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The boys' teams are called Lions, while the girls' teams are known as the Lady Lions. Although Carterville prides itself on its athletic teams, traditionally Carterville is a football town. Carterville has won 116 total Black Diamond Conference championships, including 19 in football, which is the most won by any school in the conference.
The Black Diamond Conference was created first as a football-only conference in 1949. The original schools were members of the Coal Belt Conference for other sports. The original conference schools were Carterville, Christopher, Elkville, Sesser, and Zeigler. In 1956, the Black Diamond added Boys' Basketball and the conference became full-time.
Seven of the charter members of the River-to-River Conference were members of the old Southwest Egyptian Conference. Around 1991, the Southwest Egyptian was approached by Benton, Herrin, Harrisburg, and West Frankfort for membership; these four schools were concerned over their small size relative to the other members of the South Seven Conference (where all four were then located) and sought ...
Carterville's athletic teams are nicknamed the Hurricanes and the school's colors are purple and gold. Cartersville teams compete in the following sports: [3] Baseball; Basketball; Cross country; Football; Golf; Gymnastics; Marching band; Soccer; Softball; Swimming; Tennis; Track and field; Volleyball; Wrestling
The Lions' home opener will be on September 21 as North Alabama welcomes Illinois State Redbirds to Braly Stadium. This will start a home and home series between the schools and it will also be the first ever meeting of the 2 teams. [11] North Alabama and the UAC announced the 2024 football schedule on November 14, 2023. [12]
The Hornets and Hornettes, the school's athletic teams, compete in the Southern Illinois River-to-River Conference and have won 7 Illinois High School Association championships, 3 of them in softball. They have also had 7 runner-up appearances, 9 3rd-place finishes, and 7 4th-place finishes.
Intercollegiate team sports offerings include baseball (men's), basketball (men's and women's), golf (men's and women's), softball (women's), and volleyball (women's). College teams compete in the Great Rivers Athletic Conference and Region 24 of the National Junior College Athletic Association. The college mascot is the "Volunteers."