CHATHAM - Running back Steven Moore, Jr. scored twice, including the game-winner in the fourth quarter, but big defensive plays were the key as Edwardsville's football team won its delayed season opener Saturday night 14-7 at Chatham Glenwood. The game was originally scheduled for Friday night,...
THURSDAY, AUGUST 29 SPORTS ROUNDUP FOOTBALL Metro-East Lutheran opened its highly-anticipated season with a 28-6 win over Decatur Christian-Mt. Pulaski in Decatur of Thursday. Details about the game weren't available. The Knights start out 1-0, while the Lions are 0-1. In another game...
WEEK ONE HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL ROUNDUP A number of week one games --- Belleville Althoff Catholic at Alton, Roxana at Jersey, Edwardsville at Chatham Glenwood, Hardin Calhoun at Jacksonville Routt Catholic, Carrollton at Beardstown, Gillespie at Piasa Southwestern, and Hillsboro at Virden North...
COLLINSVILLE - Belleville East held a 16-15 halftime lead, but scored twice in the second half to take a 30-15 season opening win over Collinsville Friday night at Kahok Stadium. It's the third year in a row that the Lancers defeated the Kahoks to start the season, and East was able to take advantage...
GRANITE CITY - The Triad Knights showed why they will be considered one of the top teams in the St. Louis area on Friday night, building a 21-0 first-quarter lead and going on to a 49-13 win over Granite City in the season football opener for both teams at Memorial Stadium/Kevin Greene Field...
BETHALTO - Civic Memorial scored on either side of the halftime break, and it proved to be a big difference as the Eagles went on to take a season-opening 43-2 win over Marquette Catholic Friday night at Hauser Field. It was the debut for longtime area coach Nick Smith as CM head football coach,...
BETHALTO - Henry Vivian scored a hat trick, while three other players found the back of the net, as Edwardsville won its first boys soccer match of the new season in a 6-0 win over Civic Memorial in a Metro Cup match played Thursday at Hauser Field in Bethalto.The game was originally set for Southwester...
ROXANA - Greenfield Northwestern won all three of their matches to win Group B and move on to the first place semifinals, while the host Roxana team did the same in Group C, setting up the brackets for the final day at the 15th annual Roxana girls volleyball Invitational tournament Tuesday evening...
TUESDAY, AUGUST 27 BOYS SOCCER ROUNDUP The extreme heat that has settled in the metro St Louis area again played havoc with the boys soccer schedule, as four matches - Metro-East Lutheran at Trenton Wesclin, Carterville vs. Piasa Southwestern at Southwestern Illinois College in Belleville, Springfield...
EDWARDSVILLE - Metro-East Lutheran High School appears ready for a major breakout 8-man football season in 2024. The roster only has one senior – running back/defensive back Zach Daly - and the players and coaches on the team feel confident about the Knights contending for an Illinois...
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