Carbondale Reporter

Murphysboro High School keeps the community updated on sports happenings with a trio of announcements regarding the status and achievements of its athletic teams. On May 2, 2025, the school shared exciting news and necessary schedule changes on their official tweeter account.

The Red Devils Girls Soccer Team of Murphysboro High School earned the "#2 Seed in the IHSA Sub-Sectional B," according to a post made on May 2, 2025. Consequently, the "#3 Waterloo Gibault will travel to Murphysboro for the IHSA Regional Tournament," with more details to follow.

On the same day, the school announced a schedule update on their tweeter account, stating "SCHEDULE ALERT! Baseball and softball are postponed today. Both will be made up next week on Tuesday, 5/6 at 4:30". This postponement affects both the baseball and softball teams, and the rescaled games are scheduled to take place the following Tuesday.

In another brief message, Murphysboro High School congratulated Austin Hunter with a post on May 3, 2025. No further details were provided about the reason for the congratulation in the post.

The Murphysboro Community Unit School District 186, which includes Murphysboro High School, represents education facilities in Jackson County. This district is diverse, serving 1,947 students as of the 2019-2020 school year, and spent an average of $19,142 per student in the 2020 fiscal year. It faces challenges such as a 6.7 percent chronic truancy rate, which is below the state average of 9.6 percent.