Chris Rhodes is a photographer and reporter for RiverBender and EdGlenToday.com. He is a graduate of Lewis and Clark Community College in Godfrey, IL with a degree in Criminal Justice. He also runs the Madison County Scanner Page.
Chris loves camping,fishing, and photography. Chris is an Eagle Scout and lives in East Alton.
CHAMPAIGN – Edwardsville senior wrestler Lloyd Reynolds (49-3) concluded the individual season on Saturday at the IHSA State Wrestling Tournament with a second-place finish. Mike Bosco from Sandburg was ranked number one in the state at 285 was able to hold off Lloyd Reynolds from...
CHAMPAIGN - Edwardsville senior wrestler Luke Odom (50-1) concluded the IHSA State Wrestling Tournament with a state championship on Saturday. “This is a dream come true. My emotions are high right now. After last year not being able to finish, winning a state championship is amazing....
CHAMPAIGN – Civic Memorial junior wrestler Caleb Tyus concluded the individual season on Saturday at the IHSA State Wrestling Tournament with a second-place finish. “I improved from last year. Last year I placed third and this year placing second is an improvement. I wasn't able...
CHAMPAIGN - Several area wrestlers either wrestled for third place or fifth place matches Saturday afternoon. Saturday night, the championship matches will happen and we have several from the area wrestling in matches. In 2A, Caine Tyus Civic Memorial (138) and Garrett Bakarich Triad (152) both...
CHAMPAIGN – Civic Memorial junior wrestler Caine Tyus (42-4) finished third place on Saturday at the IHSA State Wrestling Tournament with a 6-3 decision over Bryce Shelton. “Last year I didn’t get to stand on the podium because I got sixth but today I got third and I'm...
CHAMPAIGN - Multiple area wrestlers advanced to the Saturday IHSA wrestling championship matches on Friday. In 2A, Caleb Tyus from Civic Memorial and Zeke Waltz from Jersey Community High School both advanced. In 3A, Luke Odom and Lloyd Reynolds from Edwardsville and Josh Koderhandt from Belleville...
CHAMPAIGN - In the Class 3A State Wrestling Tournament on Friday morning, Edwardsville's Luke Odom and Lloyd Reynolds advanced to the semifinal round. The Tigers' Luke Odom won his first match on Thursday by tech fall against Josh Knudten of Libertyville. Odom then wrestled Friday...
ALTON - Luke Atkinson, a senior soccer player on the Marquette Catholic High School’s boys soccer team, signed a letter of intent to play at Blackburn College in Carlinville in a ceremony Thursday at the high school. “The college was great when I went up this past weekend. I met al...
TROY - Civic Memorial Lady Eagles knocked off East St. Louis 60-53 in the Triad regional championship game Thursday night. Civic Memorial was led by Anna Hall with 22 points and Kourtland Tyus with 15 points. East St. Louis jumped out to a 12-10 lead in the first quarter. Civic Memorial...
JERSEYVILLE - Wyatt Daniels is an all-around student-athlete at Jersey Community High School. Daniels, a senior wrestler, is the February Male Athlete of the Month for Jersey Community High School. Daniels's wrestling coach is Allen Snyder and Darren Perdun. "I would like to thank my parents Bo...
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