Colin Feeney, Contributing Sports Writer

EDWARDSVILLE - Mike Stroh, one of the many special needs players who participated in the recent Mitch n Friends clinic at the Edwardsville YMCA Meyer Center, very much enjoyed himself getting to play tennis and conversing with the other players. Stroh is a native of Smithton, but now lives with his...

EDWARDSVILLE - Nathan Ponwith of Scottsdale, Ariz., won his singles semifinal match over Sam Riffice of Orlando, Fla. 6-2, 6-4 to advance to the final of the Edwardsville Futures tennis tournament, presented by the EGHM Foundation, in a good performance over an outstanding overall player. Ponwith...

SEE PHOTO GALLERY: EDWARDSVILLE - The second annual Diversity Day clinic for underprivileged kids was held recently at Liberty Middle School in Edwardsville as a part of the Edwardsville Futures tennis tournament, presented by the EGHM Foundation. As the inaugural event, the clinic was a huge...

EDWARDSVILLE - Among the many unsung heroes of the Edwardsville Futures tennis tournament, presented by the EGHM Foundation, the volunteers and ball kids are perhaps the most important. The ticket takers up front and many of the behind-the-scenes workers are important, as they toiled away...

BURLINGTON, Ia. - Cameron Hailstone's sacrifice fly in the top of the 11th inning scored Edwardsville's Blake Burris with the winning run as the Alton River Dragons defeated the Burlington Bees 6-5 in a Prospect League game Thursday evening at Community Field in Burlington. The win was an important...

CLINTON, Ia. - Eddie King led the way with three hits and six RBIs, while Erik Broekemeier of Metro-East Lutheran hit a solo home run and Piasa Southwestern's Brady Salzman took the win with four strikeouts as the Alton River Dragons defeated the Clinton LumberKings 13-4 in a key Prospect League game...

EDWARDSVILLE - James Kent Trotter, who plays for Ohio State University in Columbus and a native of Yogo, Japan, won his first-ever professional singles title by winning the final over Nathan Ponwith of Scottsdale Ariz. 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 in the Edwardsville Futures tournament, presented by the EGHM Foundation,...

EDWARDSVILLE - Kweisi Kenyatte, an inner-city Detroit native and a recent graduate of the University of Illinois, had a very good week in the doubles competition with his partner, Cooper Williams, reaching the final before losing to Makoto Ochi and Seita Watanabe of Japan 7-6 (7-1 in the tiebreaker),...

EDWARDSVILLE - Matt Rothe, a 23-year-old player from Alton, was one of the players who was part of the return of the Mitch n Friends tennis clinic for special needs players Thursday night at the Edwardsville YMCA Meyer Center. He is also looking forward to upcoming events he'll be playing in as well....

EDWARDSVILLE - James Kent Trotter, a native of Yogo, Japan, currently playing at Ohio State University in Columbus, rallied from a one-set deficit to win the singles championship over Nathan Ponwith of Scottsdale, Ariz. and Arizona State University in Tempe, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 of the Edwardsville Futures...