ALTON - Luke Parmentier had two hits and an RBI, while Andrew Wieneke struck out nine batters in six innings of work on the mound as Alton Post 126's senior American Legion baseball team won a key District 22 game over Highland 3-2 at Lloyd Hopkins Field at Gordon Moore Park Thursday night. The win...
EDWARDSVILLE - Alton High junior runner Simon McClaine finished his season with a second-place in the 300-meter low hurdles at sectional and also competed at the state track and field meet in Charleston. Simon's progress this season was rated "phenomenal" by his head Redbird track coach Jeff White....
EDWARDSVILLE - Jorden Johnson, who wrestled this past season for Edwardsville High School, has signed a letter of intent to wrestle for SIU-Edwardsville in a ceremony held at the school. Johnson, who wrestled only one season for the Tigers, will bring a solid work ethic to the Cougars, and cited ...
EDWARDSVILLE - Edwardsville High School wrestler Dylan Gvillo, one of the Tigers' most accomplished wrestlers in his four years with the program, has signed a letter of intent to attend Northern Illinois University in DeKalb. Gvillo, who finished second in the state at 132 pounds in 2021, felt that...
ROXANA - Jesse Hattrup and Morgan Marshall won the men's and women's singles, while Connor Barton and Sutherland Allen won the men's doubles, and Alyssa Wise and Hannah Colbert took the women's doubles in the Roxana Open tennis tournament, held over the weekend at the Roxana High School tennis...
EDWARDSVILLE - The Edwardsville Tigers under-12 baseball team will have a glorious opportunity to play in a tournament in the birthplace of baseball, Cooperstown, N.Y., and will play against many of the best youth teams in the United States. The Tigers will play in the ninth of 16 American Youth...
GRANITE CITY - Jessica Mefford-Miller, a 1998 graduate of Granite City High School, has always been an innovative and connected leader, working four years as Executive Director of the Metro Development Agency, the provider for public transportation in St. Louis. Recently, Mefford-Miller was named...
EDWARDSVILLE - Lori Blade, one of the most prolific coaches in Illinois high school sports history in both basketball and softball, announced her retirement as girls softball coach at Edwardsville High on Thursday afternoon. Blade steps down with overall records of 781-128 in softball and 743-92...
EDWARDSVILLE - James Zugmaier, who was one of the top bowlers in his four years with a developing Edwardsville High boys program, has signed a letter of intent to bowl for Lindenwood University in St. Charles, Mo. Zugmaier, who was one of the first bowlers when the Tigers started out, is looking...
BETHALTO - The Alton Post 126 Junior American Legion baseball team was held to one run on seven hits in two games as Alton lost a doubleheader to Bethalto 2-0 in the first game and 2-1 in the second game, which was shortened to four innings because of rain, on Saturday at the Bethalto Sports Complex....
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