Colin Feeney, Contributing Sports Writer

ROXANA – Both Donavon Ducey and Mike Brueckner had three RBIs each, while Deacon Alm and Jerald Downs each drove home two more runs, as the Alton Post 126 under-15 navy junior American Legion baseball team scored in every inning in the young Legionnaires 17-7 win over Valmeyer in the elimination...

Broekemeier Gets Two Hits, But LumberKings Score Six In Third, Three In Seventh, Four In Eighth, Defeat River Dragons 14-9 CLINTON, Ia. – Despite two hits from Metro-East Lutheran’s Erik Broekemeier, the Alton River Dragons allowed six runs in the third, three more in the seventh,...

EDWARDSVILLE - Former Edwardsville baseball players, Jack Cooper, Drake Westcott, Hayden Moore, and Blake Burris are under consideration by Major League Baseball teams for selection in next week’s MLB Draft, which started Sunday, and continues through Tuesday. The first round is set to be...

ROXANA - Drake Champlin and Logan Hickman shared a perfect game on the mound, while Reid Murray had three RBIs as the Alton Post 126 under-16 red team won over the under-15 navy junior American Legion baseball team 13-0 in the finals of the Illinois District 22 junior baseball tournament Saturday...

SMITHTON – Jack Kaylor drove home a pair of runs, while Nolan Parker scattered three hits in pitching a shutout as the Alton Post 126 senior American Legion baseball team won its season finale over Smithton 12-0 in the regular season finale for the Legionnaires in District 22 Thursday night...

BETHALTO – Logan Bogard drove in Nolan Parker in the first inning with an RBI hit, and both made the run stand up as Alton Post 126 won over Aviston 1-0 in an American Legion District 22 game Tuesday night at the Bethalto Sports Complex. Post 126’s home games will be played at Bethalto...

BURLINGTON, IOWA - Metro-East Lutheran graduate Erik Broekemeier drove home three runs, with teammate Justin Santoyo having two RBIs, and five pitchers combined to stop the Burlington, Ia., Bees as the Alton River Dragons won over the Bees 7-4 in a Prospect League baseball game played Monday night...

ALTON – Both the Alton Post 126 under-15 navy and under-16 red American Legion baseball teams are ready to begin post-season play with the District 22 tournament, which takes place Friday and Saturday, with a possible Sunday game, July 12-14, 2024, in both Valmeyer and Roxana. The two Alton...

EDWARDSVILLE - Jackson Musch is one of the key 13-14 age group swimmers for the boys team at Sunset Hills Country Club in Edwardsvile, and he, along with many of his teammates, enjoyed success at the Southwest Illinois Swimming Association relays meet on June 24 at the Sunset Hills pool. Musch,...

EDWARDSVILLE - Caroline Walton is one of the best younger swimmers for the Sunset Hills Country Club so far in this young season, and competed well with her teammates in the Southwest Illinois Swimming Association relay meet, held June 24 at the Sunset Hills pool in Edwardsville. Walton, 11, was th...