MONDAY, DECEMBER 20 SPORTS ROUNDUP MARQUETTE CATHOLIC 50, COLLINSVILLE 36: Marquette held an early lead and kept building upon it throughout as the Explorers won over Collinsville at Marquette Family Arena. Marquette held a 14-12 lead at the end of the first quarter, then extended it to 22-18...
EDWARDSVILLE - Isayah Kloster led three Edwardsville players in double figures as the Tigers defeated Riverview Gardens of north St. Louis County 54-34 in a boys basketball game played Monday evening at Lucco-Jackson Gym. The Tigers overcame a very scrappy Riverview team that played hard for the...
EDWARDSVILLE - Evan Grinter, Cohen Osborn and Austin Norcio all won multiple events on the day as Edwardsville's boys swimming team took 11 of the 12 events in going on to a season-opening 127-43 win over O'Fallon in a dual meet Thursday evening at the Chuck Fruit Aquatic Center. The Tigers won...
MACHESNEY PARK - The Edwardsville wrestling team placed three wrestlers in the top eight of their respective weight classes as the Tigers had a very good showing in the 33rd Al Dvorak Invitational tournament held over the weekend at Machesney Park Harlem High School in suburban Chicago. The Tigers...
COLLINSVILLE - Collinsville used runs of 11-0 to start the second quarter and 8-0 at the start of the third, taking advantage of Metro-East Lutheran turnovers in going on to a 52-33 win over the Knights in a non-conference boys basketball game late Saturday afternoon at Vergil Fletcher Gym. Metro-East...
ROXANA - Seth Slayden led East Alton-Wood River with 26 points, to go along with six rebounds, and used good defense to help gain a Cahokia Conference Mississippi Division win over backyard rival Roxana 55-44 Friday night at Larry Milazzo Memorial Gym in Roxana. It was the Oilers' first game in jus...
COLLINSVILLE - Tyson Heard is one of the key reserves for the boys' basketball team at Metro-East Lutheran High School, and is a very hard worker who's always ready to answer the call whenever he's needed for the Knights. Heard, a point guard for Metro-East Lutheran, describes his job as handling...
GLEN CARBON - Marquette Catholic and Father McGivney Catholic are two of the top girls basketball teams in the area this season. Marquette is now 7-5 after playing some tough competition and McGivney has also battled some difficult foes, but stands 8-3 overall. Marquette and Father McGivney collided...
GRANITE CITY - Junior boys center back Brady Smallie had a very good season at Granite City High School, scoring five goals for the Warriors as the team finished 11-9-2 in the 2021 season. Smallie set an example for the team by being named one of its captains and was one of the team's hardest workers,...
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14 SPORTS ROUNDUP BOYS BASKETBALL METRO-EAST LUTHERAN 72, PIASA SOUTHWESTERN 45: Metro-East led from the opening tip in winning at Southwestern's gym. The Knights led 19-15, 44-24 and 59-40 after the first three quarters, outscoring the Piasa Birds 13-5 in the...
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