Colin Feeney, Contributing Sports Writer

ALTON - Joe Stephan collected three hits in the first game, while both Drake Champlin and Kadin Carlisle had two hits and a RBI as the Alton Post 126 under-16 red junior team won a doubleheader over the under-15 navy team 12-5 and 8-1 Tuesday night at Lloyd Hopkins Field in Gordon Moore Park. It's...

ALTON - Erik Broekemeier of Metro-East Lutheran stroked a two-run single in the bottom of the fifth, and it proved to be the difference as good relief pitching from the Alton River Dragons shut down the Clinton, Ia., LumberKings in Alton's 4-3 win in a Prospect League game played Sunday evening a...

ALTON - Junior striker Savanhna Kammanyvong had another successful year with the Granite City High girls soccer team, scoring 10 goals and adding 19 assists for the Warriors for 39 points, and formed a powerful one-two scoring punch with Maddie Vasiloff that helped the Warriors go on to an 11-6-4 season...

BLOOMINGTON - Lucas Krebs hit a three-run homer as a part of a four-run fifth to break open the game, while Tony Eberlin threw six-plus solid innings, striking out seven, as the Edwardsville baseball team won the IHSA Class 4A Illinois Wesleyan University sectional final over Bradley-Bourbonnais 5-2...

GLEN CARBON - Chase Milburn turned in another solid pitching performance, striking out 10 in six innings, while Lucas Krebs delivered what proved to be the game-winning RBI in the bottom of the second inning to help Edwardsville to a close 3-2 win over Alton in the semifinals of the IHSA Class 4A...

BELLEVILLE - Ashlynn Samson had three hits and drove in three runs, while Olivia Hemmerle struck out 12, as Edwardsville High's softball team couldn't overcome a slow start and lost to Belleville East 7-1 in the IHSA Class 4A Pekin sectional semifinal game played at Belleville West on Tuesday. T...

BLOOMINGTON - Mea Hook had a brace (two goals), while Kyle Peel and Ellie Neath also scored also scored as Edwardsville's girls soccer team advanced to the finals for the first time since 2004 with a 4-1 win over Tinley Park Andrew in the super-sectional/state quarterfinal match on Tuesday evening...

EDWARDSVILLE - Tony Eberlin, a sophomore who's emerging as a major pitching prospect for the Edwardsville High baseball team, threw a masterpiece of a game in the IHSA Class 4A regional final on May 25, 2024, at Tom Pile Field, allowing only a sixth-inning single by Jack Twenhafel down the left...

CHARLESTON - East St Louis combined many top two and three finishes into valuable points, while Triad's Louis Yohannes won the 110 meters hurdles crown with a personal best time as the Flyers won the IHSA Class 2A boys track meet for the second year in a row on Saturday at O'Brien Stadium at Eastern...

EDWARDSVILLE - Sophomore pitcher Tony Eberlin pitched a magnificent game in the IHSA Class 4A baseball regional final on Saturday morning, allowing only a sixth-inning single by Jack Twenhafel, and struck out 12 as the Tigers won over O'Fallon 4-0 at Tom Pile Field. Edwardsville gave Eberlin all...