EDWARDSVILLE - Both Emerson Weller and Zay Hoover scored 12 points each as Edwardsdville came from behind in the third and fourth quarter to come to within 43-40, but a big three-pointer by Sydney Bradley sparked a Westminster Christian run at the end as the Wildcats, of west St. Louis County,...
EDWARDSVILLE - Alton High senior forward Jamion Everage is emerging as one of the key players for the Redbirds on Jan. 13 led the team with 17 points as Alton lost to Edwardsville 57-40 in a Southwestern Conference game at Lucco-Jackson Gym. Everage is among the team's leading scorers, averaging nin...
MONDAY, JANUARY 16 SPORTS ROUNDUP BOYS BASKETBALL TAYLORVILLE 74, FATHER MCGIVNEY CATHOLIC 66 (OT) In the opening game of Group B of the Litchfield Tournament, McGivney rallied in the second half against Taylorville before losing in overtime. The Tornadoes led after the first quarter...
FRIDAY, JANUARY 13 SPORTS ROUNDUP BOYS BASKETBALL MARQUETTE CATHOLIC 71, FATHER MCGIVNEY CATHOLIC 53: In a key Gateway Metro Conference game Friday night at the McGivney gym, Marquette went out to a big lead at halftime and went on to the win over the Griffins, snapping a four-game winning...
SALEM - Thomas Rice and Nevin Guetterman advanced for Edwardsville and Andrew Neumann went through for Triad while Brandon Campbell led Collinsville's team to their own sectional next week as Salem won its own IHSA boys bowling regional tournament Saturday at Salem Bowl. The Wildcats won the regional...
COLUMBIA - Eric Spond led Alton as the Redbirds advanced as a team, while Civic Memorial advanced Ben Morris and Eric Harkey. Caleb Wonders went through for Roxana and L.J. Walker qualified for East Alton-Wood River at the IHSA Columbia boys bowling regional tournament Saturday morning and afternoon...
JERSEYVILLE - Jersey Community's Tyler Ayers won the individual championship, while Carlinville advanced all three of its individual bowlers into the sectional and Piasa Southwestern also advanced a bowler as the Panthers won their own IHSA boys bowling regional tournament Saturday at Tri-County...
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Riley Patterson, who graduated from Edwardsville High in 2017 and kicked in college for Memphis, hit a 36-yard field goal as time expired to give the Jacksonville Jaguars a thrilling 31-30 win over the Los Angeles Chargers in the Third AFC Wild Card game Saturday night at TIAA...
EDWARDSVILLE - Edwardsville and Alton's boys' basketball teams both play in tournaments next week. The Tigers will be playing in the Jersey Mid-Winter Classic round-robin tournament next week at Havens Gym, going against Cahokia on Tuesday, Granite City on Wednesday at 6 p.m. both nights and the hos...
THURSDAY, JANUARY 12 SPORTS ROUNDUP BOYS BASKETBALL PIASA SOUTHWESTERN 62, O'FALLON FIRST BAPTIST ACADEMY 33 Southwestern trailed after the first quarter, then outscored First Baptist 49-17 the rest of the way in taking the win over the visitors at the Southwestern gym. The Eagles...
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