MONDAY, AUGUST 26, 2024 BOYS SOCCER ROUNDUP Despite the excessive heat, some boys soccer openers were played as scheduled on Monday, mainly in the Metro Cup tournament. Two exceptions were Columbia at Collinsville and Roxana against the Alton junior varsity, where the heat caused the matche...
ALTON - The football teams of Granite City and Alton High Schools engaged in a new Week Zero scrimmage on Friday night at Public School Stadium, in an event that went well for both sides as the IHSA football season officially begins next week. In a new IHSA rule that took effect this season,...
EDWARDSVILLE - The football teams of Triad and Edwardsville High Schools squared off in a modified controlled scrimmage in Week Zero of the new IHSA football season Friday night at Tiger Stadium, in an event that went well for both sides as the opening games of the new year approach next week....
SATURDAY, AUGUST 24 SPORTS ROUNDUP GIRLS TENNIS ANDY SIMPSON DOUBLES TOURNAMENT AT ALTON HIGHLAND WINS FOR SEVENTH TIME IN ANDY SIMPSON TOURNAMENT, TOURNAMENT FORCED INDOORS DUE TO HEAT: Highland once again won the Andy Simpson Doubles tennis tournament in a meet that was forced...
MONDAY, AUGUST 19 SPORTS ROUND-UP GOLF COLLINSVILLE 151, BELLEVILLE WEST 163: Collinville's boys golf team got its season off to a tremendous start with a 12-stroke team win over West on Aug. 15 at Arlington Golf Course. Drew Bailey was the medalist on the day with a two-under-par 34 for nin...
GRANITE CITY - Longtime coach Steve Roustio is the new head football coach at Granite City High School, and is looking to revive the Warriors after the team suffered through a nightmare 0-9 season. Roustio coached the final two games of the season after the head coach left the squad. Roustio wa...
EDWARDSVILLE - Kyle Perry was a part of a two-man breakaway that let through the majority of the race in going on to win the men's Category 1,2,3 main event, while Abby Krawzcyk of Memphis, Tenn., won the women's Pro/Open main event race at the 14th annual BuseyBank Edwardsville Rotary Criterium...
EDWARDSVILLE - "The Greatest Race In The World," presented by the Edwardsville Wrestling Club and the Edwardsville huddle of Fellowship of Christian Athletes, continues to be a key event in the community. Held to mark the beginning of the school year, the race featured various categories for children...
EDWARDSVILLE - Indiana native Kyle Perry of the Reign Storm Racing Team used a breakaway strategy with teammate Tim Smith to pull away early, and win the Category 1,2,3 main event race at the 14th BuseyBank Edwardsville Rotary Criterium bike festival races in the evening of Aug. 17, 2024, in downtown...
GRANITE CITY - Leon Owens is an offensive and defensive lineman for Granite City High's football team who's feeling confident about helping the Warriors turn their program around after going a winless 0-9 season in 2023. Owens is a Stillwater Senior Living Male Athlete of Month for Granite City....
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