Local Sports Recap – October 23, 2023

Back on Friday the Carmi-White County Bulldog football team fell to Johnston City by a final score of 36-6.

The Bulldogs marched down the field on their opening drive and took a 6-0 lead when quarterback Landon Driscoll found Noah Pollard for a 9-yard touchdown. That would be the only time the Bulldogs found the endzone. Johnston City was able to score 3 times in the 1st half, and that would be more than enough to get their 8th win of the year. 

The Bulldogs finish the regular season 7-2. Carmi was granted the 6 seed in the southern IHSA 2A playoff bracket, the Bulldogs will host Breese Mater Dei at Harrington-Jeffries Sports Complex on Saturday at 1 PM. It will be a rematch of the 2021 playoffs when Mater Dei defeated Carmi-White County 54-16. 

Other area IHSA Playoff matchups scheduled for this weekend include;
In 1A, Sesser-Valier will host Carrollton
In 2A, Johnston City hosting Auburn
Lawrenceville will host Vandalia
Nashville will host Pana
In 3A, DuQuoin hosts Monticello
Mt. Carmel will host Benton
Fairfield will travel to Greenville
In 4A, Murphysboro will host Taylorville
Harrisburg travels to Carterville

The Carmi-White County Lady Bulldog Volleyball team took part in the Fairfield Classic on Saturday and Carmi went 4-1 on the day, finishing in 3rd place. Caroline Simmons and Mara Serafini were named to the All-Tournament team.

The Lady Bulldogs end the regular season with a 28-7 record, which breaks the school record for the most wins in a single season. They will begin regionals tomorrow evening when they play the winner of tonight’s matchup between Lawrenceville and Toledo Cumberland in Lawrenceville.