ALTON - Civic Memorial cross country and track coach Jake Peal led a group of Eagles runners that finished in the top five of the 65th annual Great River Road Run, presented by the Alton Road Runners Club, held on Saturday morning along the Alton Riverfront. Peal won the race with a time of 58:43.6,...
ALTON - Hank McClaine was the winner of the 5K Alton Great River Road Run, presented by the Alton Road Runners Club, Saturday morning on the Alton Riverfront, while Alton High School runner Noah Gallivan finished third in the 65th annual event. The conditions for the race were very cold and ...
ALTON - Savannah Brannan of Springfield was the winner of the women's race of the 65th running of the Alton Road Runners Club Great River Road Run, held on a cold Saturday morning along the Alton riverfront. Brannan, an Edwardsville High School graduate, came in at 1:04:14.4 to win the race, with...
BLOOMINGTON-NORMAL - Running back Larevious "Fresh" Woods ran for 113 yards and three touchdowns, while quarterback Kendrick Lyons was 16-of-17 passing for 288 yards and two touchdowns, and Christopher Bennett, Jr. ran a kickoff back 84 yards for a key touchdown as East St. Louis won the IHSA...
ST. LOUIS - Tributes continue to pour in for Colin Brown, a 16-year-old hockey player who died this week following a shooting in South St Louis City last Saturday. Brown, a former player with O'Fallon, then transferred to CBC High School, was hit by a stray bullet from a gun that was shot on I-55...
BLOOMINGTON-NORMAL - The IHSA Gatorade state Player of the Year, Dierre, Hill, Jr., ended his high school career in glory, rushing for 436 yards on 31 carries and a state championship game record seven touchdowns as Belleville Althoff Catholic won the IHSA Class 1A championship with a convincing...
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27 PLAY IT AGAIN SPORTS ROUNDUP HAPPY THANKSGIVING! BOYS BASKETBALL BOLINGBROOK 60, O'FALLON 49: On Tuesday, in the first round of the Decatur Turkey Tournament at Decatur Middle School, Bolingbrook held off O'Fallon in a relatively close game. Jordan Dancy...
Both Belleville Althoff Catholic and East St. Louis will be playing for IHSA state football championships this weekend, as the organization celebrates the 50th anniversary of the finals at its original home, Hancock Stadium, on the campus of Illinois State University, in Bloomington-Normal. The...
EDWARDSVILLE - Senior forward Alandyn Simmons joined the Edwardsville girls basketball team as a transfer from Lift For Life Academy in the Soulard neighborhood of St. Louis, and has made an immediate impact on the Tigers, scoring 23 points in the Tigers' first three games, all wins, 48-43 over...
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26 PLAY IT AGAIN SPORTS ROUNDUP BOYS BASKETBALL BELLEVILLE ALTHOFF CATHOLIC 69, SPRINGFIELD 67: In Group B of the Lincoln Thanksgiving Tournament, Althoff nipped Springfield to win their second game of the season. Luke Smith led the Crusaders with 18 points, while...
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