COLUMBIA - Emily Johnson paced Father McGivney Catholic with 15-point outburst, but the Griffins fell 43-40 in a tough matchup against Columbia. Jordan Holten hit a career-high 29 points, and it was the biggest difference in the game in the second semifinal of the Columbia Tip-Off Classic Tournament...
EDWARDSVILLE - Edwardsville High School had two players on the Illinois High School Football Coaches Association All-State team in an announcement made by the organization on Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2023. Edwardsville senior Jake Curry was named as the quarterback on the Class 8A team, while junior lineman...
DUPO - Junior Jordan Ealey led with 14 points, while fellow junior Milla LeGette had eight steals and Mia Plumb and Lily Tretter combined for 25 rebounds as East Alton-Wood River's girls basketball team opened its season with a 44-15 win over the host Tigers in the Dupo Cat Classic Monday evening...
CLASS 1A In the IHSA Class 1A football playoff quarterfinals, Lena-Winslow defeated Kewanee Wethersfield 30-0, Chicago Hope Academy won over Oneida ROWVA 57-7, undefeated Camp Point Central stopped Belleville Althoff Catholic 49-22 and also undefeated Greenfield Northwestern won over Casey Westfield...
CLASS 1A In Friday's semifinals at CEFCU Arena at Illinois State University in Bloomington-Normal, Hartsburg-Emden defeated Cissna Park 25-17, 25-13 and Galena won over Effingham St. Anthony Catholic 25-18, 25-18. In the third-place match on Saturday morning, St. Anthony defeated Cissna Park...
ELMHURST - Workhorse running back Jake Melion scored three touchdowns, while quarterback Sean Winton hit Luke Mailander twice more for touchdowns as Elmhurst York scored 29 unanswered points after trailing 21-7, then held off a late Edwardsville rally to win their IHSA Class 8A quarterfinal playoff...
KANKAKEE - Receiver Jesse Watson caught a pair of touchdown passes from quarterback Robert "Pops" Battle. also recovering a fumble in the end zone for another score, while Battle and Larevious "Fresh" Woods ran for over 100 yards each as East St. Louis defeated Kankakee in a quarterfinal game of...
WESTMONT - Reilly Curry and Grace Oertle qualified for the B section finals, as did the 200-yard medley and freestyle relay teams in the preliminaries at the IHSA state girls swimming meet on Friday at the FMC Natatorium in Westmont. The top 16 finishers in each event qualified for the finals,...
EDWARDSVILLE - Dean Schlarman and Zach Cohn scored 43 seconds apart late in the third period as Edwardsville's club hockey team won its season opener 3-1 over Belleville Thursday night at the RP Lumber Center. The game marked the return of the Tigers to the Mississippi Valley Club Hockey Association,...
Collinsville baseball pitcher Ethan Bagwell signed a letter of intent to play with the University of Missouri. leading a number of local high school athletes who signed with various schools on he first day of the early signing period on Wednesday. Lily Freer, one of the area's premier girls soccer...
Did you know Riverbender.com is free for you thanks to our awesome advertisers? We noticed you're using an ad block software. Please give our sponsors some exposure by disabling your ad blocking service for Riverbender.com.
