ALTON - The Alton Post 126 American Legion baseball team scored single runs in the bottom of the fifth and sixth innings and also got strong pitching performances from both Hayden Garner and Hayden Sherman to take a 2-1 win over Highland Post 778 and win their District 22 playoff series two games...
EDWARDSVILLE – If you've been attending the Edwardsville Futures tennis tournament at the Edwardsville Tennis Center anytime in the past, chances are you've seen Emily Cimarolli at the main table in the back, keeping things running smoothly and getting players onto the courts quickly. Cimarolli...
EDWARDSVILLE - Every year in the Edwardsville Futures Tournament, the ball kids play a very important role in the event, helping both players and officials. The kids will be back and will have a new supervisor in Schafer Bates. Bates, a long-time player and ball kid who had a big freshman season...
ALTON - The Alton River Dragons lost three straight games on Friday and Saturday, losing a 3-2 contest at Lloyd Hopkins Field at Gordon Moore Park Friday to the Clinton, Ia., LumberKings, then losing twice in a doubleheader at the O'Fallon, Mo., Hoots, falling 10-9 and 4-2 at CarShield Field in O'Fallon...
HIGHLAND - The Alton under-17 American Legion baseball team took a 4-0 lead in the third inning, only to see Highland rally to tie the game, then go ahead in the fourth, but single runs in the fifth and sixth enabled the young Legionnaires to take a 6-5 win over host Highland to finish in second...
ALTON - A four-run top of the fifth inning was enough to give the Cape Catfish of Cape Girardeau, Mo. a 7-3 win over the Alton River Dragons in a key Prospect League baseball game played Thursday night at Lloyd Hopkins Field in Gordon Moore Park. The loss snapped a modest two-game winning streak fo...
ALTON - The under-15 Alton Post 126 American Legion baseball team won the District 22 championship over Highland 5-0 after two innings after Highland decided to forfeit the game after a long lightning delay on Wednesday evening at Glik Park in Highland. The title win advances the junior Legionnaires...
ALTON - Seventh-inning RBI doubles by Evan Evola and Bryce Zupan of Civic Memorial gave the Alton River Dragons a comeback 7-6 win over the Jackson, Tenn,. Rockabillys in a Prospect League baseball game Wednesday night at Lloyd Hopkins Field in Gordon Moore Park, having trailed 6-1 after the top of...
GODFREY - The girls teams of both Summers Port Swim Club of Godfrey and Paddlers Swim Club of Granite City ended their meet Tuesday evening in a 161.5-161.5 tie, but the Pirates' boys team took a 194-134 win and it was enough to put Paddlers to the overall win over the Sharks 375.5-295-5 at Summers...
EDWARDSVILLE - Chase Gockel, a former Edwardsville High School pitcher, signed a contract with the Los Angeles Angels after being selected in the ninth round of the Major League Baseball Draft on Monday, the 284th pick overall. He has been clocked with a 98 mph fastball. Gockel, a 2018 grad of Edwardsville...
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