ALTON - Allison Woolbright, who was among the leaders on the Marquette Catholic girls volleyball team this past season, has signed a letter of intent to attend Greenville University for the fall of 2023. Woolbright, the daughter of Joe and Cindy Woolbright of Fosterburg, will be playing for the NCAA...
ALTON - Alyssa Powell, a transfer student from Triad to Marquette Catholic, signed a letter of intent to play for McKendree University in Lebanon for the 2022-23 season in an announcement made by the Marquette athletic department on Wednesday. Powell, the daughter of Otis Powell of Collinsville...
EDWARDSVILLE - Senior guard-forward Emma Garner is off to an excellent start for the Edwardsville girls basketball team after a strong girls volleyball season. In Highland in Edwardsville's home girls basketball opener Nov. 30 at Lucco-Jackson Gym, she scored 10 points and provided very good passes...
GLEN CARBON - Senior boys soccer player Sean Vrenick had a very good season for Father McGivney Catholic's team this past season, scoring a goal and adding five assists as the Griffins reached the IHSA Class 1A regional final before losing to Breese Mater Dei Catholic 2-0. Vrenick was one of the team'...
MONDAY, DECEMBER 6 SPORTS ROUNDUP GIRLS BASKETBALL MARQUETTE CATHOLIC 54, HILLSBORO 35: Marquette rallied from a halftime tie to win at Hillsboro's gym. The Explorers led after the first quarter 12-9, but the Hilltoppers came back to tie the game 24-24 at halftime. Marquette then too...
ALTON - Marquette Catholic's baseball team has announced the signing of player Sean Mitchell to a letter of intent to attend Parkland College in Champaign for the 2023 season. Mitchell is considered one of the top players on the Explorers, and will be playing for head coach Jon Goebel and the Cobras....
BETHALTO - Civic Memorial had five wrestlers finish in first place as the host Eagles won the 42nd annual CM Wrestling Tournament Saturday morning and afternoon at the CM gym. The Eagles came in first with a score of 237 points, while Vandalia was second with 191.5 points, Bloomington was third...
FRIDAY NIGHT SPORTS ROUNDUP BOYS BASKETBALL JERSEY 65, CIVIC MEMORIAL 41: Jersey got off to a fast start and didn't look back as the Panthers won the sixth game in seven starts, defeating CM at Havens Gym. Jersey led wire-to-wire, with leads of 20-6 after the first quarter, 37-13 at halftime...
EDWARDSVILLE - Alton's Redbirds rebounded from a slow start to make one of the most dramatic games in recent memory with Edwardsville in a 49-47 double-overtime loss Friday night at Edwardsville. First-year Redbird head coach Eric McCrary felt that his team did play hard, but didn't realize how difficult...
EDWARDSVILLE - Senior forward Shaun Pacatte only scored six points, but it was the last three that were the most important - and most dramatic as well. Pacatte's three with 4.4 seconds left in the second overtime gave Edwardsville a dramatic 49-47 win in double overtime in a nip-and-tuck affair i...
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