GLEN CARBON - Nick Franklin hit a pair of home runs as part of a three hit, five RBI day at the plate, while A.J. Sutberry and Jackson Rodgers also hit home runs as Father McGivney Catholic won its 28th straight game on Thursday afternoon, defeating Civic Memorial 11-3 at Griffins Field. The Griffins...
EDWARDSVILLE - Aarion Jackson broke the school record for the long jump, distance runner Ryan Watts won two events, going one-two with Geo Patrylak in the 1,600 meters and the 4x200 relay team of Kellen Brnfre, Kyle Schmidt, Jackson and Jordan Bush won their race in a season's best time as Edwardsville...
EDWARDSVILLE - After giving up the first run of the game in the bottom of the home half of the fourth, Belleville East scored four times in the top of the fifth, then five more in the top of the sixth to give Edwardsville a 9-1 Southwestern Conference softball loss Thursday afternoon at the Edwardsville...
GILLESPIE - Marquette had multiple individual qualifiers, along with its 4x800 meter relay team, as the Explorers finished fourth as a team in the IHSA Class 1A girls sectional track meet on Thursday at Gillespie High. Litchfield won the team title with 99 points, with Virden North Mac second with...
TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY, MAY 10-11 SPORTS ROUNDUP TUESDAY'S RESULTS BASEBALL FATHER MCGIVNEY CATHOLIC 6, NEWTON 4: McGivney's epic winning streak reached 26 games with a tight win over Newton at Griffins Field. Mason Holmes had a three-run homer for his only hit and RBIs for the Griffins, while...
EDWARDSVILLE - Kloi Karban had an excellent senior season for the Edwardsville High girls volleyball team and on Wednesday, she signed a letter of intent to play for McKendree University in Lebanon in a recent ceremony. Karban was a major contributor to the Tigers' run to fourth place in the IHSA...
TRENTON - Athletes from both Roxana and East Alton-Wood River High Schools had good performances in the Cahokia Conference Boys Track and Field Meet, held Tuesday afternoon and evening at Wesclin High School in Trenton. Columbia won the Mississippi Division championship with 146.5 points, with...
IHSA GIRLS SOCCER PLAYOFFS ROUNDUP CLASS 1A REGIONAL SEMIFINALS AT GREENVILLE GREENVILLE - In the semifinals at Greenville, Marquette Catholic eliminated Pana 7-0, while the host Comets knocked out Staunton 3-1. The Explorers' Caroline Stephan had the first goal to start the gam...
FREEBURG - Grant Huebner's three-run homer climaxed a seventh-inning rally that saw Edwardsville score eight times in going on to an 11-3 win over Freeburg in a baseball game played late Tuesday afternoon at Freeburg. The Tigers came from behind, scoring single runs in the fourth and fifth to counter...
EDWARDSVILLE - The pitching of both Brooke Tolle and Avery Hamilton combined for 12 strikeouts as the Edwardsville softball team won its Southwestern Conference game over Alton 8-0, then Ryleigh Owens fanned six and allowed only two hits as the Tigers won over Hardin Calhoun 4-0 in a make-up game,...
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