CHAMPAIGN-URBANA - Five Riverbender.com area wrestlers won their first round and quarterfinal matches, guaranteeing them no worse that a sixth-place finish, while other wrestlers split their first two bouts at day one of the IHSA boys wrestling state tournament, held Thursday at State Farm Center i...
BOYS BASKETBALL FATHER MCGIVNEY CATHOLIC 70, MT. OLIVE 42 Ryker Keller had a career high of 20 points to help McGivney take the win at Mt. Olive. To go along with Keller's 20 points, the Griffins had Noah Gardner hit for 15 points, Nolan Keller, Spencer Sundberg, and Issac Wendler all had...
GIRLS BASKETBALL IHSA PLAYOFFS --- REGIONAL SEMIFINALS CLASS 1A HARDIN CALHOUN-BRUSSELS 49, CONCORD TRIOPIA 24 In the first semifinal of the Concord Triopia regional, top-seeded Calhoun had little trouble in eliminating the host Trojans. Calhoun led all the way, with quarter scores...
COLLINSVILLE - While Edwardsville head coach Dustin Battas was trying to design a defensive play with his team leading by a point and 3.6 seconds left in regulation, senior guard Malik Allen came up with the perfect play. Allen said "Just get the ball." And that's exactly what the Tigers did, breaking...
GIRLS BASKETBALL IHSA PLAYOFFS --- REGIONAL SEMIFINALS CLASS 1A FATHER MCGIVNEY CATHOLIC 58, MT. OLIVE 27 In the semifinals of the Mt. Olive regional, McGivney took the early lead and was never headed in taking the win over the host Wildcats. The Griffins held quarter leads of 20-6,...
COLLINSVILLE - Mia Semith led the way for Edwardsville with 19 points, while Molly Peel added 11 points as the Tigers used two critical runs of 22-5 in the first quarter, then after the Kahoks had pulled to within eight, outscored Collinsville 22-6 to take a 59-35 win over the Kahoks in the second...
COLLINSVILLE - Alyssa Lewis led five players in double figures for top-seeded Alton with 15 points, as the Redbirds went on a 50-0 run in the first half, including all 24 points in the second quarter, in going on to an 83-15 win over Granite City in the first semifinal of the IHSA Class 4A girls...
VANDALIA - Five wrestlers from Roxana - Logan Riggs, Brandon Green, Jr., Braden Johnson, Lyndon Thies, and James Herring - along with East Alton-Wood River's Drake Champlin, advanced to the IHSA Class 1A individual state wrestling tournament by placing in the top four of their respective weight classes...
CARTERVILLE - Collinsville's Caici Buckman was the individual champion, as three Kahok bowlers finished in the top ten, while Triad's Brylee Proffitt was the leading qualifier as an individual as the Kahoks won the team championship of the IHSA girls bowling Carterville sectional tournament Saturday...
GIRLS BASKETBALL IHSA PLAYOFFS - PLAY-IN GAMES CLASS 1A In play-in games for the New Athens regional, Waterloo Gibault Catholic won over Steeleville 56-49 in double overtime, and Valmeyer defeated the host Yellowjackets 66-44. The Hawks are now 11-18, and advance to the semifinals against...
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