Football

The Vienna-Goreville Eagles defended home turf Saturday defeating Sesser-Valier-Waltonville-Woodlawn 14-6 in its first playoff appearance.  According to the Illinois High School Association’s website, “fourth-seeded Vienna-Goreville (7-3) will travel to top-seeded Greenville, which eliminated No. 8 Anna-Jonesboro,” next in the second round of the Class 3A football playoffs.  Check out this week’s Vienna …

By Mike McGinnis   The Vienna-Goreville varsity football squad lost at Johnston City last Saturday, by the score of 17-14. The Indians kicked a 34 yard field goal with just under three seconds left in the game to break a 14-14 tie.  V-G finished its regular season with a 6-3 …

By Mike McGinnis The Vienna-Goreville varsity football team improved its record to 7-2 with a 22-12 victory at Eldorado last Friday. The Eagles scored all of their points in the second quarter. Near the end of the first quarter, following a Cody Edmonds punt, Eldorado took possession at its own …

By Mike McGinnis  A couple of weeks ago, after the Vienna-Goreville varsity football team had beaten Elverado-Trico to boost its record to 4-1, head coach Mike Rude commented about how great it would be to get a fifth win and be eligible for the play-offs, saying “it would get the …

Vienna-Goreville’s victory over Sesser-Valier-Waltonville-Woodlawn Saturday gave head coach Mike Rude his 200th career win. Rude joins Du Quoin’s former head coach Al Martin as the only two coaches in Southern Illinois to have reached that milestone. The victory also puts coach Rude among the top 50 winningest coaches in the …

[slider_pro id=”7″] By Mike McGinnis The Vienna-Goreville varsity football team defeated Sesser-Valier-Wilsonville-Woodlawn Saturday at Vienna, by the score of 27-6, giving head coach Mike Rude his 200th career win. It was the third straight win for the Eagles, and makes their season record 3-1. On the Eagles’ second possession of …

[slider_pro id=”4″] By Mike McGinnis The Vienna-Goreville High School football team kicked off its fourth season of varsity level competition last Saturday at Vienna, with a 34-20 loss to Chester. The Yellow Jackets took the opening kick-off and went on a 66 yard drive that ended with a short touchdown …

The Vienna-Goreville High School football team will open its 2012 season this Saturday at Vienna, with a game against Chester. Kick-off is set for 1 p.m. Last year’s team finished the season with a 3-6 record, but as head coach Mike Rude noted, that mark was not far from being …

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Preparations are now underway for the Vienna-Goreville fall football season in Johnson County. V-G’s first practice will be August 8. The squad will open its season Saturday, August 25, with a home game against Chester. Kick-off is set for 1:00 p.m. The Eagles’ head coach Mike Rude (above) demostrated several …