EDWARDSVILLE - Offensive lineman Hayden Volz, tight end Jack Weaver, and wide receiver-defensive back Clayton Lakatos are three of the seniors who hope to take the Edwardsville High football team to new heights as the 2024 season starts on Aug. 30 at Chatham Glenwood. The three players opened up wit...
EDWARDSVILLE - Kweisi Kenyatte, a former tennis player at the University of Illinois, returned as a guest speaker at the annual Diversity Day program and luncheon, an important part of the Edwardsville Futures tennis tournament, presented by The EGHM Foundation, on July 31, and it's a program very...
EDWARDSVILLE - Nolan Csaszar had a very good meet for the Sunset Hills Country Club swimming team at the 62md edition of the Southwestern Illinois Swimming Association championship meet July 21 at the Chuck Fruit Aquatic Center in Edwardsville's District 7 Sports Complex. Csaszar finished sixth...
EDWARDSVILLE - Teagan Moszier, who swims for the Montclaire Swim Club of Edwardsville, had a very good showing in the 62nd Southwestern Illinois Swimming Association meet on July 21 at the Chuck Fruit Aquatic Center, on the campus of Edwardsville High School. Moszier was a part of the girls 11-12...
EDWARDSVILLE - Boden Rives was a major contributor to the Montclaire Swim Club's boys and overall championship at the 62nd Southwestern Illinois Swimming Association meet July 21 at the Chuck Fruit Aquatic Center in Edwardsville. Rives won the boys 13-14 100-yard freestyle with a time of 57.06 seconds...
EDWARDSVILLE - Kyle Kang, a sophomore at Stanford University in Palo Alto, Calif., finished second in the $25,000 Edwardsville Futures tennis tournament, presented by The EGHM Foundation, Aug. 4 at the Edwardsville Tennis Center, losing to Gavin Young 6-4, 6-3, but still had a great week playing...
EDWARDSVILLE - Stacey Morgan, a tennis player who's known around his teammates as "Puddin' Pop," was one of the most enthusiastic players who participated in the annual Mitch-n-Friends clinic for special needs players, held as a part of the Edwardsville Futures tennis tournament, presented...
EDWARDSVILLE — One of the biggest features of the Edwardsville Futures tennis tournament is its commitment to community involvement. One of the ways it does that is with the annual Mitch and Friends night, where those with special needs play with volunteers and the pro players in the...
GRANITE CITY - The football team at Granite City High School had a tough time in the 2023 season going 0-9. Now, there is optimism abounding in the Warriors' camp as preseason practice began Aug. 12. New head coach Steve Roustio, who coached the final two games of the previous season, saw man...
GRANITE CITY - Isaiah Ford in a senior returning defensive back for the Granite City football team, and is anxious and determined to help the Warriors come back from the 2023 season, where the Warriors had a difficult time in a 0-9 campaign. The Warriors open up the 2024 season on Aug. 30, 2024,...
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