ALTON - Luke Padesky and April Lund came out as the winners in the 10-mile races, while Emil Schlueter and Alyssa Mann took the 5K titles in the 62nd annual Great River Road Run, sponsored by the Alton Road Runners Club, on Saturday morning in Alton. The race went off without a hitch, returning t...
GLEN CARBON - Senior girls volleyball player Aislin Hall had a very successful season for Father McGivney Catholic High School this fall, climaxed by being named first team to the inaugural all-Gateway Metro Conference team in the new league's first season. She was one of the hardest-working players...
Roxana Thanksgiving Tournament SATURDAY NIGHT JERSEY 41, CARBONDALE 40: Jersey held off a fourth-quarter Carbondale rally Saturday night to defeat the Terriers for third place in the Roxana Thanksgiving Tourney. The Panthers jumped to a 14-5 lead after the first quarter, then had a 22-14...
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 23 SPORTS ROUNDUP BOYS BASKETBALL ROXANA HOOPSGIVING TOURNAMENT PIASA SOUTHWESTERN 49, BUNKER HILL 36: Southwestern jumped out to a 12-2 first quarter lead and went on from there to take the win in the Roxana Hoopsgiving Tournament on the second day of the event...
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 22 SPORTS ROUNDUP BOYS BASKETBALL ROXANA HOOPSGIVING CLASSIC --- GROUP STAGE JERSEY 65, ROXANA 29: Jersey jumped out to a 34-10 halftime lead and didn't look back in defeating the host Shells in the opening night of the first-ever Roxana Hoopsgiving Classic...
ALTON - Nick Trefny led Marquette Catholic with a 601 series, including a high game of 218, while Hayden Shurman threw a 594 series, with a high game of 220, as the Explorers' boys bowling team defeated East Alton-Wood River in a match last week at Bowl Haven Lanes in Alton. The Explorers had two...
ALTON - Alton freshman point guard Kiyoko Proctor led all scorers with 20 points as the Redbirds defeated Springfield Southeast 71-34 to complete a three-game sweep of their own Tip-Off Tournament Saturday afternoon at the Redbirds Nest. In the first game of the day, Breese Mater Dei Catholic used...
MOWEAQUA - Carrollton quarterback Grant Pohlman ran for three touchdowns and threw for a fourth to running back Harley Angel, with the Hawks defense shutting down Moweaqua Central A&M's offense at key times as Carrollton defeated the Raiders in the IHSA Class 1A football playoff semifinal 28-14 Saturday...
CRETE - East St. Louis star receiver and kick returner Luther Burden III returned a pair of punts for touchdowns, caught a pass for a third, and running back Kuron Parchmon scored twice in the fourth quarter as East St. Louis won its IHSA Class 6A football playoff semifinal game over Crete-Monee 54-1...
O'FALLON - Senior guard Macy Silvey, who signed earlier this week to play for SIU-Edwardsville in college next season, sank a pair of free throws in the final seconds to give Edwardsville a 47-45 win over Chicago Whitney Young in both teams' season opener at the Southern Illinois Shootout series Saturday...
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