FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29 SPORTS ROUNDUP IHSA FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS CLASS 5A FIRST ROUND MORTON 56, HIGHLAND 33 : Travis Porter scored three touchdowns for Highland, while quarterback Brent Wuebbels ran 72 yards for another and passed for a late touchdown as Highland lost at Morton in the first...
QUINCY - Senior receiver Luke Parmentier caught a 16-yard touchdown pass on a fourth-down play with 1:11 left in regulation to give Civic Memorial a dramatic 20-17 win over Quincy Notre Dame Catholic in the first round of the IHSA Class 4A football playoffs on a rainy Friday night at Advance Physical...
SOUTH ELGIN - Edwardsville sophomore quarterback Jake Curry scored twice in a big rally for the Tigers, on runs of four and two yards, but South Elgin used a 21-point second quarter to go on to a 24-13 win in a rainy first-round game of the IHSA Class 8A playoffs Friday evening at South Elgin Stadium....
Carrollton plays at home in their Class 1A opener, Triad hosts suburban Chicago team Country Club Hills Hillcrest in Class 5A, East St. Louis opens up at home in Class 6A against Riverside-Brookfield, and Collinsville will play its first postseason game in 11 years at home against Geneva in IHSA footbal...
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28 SPORTS ROUNDUP GIRLS VOLLEYBALL IHSA PLAYOFFS --- REGIONAL FINALS CLASS 2A STAUNTON 25-25, ROXANA 13-18: Staunton took an early lead and never looked back in winning the Roxana regional at Larry Milazzo Memorial Gym. Lily Daugherty led the Shells with four kills,...
GRANITE CITY - Trailing in the first set 19-16, Edwardsville's girls' volleyball team rallied to score the set's final nine points to take the set, and from there, used the momentum to defeat Belleville West 25-19, 25-14 in the IHSA Class 4A regional final Thursday evening at Granite City's Memorial...
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27 SPORTS ROUNDUP GIRLS VOLLEYBALL IHSA PLAYOFFS CLASS 1A REGIONALS --- SEMIFINALS AT METRO-EAST LUTHERAN CARLYLE 25-23-25, METRO-EAST LUTHERAN 16-25-14: Carlyle won a three-set thriller over Metro-East in the second semifinal of the regional Wednesday night at Hook...
JERSEYVILLE - Junior volleyball player Kari Krueger was one of the key players for Jersey Community High School's girls' volleyball team in the 2021 season as the Panthers recently concluded the season at 10-21. Krueger served up 77 points this season, coming up with 18 aces while getting 168 kills,...
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 26 SPORTS ROUNDUP BOYS SOCCER IHSA PLAYOFFS CLASS 2A SECTIONAL SEMIFINALS AT TRIAD MASCOUTAH 3, CIVIC MEMORIAL 2: Parker Scottberg and Brayden Zyung scored in the final 10 minutes of the match to draw CM close, but couldn't get an equalizer before the fina...
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL IHSA PLAYOFFS --- REGIONALS CLASS 4A AT GRANITE CITY BELLEVILLE WEST 25-25, ALTON 15-5: In the second semifinal at Granite's Memorial Gym, West led all the way through to eliminate Alton. Grace Carter had three blocks and two assists for the Redbirds,...
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