EDWARDSVILLE - The Edwardsville High girls volleyball team was able to utilize momentum gained from playing in the St. Charles East Scholastic Cup tournament this past weekend, and played exceptionally well in defeating Alton 25-14, 25-4 in a Southwestern Conference match played Tuesday evening at...
GLEN CARBON - Lucas Abbott of Metro-East Lutheran was the area's best finisher in fourth place, but Father McGivney Catholic claimed four of the top ten positions, and it was enough to give the Griffins the team championship in the boys Gateway Metro Conference cross-country meet, ran Tuesday at...
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11 SPORTS ROUNDUP HARDIN CALHOUN 25-25, JACKSONVILLE ROUTT CATHOLIC 15-10: Calhoun remained undefeated by taking its Western Illinois Valley Conference match at Routt's gym. The Warriors now stand 26-0 and concluded the WIVC season with a perfect 9-0 record. Calhoun is the premie...
GLEN CARBON - Father McGivney Catholic's Elena Rybak and Kaitlyn Hatley took the top two positions in the race, while Jane Cummings placed sixth and Marquette Catholic's Katie Johnson was 10th as the Griffins won the girls team title at the girls Gateway Metro Conference cross country meet, ran on...
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 10 SPORTS ROUNDUP BOYS SOCCER IHSA PLAYOFFS REGULAR SEASON ALTON 2, GRANITE CITY 2 (AFTER EXTRA TIME, ALTON WINS PENALTY SHOOTOUT 5-3): Dillon Cowan and Logan Rynders both scored in regulation time, then both scored again in the shootout, while Miles Martin, Jac...
MONDAY, OCTOBER 9 SPORTS ROUNDUP BOYS SOCCER EDWARDSVILLE 1, NORMAL COMMUNITY WEST 0; Jonas Mahler scored from the penalty spot in the 75th minute for the only goal of the match as Edwardsville defeated Normal Community West in a holiday matinee game at Tiger Stadium. The penalty kick was...
ALTON - Father McGivney Catholic and Marquette Catholic are set to host regional tournaments, with Murphysboro and Columbia the top seeds in the Murphysboro sectional complex as the IHSA Class 1A boys soccer playoffs are set to begin on Tuesday. The state finals are set for Nov. 2-4 at Hoffman...
BELLEVILLE - Running back and linebacker Clayton Lakatos scored the game-winning touchdown on Friday night, taking in a screen pass from quarterback Jake Curry and racing 50 yards dead ahead to the Belleville East end zone with 2:51 left in regulation to give Edwardsville a dramatic and thrilling...
BELLEVILLE - Saturday was a big day for the Edwardsville girls tennis team. The Tigers varsity girls tennis team won three of the six flights in the singles and finished second in two other flights and third in another, going on to win the team's fifth straight Southwestern Conference tournament...
BLOOMINGTON-NORMAL - Litchfield finished in third place in Class 1A, Springfield Sacred Heart-Griffin Catholic took the championship in Class 2A and Edwardsville finished in eighth place in Class 3A on the second and final day of the IHSA boys state golf tournaments on Saturday in the Bloomington-Normal...
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