Colin Feeney, Contributing Sports Writer

ELLISVILLE, Mo. - The under-15 Alton Post 126 American Legion baseball team won the GMB AAA National Championship on Sunday as Reid Murray limited the St. Louis Bears Dalton under-15 side to two hits while striking out 13 and both Reese Bohlen and Logan Hickman had two RBIs each in defeating the...

ROXANA - The football team at Hardin Calhoun High School, had a successful showing in a seven-on-seven passing competition at Roxana's Charlie Raich Field recently as the Warriors played with the host Shells, Alton and Marquette Catholic as all four teams continued summer prep work for the upcoming...

QUINCY - The Alton River Dragons scored nine runs in the fourth and fifth innings to take an 11-3 win over the Quincy Gems in the first game of a Prospect League doubleheader on Sunday, but the Gems came back in the second game with a four-run first inning and a three-run sixth to win the nightcap...

EDWARDSVILLE - The boys' basketball team at Granite City High School will return nine seniors and a wealth of experience as the Warriors prepare to embark on its 2023-24 campaign this November. Granite, who finished at 16-15 last season, was one of the teams that competed in the recent Edwardsville...

ROXANA - Senior-to-be quarterback Miles Lorton had a big season last year in helping to lead Hardin Calhoun High into the IHSA Class 1A playoffs for the first time since 2017 as the Warriors went 5-5 before losing in the first round to Western Illinois Valley Conference rivals Greenfield Northwestern...

EDWARDSVILLE - Becky Bradley of Edwardsville was the ninth-place finisher in the women's Route 66 10K Run Road Race held recently through the streets and trails of downtown Edwardsville, coming in with a time of 47:08 on a very ideal day for running, with temperatures in the mid-60s, a nice breeze...

ROXANA - Evan Wells, a senior-to-be running back for Roxana High's Football Team, will be a key contributor this coming season as the Shells look to go farther in the IHSA playoffs. Wells is a Midwest Members Credit Union Male Athlete of the Month for the Shells. The Shells went 7-4 this past season...

ROXANA - The fortunes of the Marquette Catholic football team have not been very good the last two seasons, as the Explorers went 0-9 in both 2021 and 2022. However, that appears to be changing with a new head coach and an enthusiastic incoming group. Former Alton High head coach Eric Dickerson...

ELLISVILLE, Mo. - The Alton Post 126 under-15 American Legion baseball team won twice at the GMB AAA tournament Saturday in Ellisville, Mo., in west St. Louis County, scoring a run in the top of the fourth to win over USA Prime Missouri 5-4, then taking a win over the Indiana Thunder 7-0. The first...

DANVILLE - Seth Slayden pitched a magnificent game, allowing only two hits, but a seventh-inning unearned run was the difference as Rock Island Pos 200 took a 1-0 win over Alton Post 126 Saturday afternoon at the Danville American Legion Invitational baseball tournament in Danville. The Legionnaires...