WEDNESDAY, MAY 18 SPORTS ROUNDUP BASEBALL IHSA PLAYOFFS CLASS 2A AT MARQUETTE CATHOLIC In the semifinals of the Class 2A Marquette regional at Lloyd Hopkins Field at Gordon Moore Park, Columbia eliminated Staunton 14-4, while Belleville Althoff Catholic defeated the host...
VIRDEN - Jacob Huber qualified for two of the three sprint events for Father McGivney Catholic, while Griffin Kohlmiller went through in the long jump for Metro-East Lutheran and Carlinville qualified three of its four relay teams for next week's state track meet in the Virden North Mac Class 1A sectional...
GIRLS SOCCER IHSA PLAYOFFS CLASS 2A REGIONAL AT CIVIC MEMORIAL CIVIC MEMORIAL 5, JERSEY 1: Abrianna Garrett had a hat trick, with Brooke Harris and Aubrey Voyles also scoring as CM won over Jersey in the second semifinal to set up a match against Triad for the regional title and to advance...
ALTON - Dylan Dudley, an assistant coach for two NCAA Division-II national championship teams and who led Nolan Catholic of Fort Worth, Texas, to an area championship, was introduced on Wednesday as the new head boys basketball coach at Alton High School. Dudley, a native of Sullivan, Ill., played...
EDWARDSVILLE - Xavier Deatherage hit a two-run homer over the fence in left field with two out in the top of the eighth to give O'Fallon a dramatic 5-3 win over Edwardsville in a Southwestern Conference baseball game Tuesday afternoon at Tom Pile Field. It was the first meeting between the two schools...
The Granite City softball team battled back to tie the game on a Jasmine Turner single and a Hayley Ambrose sacrifice fly to left to score Aleah Crenshaw with the tying run, but an eighth-inning sacrifice fly gave Collinsville a 7-6 win over the Warriors in a game played Tuesday afternoon. The...
EDWARDSVILLE - Brooke Tolle drove in two runs while Avery Hamilton went all the way inside the circle, striking out four as Edwardsville won a non-conference softball game over Mascoutah 10-2 Monday afternoon at the Edwardsville District 7 Sports Complex. The Tigers jumped out to an 8-0 lead after...
QUINCY - The Edwardsville softball team won a pair of games on Saturday morning and evening, defeating Pekin 9-0, then coming back to win over Quincy Notre Dame Catholic 6-0 at Quincy. The wins gave the Tigers a three-game sweep in their western Illinois road trip, having won at Pleasant Hill on Frida...
EDWARDSVILLE - Edwardsville senior infielder and pitcher Spencer Stearns had a big day at the plate, driving in a combined five runs in two games, while fanning six in the opener as the Tigers took a pair of games on Friday, defeating Francis Howell of Weldon Spring, Mo., in St. Charles County,...
BETHALTO - Lee Green, who enjoyed much success as girls basketball coach at Marquette Catholic, stepped down on Thursday as Explorers coach to accept the boys head coaching position at Civic Memorial starting in the 2022-23 season. In a telephone interview, Green acknowledged it was a very tough decisio...
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