EDWARDSVILLE - Summers Port Swim Club has had a long legacy that Head Coach Maddie Monroe was a part of as a child and now she is the mentor to the talented boys and girls in the program. Monroe was an Alton High graduate who had considerable swim success at the University of Arkansas. Monroe fel...
PEORIA - Sydney Lawrence drove home the go-ahead runs in the top of the fourth with a two-run double to the wall in left-center to put Edwardsville ahead, Jillian Hawkes drove in what proved to be the winning run with an RBI single and Ryleigh Owens went all the way inside the circle, striking...
PEORIA - St. Charles North broke up a pitcher's duel with two runs in the bottom of the sixth inning, while Edwardsville lost a chance to take the lead in the top of the fifth when Zoie Boyd was called out at third as the Stars defeated the Tigers 2-0 in the second semifinal of the IHSA Class 4A state...
ALTON - The Alton Post 126 junior American Legion baseball team was held to just two hits in a 15-0 loss to Valmeyer, but bounced back in the second game of a split doubleheader to defeat Trenton 8-3 Wednesday evening at Lloyd Hopkins Field at Gordon Moore Park in Alton. The junior Legionnaires...
ALTON - Luke Parmentier had two hits and drove in the game's only run, while Hayden Garner, Tyler Robinson and Lucas Moore combined to hold Piasa Southwestern's summer baseball team to six hits while striking out seven as Alton Post 126's senior American Legion baseball team took a 1-0 decision over...
TUESDAY, JUNE 7 SPORTS ROUNDUP BASEBALL IHSA PLAYOFFS CLASS 3A AND 4A SUPER-SECTIONALS In the IHSA Class 3A baseball super-sectionals, which were played on Monday, in the Crestwood Ozinga Field super, LaGrange Park Nazareth Academy won over Chicago St. Ignatius College Prep Catholic 10-7,...
BLOOMINGTON - Lexie Griffin hit a pair of two runs homers as part of a three-hit, five RBI day, while Ryleigh Owens tossed another complete game in the circle, striking out six as Edwardsville defeated West Aurora 11-5 in the IHSA softball Class 4A super-sectional game at Illinois Wesleyan University's...
FRIDAY, JUNE 3 SPORTS ROUNDUP BASEBALL REGULAR SEASON FATHER MCGIVNEY CATHOLIC 9, EAST ALTON-WOOD RIVER 1: In a final regular season game played at Busch Stadium, McGivney scored twice in the second inning, had single runs in the third, sixth and seventh innings and scored four times...
GRANITE CITY - It's been many years since Granite City High's wrestling program has produced an IHSA state champion, and it has been since 1965 when the Warriors were team co-champions. In 2022, Granite's wrestling program had an individual champion in Caleb Scott, who won the Illinois Wrestling...
SOFTBALL IHSA PLAYOFFS CLASS 3A SUPER-SECTIONAL AT MILLIKIN UNIVERSITY, DECATUR MAHOMET-SEYMOUR 4, HIGHLAND 1: Karley Yergler pitched well for Mahomet-Seymour, allowing one run on four Highland hits, walked one and struck out 13 as M-S eliminated defending state champion Highland in...
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