BALLWIN, Mo. - A third-inning RBI single drove home the only run of the game as Alton Post 126's senior American Legion baseball team were held to two hits on the day as Washington, Mo., Post 218 defeated the Legionnaires 1-0 in a tournament in Ballwin, Mo., in west St. Louis County on Sunday afternoon....
ALTON - Metro-East Lutheran graduate Erik Broekemeier continued swinging a hot bat for the Alton River Dragons, going 2-4 with a pair of RBIs, while Kyle Athmer struck out seven in 5 2/3 innings on the mound as Alton snapped a five-game losing streak with a 7-4 win over the Quincy Gems in a Prospect...
GODFREY - The Montclaire and Summers Port Swim Clubs shared wins in the opening Southwestern Illinois Swimming Association meets Thursday night at Summers Port in Godfrey. The Sharks took a close decision in the boys meet, defeating the Marlins 155-145, while the Montclaire girls won over Summers...
EDWARDSVILLE - Jon Yoch of Glen Carbon won the men's race, while Stephanie Pruitt of Bunker Hill took the women's event in the 17th running of the Route 66 10K road race, held Saturday morning through the streets of downtown Edwardsville. The race conditions were nearly perfect, with temperatures...
EDWARDSVILLE - Edwardsville High senior softball pitcher Avery Hamilton had an impressive season on the mound for the Tigers in 2023. For her efforts, Hamilton is an Edwardsville girls Athlete of the Month. On April 11 against Belleville East, going three-for-three, including a lead-off homer over...
EDWARDSVILLE - Jon Yoch, a veteran runner from Glen Carbon, won for the first time ever at the Route 66 10K run road race on June 10 through the streets of downtown Edwardsville, coming in with a time of 35:40 to finish ahead of second-place Jeff Price of Edwardsville by 1:06. Yoch, 34, has run many...
BALLWIN, Mo. - The Alton Post 126 senior American Legion baseball team allowed nine runs in two innings and it helped to be the difference as the Legionnaires lost to Maryland Heights, Mo., of northwest St. Louis County, 10-7 in a game played Saturday afternoon in a tournament at Ballwin, Mo., in wes...
ALTON - Top-seeded Blake Strode of St. Louis won the men's open singles title, while unseeded Courtney Clayton, also of St. Louis, upset second-seeded Elizabeth Barlow of St. Louis to win the women's open singles, while Strode and Gus Tettamble won the men's open doubles and Barlow and Sophie McClellan...
ALTON - Defending champion Gus Tettamble and top seed Blake Strode won their first round matches in the men's open singles, while Courtney Clayton of St. Louis won the opening match in the women's open singles on the first day of the 40th annual Bud Simpson Open tennis tournament at the Bud Simpson...
BRIGHTON - The Alton senior and under-17 junior American Legion baseball teams won a pair of games over the Piasa Southwestern High summer teams in games played Wednesday night at Schneider Park in Brighton. The Post 126 senior team scored six unanswered runs the middle innings to defeat the...
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