Colin Feeney, Contributing Sports Writer

NAPERVILLE - Triad senior striker Gina Catanzaro has had to overcome much in her time with Triad's girls' soccer team, including four surgeries on her left knee. On Saturday afternoon at North Central College in Naperville, Catanzaro scored perhaps the biggest goal of her career, knocking home a...

BETHALTO - Nick Williams had two hits and drove home four runs, while Andrew Wieneke struck out nine while on the mound, but the Alton Post 126 senior American Legion baseball team lost a 9-0 lead after the fifth inning and lost to Elsberry, Mo., Post 226 11-10 in the Legionnaires' season opener,...

PEKIN - Lexie Griffin had three hits and two RBIs, while both Avery Hamilton a had two hits and drove in three runs, Sydney Lawrence had two hits and two RBIs and Ryleigh Owens again threw a complete game, scattering six hits over six innings, walking one and striking out five at Edwardsville defeated...

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1 SPORTS ROUNDUP BASEBALL IHSA PLAYOFFS CLASS 3A SECTIONAL AT TRIAD TRIAD 1, MT. VERNON 0: Austin Brown threw a complete game three-hit shutout, walking none and striking out seven, as hosts Triad defeated Mt. Vernon in the IHSA Class 3A sectional semifinals...

EDWARDSVILLE - Alton junior track sprinter Khaliyah Goree got off to a great start this past track and field season as part of the Redbirds' 800-meter sprint medley relay team at the Southern Illinois Relays meet that won the prestigious Edwardsville High's Winston Brown Track Center, with a time of...

EDWARDSVILLE - Edwardsville senior softball catcher Lexie Griffin has delivered many key hits for the Tigers in her career, and one was on May 24 in the IHSA Class 4A regional semifinal at the Edwardsville District 7 Sports Complex. She hit a leadoff double over the left fielder's head that nearly...

NORMAL - Edwardsville High's girls' soccer team had many good opportunities, but a tight defense, along with a pair of goals in the first half, dealt the Tigers a 2-0 loss to Aurora Metea Valley in the IHSA Class 3A super-sectional match Tuesday evening at Normal Community West High School. The los...

BELLEVILLE - Sydney Lane's two-out RBI single in the bottom of the third inning scored Zoie Boyd with the only run of the game while Ryleigh Owens allowed only one hit in a complete game in the circle, striking out seven as Edwardsville's softball team defeated Belleville East 1-0 in the IHSA...

EDWARDSVILLE - Alton track runners Christian Kotzamanis and John Krafka proved to be a very lethal one-two punch for the Redbirds in the 800-meter runs this past track and field outdoor season. On Apr. 23 at the Winston Brown Invitational meet in Edwardsville, Krafka came in third with a time of...

EDWARDSVILLE - Alton sophomore softball pitcher Grace Presley had a great performance against the Kahoks on May 24, striking out 10 batters and allowing four runs on nine hits in the Redbirds' 4-2 loss in the second semifinal of the IHSA Class 4A regional tournament at the Edwardsville District ...