EDWARDSVILLE - Mia Semith led the way for Edwardsville with 16 points, with the Tigers taking control in the second half, especially in the third quarter, playing solid defense in going on to a 58-36 win over Collinsville in a Southwestern Conference girls basketball game Thursday night at Lucco-Jackson...
BOYS BASKETBALL COLLINSVILLE 63, JACKSONVILLE 33 Collinsville turned in a great performance in its first game since winning their Prairie Farms Holiday Classic tournament, taking immediate charge in going on to the win over visiting Jacksonville at Vergil Fletcher Gym. The Kahoks led all th...
GIRLS WRESTLING WONDER WOMEN TOURNAMENT IN COLUMBIA, MO. TIGERS PLACE THREE WRESTLERS IN TOP EIGHT OF CLASSES, FINISH 17TH AT WONDER WOMEN TOURNAMENT Edwardsville had three wrestlers place in the top eight of their respective weight classes in finishing 17th, while Highland's lone wrestler...
EDWARDSVILLE - Sophie Shapiro has been a starting guard for the girls' basketball team at Edwardsville High, and so far this season, she's made a positive contribution to a young team that's been gaining its footing day by day and is ready to break out in the second half of the season. Shapiro...
EDWARDSVILLE - Sophomore Mia Semith led Edwardsville with 18 points, while junior Layne Logan added 11 points as the Tigers scored the game's first 11 points and hit five threes in the opening quarter to take a 63-41 win over East St. Louis in a Southwestern Conference girls basketball game...
EAST ST. LOUIS - A.J. Tillman led Edwardsville with 16 points, but the Tigers missed a game-tying three before the buzzer as East St. Louis held on to take a 56-51 win in a Southwestern Conference boys basketball game Tuesday night at the newly-renovated East St. Louis High gym. The Tigers have...
BUNKER HILL - Jim Hlafka, the famed boys basketball coach for Bunker Hill High School, died on New Year's Eve morning at Alton Memorial Hospital, aged 90. Mr. Hlafka, who was head coach from 1950-2002, was 754-347 in his career with the Minutemen, and also was a popular teacher at the school. He graduate...
BOYS BASKETBALL Redbirds Split Centralia Holiday Tournament - Fall To Chatham Glenwood In Fifth-Place Game 80 th CENTRALIA HOLIDAY TOURNAMENT At the Centralia Holiday Tournament at Arthur L. Trout Gym, Alton won in the fifth place semifinals over Champaign Central 51-47, but later in...
ALTON - Jarius Powers, a junior forward on the Alton High School girls basketball team, has played a key role in the renaissance of the Redbirds' program, and she has been a standout again in the 2023-2024 season. Jarius is an Auto Butler Female Athlete of the Month for the Redbirds. Powers was outstandin...
CENTRALIA CHRIST OUR ROCK LUTHERAN WINTERFEST FATHER MCGIVNEY CATHOLIC 45, STAUNTON 33 A strong showing by McGivney allowed the Griffins to advance to the final and deal Staunton its first loss of the season. Mia Lieberman led McGivney with 12 points, while Sami Oller added 10 points. Th...
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