WOOD RIVER - Local athletes had good performances which were highlighted by Marquette Catholic's Sammy Hentrich taking the girls long jump and finishing third in the high jump, while Roxana's boys swept the top three places int the 110-meter hurdles at the East Alton-Wood River Relays track meet,...
EDWARDSVILLE - Nick Paschall and Joe Liston came up with big matches for Edwardsville, but Alton's vastly improved team was too much this time for the Tigers in a Southwestern Conference boys volleyball match to Alton 25-21, 25-23 Tuesday evening at Lucco-Jackson Gym. Under Coach Jenna Wideman, th...
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12, GIRLS SPORTS ROUND-UP SOFTBALL TRIAD 4, CIVIC MEMORIAL 1 A three-run second inning spelled the difference as Triad won a MVC tilt at home over CM. Logan Looby led the Knights with two hits and two RBIs, while Phoebe Feldman had two hits, including a solo homer fo...
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12, BOYS SPORTS ROUND-UP BASEBALL GRANITE CITY 8, ST. LOUIS PATRIOTS 6 Granite City went out to a 6-1 lead before the Patriots, a home school team from St. Louis, scored four runs in the fifth to cut the lead to 6-5 before the Warriors scored single runs in the fifth...
EDWARDSVILLE - Nick Bobinski-Boyd and Cole Funkhouser hit solo home runs and Logan Geggus struck out 11 in allowing one hit and one run on the mounds in five innings as Edwardsville defeated Gateway Legacy Christian of Florissant, Mo. 11-1 in a baseball game played Wednesday afternoon at Tom Pile...
GIRLS SOCCER MARQUETTE CATHOLIC 11, METRO-EAST LUTHERAN 1 Both Abby and Ella Anselm, along with Maddie Waters, all had braces (two goals each), with Tessa Copeland, Emma Dempsey, Jamie Jarzenbeck, Hudson McCowan, and Aela Scruggs all scoring as Marquette scored 10 goals in their win over...
TUESDAY, APRIL 11, BASEBALL ROUND-UP FATHER MCGIVNEY CATHOLIC 31, BUNKER HILL 0 McGivney scored 17 runs in the first inning, then seven in both the second and third in taking a 15-run rule win over Bunker Hill at Griffins Field. Mason Holmes led McGivney's attack with four hits and five...
EDWARDSVILLE - Both Will and Charlie Fahnestock combined for four hits and four RBIs, while Broc Brown fanned eight on the mound as Marquette Catholic won its Gateway Metro Conference baseball game over Metro-East Lutheran 11-5 Tuesday afternoon at Martin Luther Field. The Explorers rallied from...
EDWARDSVILLE - It was a big day for senior pitcher Avery Hamilton as she hit a lead-off homer over the fence in left-center, then drove in two more runs in going three-for-three at the plate and also pitched well, striking out eight as Edwardsville defeated Belleville East 3-1 in a Southwestern Conferenc...
BELLEVILLE - Edwardsville's boy track and field team is rounding into shape as the season develops and showcased some of its best talents Saturday at the Norm Armstrong Invitational. Civic Memorial also competed with the top-notch athletes at the meet, as did Alton, Triad, Roxana, and Granite City....
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