BELLEVILLE - Edwardsville's boys' tennis team won five of the six flights in the singles competition and swept all three doubles flights going on to win the Southwestern Conference tournament title over the weekend at Belleville East High School. The Tigers won their 22nd straight championship...
THURSDAY, MAY 11 SPORTS ROUNDUP BOYS VOLLEYBALL EDWARDSVILLE 25-25, BELLEVILLE WEST 22-17: Edwardsville took a straight-set Southwestern Conference win over West at Lucco-Jackson Gym. Wyatt Blunt served up four points and had seven assists for the Tigers, while Colin Donaldson had a kill,...
GIRLS SOCCER In the IHSA Class 1A regional finals, Belleville Althoff Catholic eliminated Roxana 6-0, advancing to the Columbia sectional next week and ending the season of standout junior striker Kendall Kamp. The Crusaders are now 15-7-3, while the Shells' season ends at 12-9-0. Jenna Roper...
TRIAD 14, COLLINSVILLE 3 Triad scored five runs in both the second and third innings, then scored three times in the top of the seventh to take the win over Collinsville at the Collinsville Sports Complex. Lexi Rafalowski had three hits and a RBI for the Kahoks, while Bailey Demick had two...
FATHER MCGIVNEY CATHOLIC 3, O'FALLON 2 McGivney scored single runs in the second, fifth and sixth and it was enough as the Griffins held off an O'Fallon seventh inning rally to win at Blazier Field. Jackson Rodgers and Nathan Terhaar had hits and RBI's for McGivney, while Daniel Gierer and...
BETHALTO - Local girls' track athletes qualified for next week's IHSA Class 2A state meet as Cahokia won the sectional meet Thursday afternoon at Civic Memorial's Hauser Field in Bethalto. The Comanches won with a total of 102 points, with Springfield Sacred Heart-Griffin Catholic coming in second...
AT CHESTER In the Chester Sectional, Father McGivney Catholic flexed its muscles again and recorded 95 points, and qualified for state in the most events in the school history for girls' track and field. Nashville won the team title, scoring 137 points, then McGivney with 95, Okawville was third...
BLOOMINGTON - Alton's Rayna Raglin qualified in three events, while Edwardsville had six individuals and all four of its relay teams go through to the IHSA Class 3A state track meet next weekend in the Bloomington Sectional, ran Thursday at Bloomington High School Normal Community won the team...
CARLINVILLE - Marquette Catholic's Sammy Hentrich qualified in three events, while the Explorers, Griffins, and Carrollton will send two relay teams each and many other area athletes qualified for next week's IHSA Class 1A state track meet in the sectional meets held in Carlinville on Thursday afternoon...
WEDNESDAY, MAY 10 SPORTS ROUNDUP BASEBALL BREESE MATER DEI CATHOLIC 2, ALTON 1 Mater Dei scored a single run in the second, with both teams trading a run in the fifth as the Knights won at Redbirds Field. Jayden Diaz had a hit and the Redbirds' only RBI, while Reid Murray and Austin...
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