BLOOMINGTON-NORMAL - The Edwardsville girls volleyball team lost a very close opening set and rallied back to take the second set, but Barrington was able to take a very close third set and the third and fourth place match in the IHSA Class 4A state finals, defeating the Tigers 25-22, 15-25, 26-24...
LEMONT - Sophomore quarterback Robert "Pops" Battle was 15-of-24 passing for 344 yards and four touchdowns, while wide receiver Luther Burden III caught three of Battle's touchdown passes as East St. Louis defeated Lemont 42-21 in the IHSA Class 6A football playoff quarterfinals Saturday afternoon...
BLOOMINGTON-NORMAL - Edwardsville High's girls' volleyball team gave Chicago Mother McAuley Catholic everything they wanted, saving two set points to win a first set thriller, but the Mighty Macs rallied to take the final two sets and the match over the Tigers 27-29, 25-21, 25-16 in the first IHS...
EDWARDSVILLE - Four seniors from the Edwardsville High School girls soccer team signed their letters of intent to play for various top-level college teams in ceremonies held at the high school on Wednesday afternoon. Payton Federmann, a play-making forward, will attend Nebraska-Omaha, Jadyn Renth,...
ALTON - Marquette Catholic girls Class 1A individual state champion golfer Gracie Piar cast her college future with California State-Northridge in the Northridge section of Los Angeles on National Signing Day. Piar will play for head coach Gina Umeck and the Matadors in the Big West Conference, which...
BLOOMINGTON-NORMAL - The Edwardsville High School girls volleyball team will be playing in the IHSA Class 4A state semifinals for the first time since 2010, and only the second time overall, and will face a very formidable opponent in the semifinal. The Tigers will be facing Chicago Mother McAuley...
EDWARDSVILLE - Alton High School girls junior swimmer Claire Paule had an excellent IHSA sectional meet on Nov. 6 at the Chuck Fruit Aquatic Center in Edwardsville, breaking the six-minute barrier in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 5:50.41 in finishing sixth and having a very good 100-yard backstroke...
GRANITE CITY - Senior cross country runner Thomas Westbrook emerged as the top runner for the boys cross country team at Granite City High School this fall as the sport returned to near-normal conditions after an abbreviated 2020 season due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. Westbrook ran a very good race...
EDWARDSVILLE - The Edwardsville High boys and girls cross country teams completed one of their most successful seasons ever on Nov. 6 as the Tigers saw senior Ryan Watts finish eighth in the boys Class 3A race as the boys placed 20th as a team and junior Emily Nuttall conclude a breakout season by...
PEORIA - Edwardsville senior runner Ryan Watts concluded his season by finishing eighth in the boys' race, while junior Emily Nuttall finished her breakout season by being the leading runner for the Tigers in the girls' race at the IHSA Class 3A state cross country meet Saturday morning at Detweiler...
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