EDWARDSVILLE - The Edwardsville High School softball team held a 5-1 lead going into the sixth inning of their season opener Tuesday afternoon, but Freeburg took advantage of rare defensive miscues to score nine times in the inning, going on to defeat the Tigers 10-6 at the Edwardsville Sports Complex....
EDWARDSVILLE - Edwardsville senior striker Olivia Baca had all three goals for her team, including the first two one minute apart, as the Tigers saw off Belleville Althoff Catholic 3-0 in the opening match of the Metro Cup showcase at Tiger Stadium Monday night. Baca's hat trick got Edwardsville...
EDWARDSVILLE - Senior striker Olivia Baca connected with three goals, with her first two coming one minute apart, as the Edwardsville girls soccer team opened its 2022 season with a 3-0 win over Belleville Althoff Catholic in their first game of the annual Metro Cup showcase Monday night at Tiger...
WOOD RIVER - It's been said that of all the sports that anyone could take up, wrestling is perhaps the one sport that requires the most discipline and sacrifice of all. It's constant weight-watching, requires very hard work and a lot of sacrifices, both of self and for the team. It's not an easy...
BETHALTO - Rick Reinhart is a famous name from the past in the history of football at Civic Memorial High School, having coached the Eagles from 1989-2006, going 97-79 in his 18 seasons while being inducted into both the St. Louis Metro and Illinois Football Coaches Hall of Fame, having a career...
ALTON - David Parker, a former assistant coach at Hazelwood East, Webster Groves and St. Louis University High, was hired as the new head football coach at Alton in a recent meeting of the Board of Education, and he's raring to get started as the new coach of the Redbirds. Parker is replacing Eric...
EDWARDSVILLE - Jude Henke, a senior swimmer for Father McGivney Catholic, made history by becoming the first-ever Griffins' swimmer to qualify for the IHSA state meet, going 21.66 seconds in the 50-yard freestyle at the sectional swim meet Saturday afternoon at the Chuck Fruit Aquatic Center in Edwardsville....
FRIDAY, MARCH 4 SPORTS ROUNDUP GIRLS BASKETBALL IHSA CLASS 3A AND 4A STATE SEMIFINALS AND THIRD AND FOURTH PLACE GAMES In the Class 3A state semifinals played at Redbird Arena on the campus of Illinois State University in Bloomington-Normal, Mundelein Carmel Catholic defeated Civic Memorial...
WHITE HALL - Nolan Killion hit a three-pointer at the buzzer to give Jacksonville Routt Catholic a dramatic 37-34 win over Metro-East Lutheran in double overtime in the IHSA boys basketball Class 1A sectional semifinal Wednesday night at the North Greene High School gym in White Hall. Routt and...
HIGHLAND - East St. Louis outscored Marion 25-11 in the third quarter of their IHSA boys basketball Class 3A sectional semifinal game against Marion Wednesday night, and it was more than enough to send the Flyers past the Wildcats 66-35 at the Highland High School gym. East Side was able to overcome...
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