Submitted by CJI Coach Jordan Miller for HLSN The Lady Hawks had a long and busy week of volleyball, playing four days in a row and finishing with some great team performances! MONDAY — vs. SHELBY The week started with CJI hosting Shelby. C Squad: Win JV: Loss in a close
By Chad Smith / HLSN Sports State-wide predictors weren't giving the Hawks much of a chance heading into Friday night. The Burlington, Wyoming Huskies came to CJI Field unbeaten at 4-0 and ranked number one in the state of Wyoming, and the pundits had them winning by
By Chad Smith / HLSN Sports Chester-Joplin-Inverness celebrated a packed homecoming weekend Friday night with a game that had a little bit of everything, and in the end the Hawks needed every bit of it. They managed to hold off Power Dutton/Brady 50-46 at the CJI Football
By Chad Smith / HLSN Sports The CJI Lady Hawks turned homecoming night into a celebration on Thursday, with senior Brynn Kammerzell recording her 1,000th career kill as the varsity swept Power/Dutton-Brady 25-12, 25-10, 25-13 in Chester. The win moves CJI to 4-0 on
By Chad Smith / HLSN Sports A week after surviving a nail-biter against Jordan, the Chester-Joplin-Inverness Hawks put together a completely different kind of statement Saturday, overwhelming North Star from the opening snap in a 72-6 win at Sam Berge Field in Rudyard. CJI's starters
By Chad Smith / HLSN Sports The Chester-Joplin-Inverness Lady Hawks opened the 2026 volleyball season the way they left off a year ago, taking care of business. CJI swept the Winifred Red Raiders in straight sets Saturday evening in the Chester gym, winning 25-14, 25-22, 25-15
By Chad Smith / HLSN Sports A week after a lopsided season-opening loss, the Chester-Joplin-Inverness Hawks looked like a different team on both sides of the ball, and they needed every bit of that improvement to survive a wild Saturday afternoon at home against Jordan. CJI built a
By Chad Smith / HLSN Sports The North Star Knights hosted White Sulphur Springs on Friday at Sam Berge Field in their season opener, and the visiting Hornets left Rudyard with a 53-13 win to move to 2-0 on the year. North Star falls to 0-1. The Knights&
By Chad Smith HLSN Sports Volleyball is a game of streaks, and the North Star Lady Knights and Centerville Lady Miners traded them all night in a five-set battle Thursday evening that Centerville ultimately won 3-2. Set one set the tone for the back-and-forth match. North
A rematch of last fall's 6-Man state championship game did not go the way the Chester-Joplin-Inverness Hawks hoped. The defending state champions traveled to Grass Range on Saturday, August 29, and were shut out 47-0 by Grass Range-Winnett, the same team CJI beat
The CJI Lady Hawks kicked off their 2026 volleyball season with a strong showing at the Shelby Preseason Tournament. The action began Thursday with the C squad and JV team taking the court. Both teams performed well throughout the day and gained valuable early-season experience. Friday and Saturday belonged
Long before the first tip-off of the winter season, the work that shapes a basketball team is already underway, often in quiet gyms, on summer weekends, in games that don't count in any standings. That was the scene in Chester and Joplin on June 26 and 27,