BELLEVILLE - The Edwardsville girls' basketball team came from behind in the final quarter, tying the game with 1:30 left to climax a 13-0 run. But four missed free throws in the final minute proved costly as Belleville East defeated the Tigers 37-35 in the semifinals of the IHSA Class 4A regional...
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14 SPORTS ROUNDUP GIRLS BASKETBALL IHSA PLAYOFFS --- REGIONAL SEMIFINALS CLASS 1A AT GREENFIELD NORTHWESTERNCarrollton In the semifinals of the Greenfield Northwestern regional, Carrollton nipped Kincaid South Fork 46-44, while Nokomis eliminated Centralia Christ...
EDWARDSVILLE - A.J. Tillman led Edwardsville with 14 points, while Malik Allen came up with 11 points and Alec Marchetto hit on a pair of key three-point shots to help the Tigers to a 51-43 win over Collinsville in a Southwestern Conference basketball game Tuesday night at Lucco-Jackson Gym. The wi...
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13 SPORTS ROUNDUP IHSA PLAYOFFS --- REGIONAL SEMIFINALS CLASS 1A AT METRO-EAST LUTHERAN In the second semifinal, Carlyle won over the host Knights 61-17, advancing to the final against the Father McGivney Griffins. The Indians are now 26-5, while Metro-East's...
BELLEVILLE - East St. Louis' 58-37 win over Edwardsville Friday night at Belleville was one of the Flyers' biggest of the season. The Flyers are now 19-6 overall, and more importantly, tied for first place with O'Fallon at 7-3 in a tightly-packed top five in the SWC. East Side responded well in th...
ALTON - The annual high school basketball frenzy known as March Madness is about to begin, as boy's teams around the state found out their seedings and opponents in the regional tournaments, which begin this coming Saturday, Feb. 18. Here's a look at the Riverbender.com area teams and their regiona...
BELLEVILLE - Edwardsville junior forward Malik Allen had a big game for the Tigers against East St. Louis on Feb. 10, leading all scorers with 19 points in Edwardsville's 57-38 loss to the Flyers at Lynx Arena at the Lindenwood University-Belleville campus. Allen, who is currently averaging 13.6 point...
BELLEVILLE - After trailing at halftime 18-15, East St. Louis took control of the game with a 13-5 run to open the third quarter, then hit their free throws in the fourth quarter to go on to a 58-37 win over Edwardsville in a Southwestern Conference boys basketball game Friday night at Lynx Arena...
EDWARDSVILLE - The Edwardsville High School boys swimming team won nine of the 11 events on the program, while Collinsville and Granite City won one event each, as the Tigers won the Southern Illinois Boys Championships meet Thursday evening at the Chuck Fruit Aquatic Center. The Tigers won the...
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9 SPORTS ROUNDUP GIRLS BASKETBALL HARDIN CALHOUN 53, JACKSONVILLE ROUTT CATHOLIC 39: Calhoun steadily built its lead throughout the game in taking the Western Illinois Valley Conference win over visiting Routt on the Warriors' Senior Night. Both Jaelyn Hill and Kate...
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