GRANITE CITY - Granite City head girls softball coach Tim Wilson is excited for the 2026 spring season despite the opening 12-3 loss to the Collinsville's Kahoks. "In the first game of the year, you're putting different pieces here and there, trying to figure out how it all works out, but the girls...
GRANITE CITY - Preslie Thomas had three hits, Ava Muniz hit her first home run of the season in the fourth inning, and freshman pitcher Aubrey Bordoni stuck out 14 in six innings, including six in the first two to stop Granite City threats, as Collinsville won over the Warriors 12-3 in a softball...
CHAMPAIGN-URBANA - Alex Johnson led with 19 points, while Philip Jones came up with 17 points, and Jameson White added 12 points as East St. Louis pulled away in the fourth quarter and defeated Chicago Leo Catholic 59-40 in the second semifinal of the IHSA Class 3A boys basketball finals Friday afternoon...
COLLINSVILLE - Collinsville's softball team was limited to four hits on the day, while Payton Smith had the Kahoks' only RBI, as Breese Mater Dei Catholic raced out to an 8-1 lead after four innings, and went on to an 11-2 win in the season opener for both clubs at the Collinsville Sports Complex...
EDWARDSVILLE - Both Amerlia Wilfong and Maggie Bray had three hits each, while Lily Stone hit her, and Edwardsville's, first home run of the season, but a Tiger seventh inning rally fell short as Edwardsville lost their 2026 softball season opener to Mascoutah 8-5 Monday afternoon at the Edwardsville...
SPRINGFIELD - Alex Johnson led East St. Louis with 21 points, but it was his basket with five seconds left in regulation that allowed the Flyers to advance to the state finals, as East Side won over Decatur MacArthur 51-49 in the IHSA Class 3A boys basketball super-sectional game Monday night, March...
WATERLOO - East St. Louis, 30-4, will meet Decatur MacArthur at 7 p.m. on Monday, March 9, 2026, at the Bank of Springfield Center in Springfield, IL., for the super-sectional title. Decatur MacArthur is 34-1 going into the Monday night encounter. The winner advances to the state finals on Friday,...
PLEASANT PLAINS - Rochester held off a late Staunton rally to win 52-49 in the second semifinal of the Class 2A sectional on Thursday at Pleasant Plains, advancing to the Sweet Sixteen. Staunton ended its season at 29-4. Rochester built a 16-9 lead after the first quarter and maintained control...
ROCK ISLAND - Amarion Smith-Holley hit a pair of free throws with 12 seconds left in regulation, and Edwardsville couldn't sink a final shot as Peoria Richwoods defeated the Tigers 59-58 on Friday night and advanced to the Elite Eight in the IHSA Class 4A Rock Island sectional final at the Rock...
BLOOMINGTON-NORMAL - Belleville East ended completed its incredible turnaround season by finishing third in the IHSA Class 4A state finals on Friday at CEFCU Arena on the campus of Illinois State University in Bloomington-Normal. The Lancers lost in the state semifinals to LaGrange Park Nazareth...
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