GLEN CARBON - Mary Harkins led Father McGivney Catholic with 13 points, while Charlize Luehmann added 12 as the Griffins scored the game's first 18 points in going on to a 48-11 win over Metro-East Lutheran in a Gateway Metro Conference girls basketball game Friday night at the McGivney gym. McGivney...
SATURDAY, JANUARY 15 SPORTS ROUNDUP SATURDAY'S RESULTS GIRLS BASKETBALL ALTON 59, HIGHLAND 36: In the Highland Shootout, the Redbirds won their second straight game since returning from COVID protocols in taking a big win over the host Bulldogs. The Redbirds led from start to finish,...
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Former Edwardsville track star Brandon Battle, who made IHSA history by sweeping the 100, 200 and 400-meter races at the 2021 state meet, got off to a tremendous start in his career at the University of Arkansas by running the second-fastest time in the world this season indoors...
NORMAL - Cohen Osborn won two events, while the relay teams won two of their three races as Edwardsville won the Normal Community Iron Invitational meet on Jan. 9 in Normal. The Tigers won the meet with 379 points, with the host Ironmen coming in second with 350 points, Metamora was third with 31...
ALTON - Malik Allen hit on four threes in scoring 14 points as Edwardsville got off to a fast start in going on to a 52-23 win over Alton in a Southwestern Conference boys basketball game Friday night at the Redbirds Nest. The Tigers got off to a 13-4 lead after the first quarter, and kept building...
THURSDAY, JANUARY 13 SPORTS ROUNDUP GIRLS BASKETBALL MARQUETTE CATHOLIC 62, BELLEVILLE ALTHOFF CATHOLIC 32: Marquette parlayed an early first-quarter lead into a win over Althoff at Marquette Family Arena. The Explorers led all the way through, posting leads of 17-10, 39-16 and 49-25 after...
EDWARDSVILLE - The Edwardsville High wrestling team, coming off a solid performance at the Cheesehead Invitational Tournament in Wisconsin over the weekend, wrestled very well as the Tigers defeated Alton 65-12 and Mascoutah 72-6 in a triangular meet held on Thursday evening at Warren "Babe" Stahlhut...
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12 SPORTS ROUNDUP BOYS BASKETBALL TUESDAY'S RESULT COLLINSVILLE 60, ALTON 40: Alton saw its three-game winning streak ended as Collinsville jumped to an early lead and never looked back in its Southwestern Conference win at Vergil Fletcher Gym. The Kahoks went out to...
GRANITE CITY - It's always been so important to help give back to a community, whether it's local or on the world stage, and in the case of 2003 Granite City High School graduate Katie Hubbard, she serves as a local example of giving back. Hubbard played all four years for the Warriors' girls soccer...
EDWARDSVILLE - Edwardsville High boys basketball junior forward Jordan Bush came up big in the late stages of the Tigers' 58-51 win over Belleville West Tuesday night at Lucco-Jackson Gym, as he went seven-of-eight at the free-throw line in scoring 11 points to help the Tigers on to the win. It...
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