Colin Feeney, Contributing Sports Writer

GREENVILLE - The Carrollton High School baseball team advanced on Saturday by winning the IHSA Class 1A sectional title with a 5-3 win over Centralia Christ Our Rock Lutheran at Greenville University's Robert E. Smith Field In Greenville. It's the Hawks' fourth consecutive win since the postseason...
MARISSA - Audrey Gilman pitched magnificently inside the circle, allowing only one run on three hits while striking out 12 as Hardin Calhoun scored the winning run in the bottom of the seventh in a 2-1 win over Marissa-Coulterville in the IHSA Class 1A softball sectional final Saturday morning at Mariss...
CHARLESTON - Edwardsville senior distance runner Ryan Watts joined Stephen Pifer as the only Tiger runners to win state championships in the 1,600- and 3,200-meter runs as Watts won both events at the IHSA boys Class 3A track finals Saturday afternoon at O'Brien Stadium on the campus of Eastern Illinoi...
CHARLESTON - East St. Louis qualified four individuals and two relay teams into the finals, while Civic Memorial's 4x800 meter relay team went through, as did Triad's 4x100 meter relay team and Roxana's Ashton Noble qualified in the discus throw in the preliminaries of the IHSA Class 2A boys track...
EDWARDSVILLE - Edwardsville senior pitcher Ryleigh Owens allowed only one hit while striking out eight inside the circle and also helped herself with three hits and an RBI as the Tigers won the IHSA Class 4A softball regional championship game 11-0 over Collinsville Friday afternoon at the District...
EDWARDSVILLE - Courtesy runner Grace Blakemore scored the game's only run on a squeeze play bunt by Zoie Boyd with one out in the bottom of the seventh to give Edwardsville a 1-0 win over Quincy in the semifinals of the IHSA Class 4A softball regional Tuesday afternoon at the Edwardsville District...
EDWARDSVILLE - Alton's softball team played very well in their IHSA Class 4A softball regional game against Collinsville, but in the end, couldn't take advantage of opportunities in losing to the Kahoks 4-2 in the second semifinal Tuesday evening at the Edwardsville District 7 Sports Complex. Of mor...
CLASS 1A REGIONAL FINAL AT RAYMOND LINCOLNWOOD GREENFIELD NORTHWESTERN 7, RAYMOND LINCOLNWOOD 2: In the Lincolnwood final, Northwestern scored three times in the first inning, and after the host Lancers cut the lead to 3-2 in the top of the fifth, the Tigers scored four more times in the home...
EDWARDSVILLE - Adam Powell had two hits and drove in three runs and five pitchers combined held Waterloo two a first-inning run and two hits while striking out seven as Edwardsville won its regular-season baseball finale 11-1 over the Bulldogs Monday afternoon at Tom Pile Field. The Tigers' Class...
EDWARDSVILLE - Tatum Van Ryswyk had three hits and drove home three runs as Edwardsville's softball team scored the game's first 10 runs in the first four innings and went on to a 10-3 win over Jersey in the regular-season finale for both teams Monday afternoon at the Edwardsville District 7 Sport...