seven runners, four boys and three girls. The boys include one sophomore, one junior, and two seniors. The girl’s team features one freshman and two sophomores. 

2025 Boys’ Cross Country: The Boys’ squad includes Jaden Ramirez (sophomore), Victor Fuentes (junior), Ivan Hobbs (senior) and Gabe Coffman (senior).

2025 Girls’ Cross Country: The Girls’ Squad includes Katelyn Vallett (freshman), Jaimy Duran (sophomore) and Caitlyn Hargis (sophomore). 

Cross Country Staff:

Head Coach: Chris Kern

24 days ago, Chester High School
Photo 5 Fall Varsity Volleyball
Photo 6 Fall JV Volleyball
Photo 7 Fall FRESHMAN VOLLEYBALL
Photo 8 Fall Cross Country

Jacket fans get to “Meet the Fall Athletes”   (1 of 4) 

Football YellowJackets scrimmage Carbondale Terriers in final warm-up for home opener next Friday August 29

BY JIM BEERS

Friday August 22 Chester High School held its annual “Meet the Fall Athletes” event at CHS W.O. Smith Field. Admission to the gala was only one bottle of Gatorade or a can of food. The Gatorade will be used by the athletes throughout the fall seasons and the food will be donated to the local Chester Area Christian Food Pantry.

Meet the Fall Athletes

At 5:00 p.m. Jacket fans were allowed to come down to W.O. Smith Football Field to “meet and greet” the fall athletes “up close and personal”. Players and members of all six fall programs were on the field. Fans took a wide variety of photos, visited, and got to know those athletes who would compete in fall sports. 

This portion of the evening lasted for precisely 45-minutes. At 5:45 p.m. fans were asked to take their seats in the bleachers and all fall athletes were introduced by stadium announcer Luke Lochhead. 

Introduction of Fall Athletes

Next on the program was the official introduction of all fall athletes. All six groups of fall athletes came to the field and were introduced as their names were called. Introductions were in the following order including Football, Volleyball, Cross Country, Golf, Dance Team, and Cheerleading. 

Football YellowJackets

The 2025 YellowJacket Football Team was featured first, in order to allow them to prepare for the upcoming scrimmage with Carbondale. CHS has only 16 freshmen out for football this season, therefore the freshmen will not have a schedule of their own at this time. The JV Jackets will consist of both freshmen and sophomore players. There are 14 sophomore players on the JV squad for a total of 30 JV players.

2025 JV Football Team: Freshmen include Cannon Wolf, Reed Petrowske, Duncan Bargman, Ty Tindall, Cole McDonald, Danny Santay, Austin Davitz, Owen Sharer, Isaiah Lyons, Triston Pruess, Keegan Stauffer, Pedro Hernandez, Austin Partin, Adam Essman, Kingston Turner, & Ryland Welge. Sophomores include Gage Lynn, Reagan Sims, Brandon Korando, Rhett Creason, Anthony Keeton, Donnie Sabo, Jaden Ramirez, Adden Hecht, Eagan McClelland, Bentley Valleroy, Hayden Haslett, Paxton Beam, Avery Wittenborn, & Brock Fuller. 

2025 Varsity Team: 

The Varsity Team consists of 34 players including 14 sophomores, 10 juniors, and 10 seniors. Seniors include Derrius Shoemate, Isaac Sims, Tray Peters, Reed Creason, Ethan Colvis, Brayden Juenger, Trevor Keeton, Morgan Miers, Jakob Stueve, and Caleb Coffey. Juniors include Alex Blechle, Zane Eggemeyer, TaShawn Palacio, Kanon Jany, Landen Conder, Ryker Hoffman, Karim Landeros, Jackie Bess, Michael Montroy, and Trey McCartney. Sophomores include Gage Lynn, Reagan Sims, Brandon Korando, Rhett Creason, Anthony Keeton, Donnie Sabo, Jaden Ramirez, Adden Hecht, Eagan McClelland, Bentley Valleroy, Hayden Haslett, Paxton Beam, Avery Wittenborn, and Brock Fuller. 

Football Staff:

Head Coach/Program Coordinator: Billy Belton. 

Offensive Coordinator: Bill Belton

JV/Freshman Head Coach: Matt Colvis 

 Defensive Coordinator: Danny Roth. 

Special Teams Coordinator: Charles Colvis

JV Offensive Coordinator: Daigen Hunter

JV Defensive Coordinator: Logan Doll 

Wide Receiver and Defensive Backs Coach: Caleb Strauss

Running Backs Coach: Steven Roth

Offensive Line and Defensive Line Coach: Tim Mueller

JV Offensive Line and Defensive Line Coach: Freddie Welge

JV Quarterback Coach: Wyatt Rueling

24 days ago, Chester High School
PHOTO 1 Fall FB Coaches
Photo 2 Fall Varsitry Football
Photo 3 Fall JV Football
Photo 4 Fall Senior FB Players