NORMAL - The Edwardsville High baseball team played twice at Normal Community High School on Saturday afternoon and evening and came away with a very important sweep of two games, using great pitching by Logan Geggus and Alec Marchetto to defeat Chicago St. Rita Catholic 2-0, then hit the host...
SATURDAY, APRIL 16 SPORTS ROUNDUP BASEBALL TRENTON WESCLIN 11, EAST ALTON-WOOD RIVER 1: Wesclin went out to a 9-0 lead, scoring five in the second, three in the third and once in the fourth, then added on two more in the fifth after EAWR scored in the home half of the fourth, in taking ...
GRANITE CITY - Area boys track teams had some good performances on Friday at the Granite City Invitational meet, held at Granite City Memorial Stadium/Kevin Greene Field. Marion was the runaway winner of the meet with 154.5 points, with Collinsville second at 97 points, Ft. Zumwalt West of St....
EDWARDSVILLE - Edwardsville senior center fielder Cade Hardy made a catch in the Tigers' annual game at Busch Stadium that will be talked about and remembered as one of the greatest catches and moments in not just Edwardsville baseball history, but also in Tigers' sports history. In the first inning...
EDWARDSVILLE - Pitcher Avery Hamilton struck out 12 East St. Louis batters in the circle, allowing only one hit, while the Tigers scored 10 runs in the first inning and nine more in the second to take a 22-0, three-and-a-half inning win over East St. Louis in a Southwester Conference softball game...
EDWARDSVILLE - Edwardsville's softball team benefitted from very good pitching, as Ryleigh Owens allowed three hits and struck out 10 in the opener, while Brooke Tolle and Avery Hamilton combined on a two-hit shutout, with Tolle fanning 12, as the Tigers swept Chatham Glenwood in a doubleheader 11-...
O'FALLON - Alton senior sprinter Renee Raglin had a big day at the O'Fallon girls invitational track meet on Friday, winning the 100 meters and finishing second in the 200 meters as the host Panthers won the meet, held at OTHS Panther Stadium. The Panthers won the meet with 100.5 points, with...
COLLINSVILLE - The Marquette Catholic baseball team played a couple of difficult opponents on Thursday and Saturday afternoon. The Explorers lost a pair of games late this week, dropping an 11-2 decision to Father McGivney Catholic in a Gateway Metro Conference game Thursday at Griffins Field, the...
FRIDAY, APRIL 15 SPORTS ROUNDUP BASEBALL PIASA SOUTHWESTERN 2, CARLINVILLE 1: Carlinville took an early lead with a run in the third inning, but Southwestern tied the game in the sixth, then won it in the seventh in a close game at Carlinville's park. Hunter Newell had a hit and RBI for the...
EDWARDSVILLE - Jacoby Roberson hit a three-run homer as part of a five-run second inning, and in the third, Grant Huebner hit another three-run shot and pitcher Spencer Stearns followed suit with a solo homer as Edwardsville went on to a 13-3 Southwestern Conference win over Collinsville Thursday...
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