Chris Rhodes is a photographer and reporter for RiverBender and EdGlenToday.com. He is a graduate of Lewis and Clark Community College in Godfrey, IL with a degree in Criminal Justice. He also runs the Madison County Scanner Page.
Chris loves camping,fishing, and photography. Chris is an Eagle Scout and lives in East Alton.
CENTRALIA - The Alton High School Redbirds moved to the Central Holiday Tourney Championship game Saturday with an 80-68 win over the Evanston Wildkits. Alton jumped to a 23-14 opening quarter lead, then at the half stayed in front 38-28. The Redbirds outscored Evanston 22-18 in the third period...
CENTRALIA - Head coach Eric Smith and Alton Redbirds liked their chances when they saw the bracket of the 76th Centralia Holiday Tournament. “We thought we had a decent draw,” Smith said. “We expected to win a few games and continue on.” For the second season in a...
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27 SPORTS ROUNDUP BOYS BASKETBALL CENTRALIA HOLIDAY TOURNEY Belleville West topped Cahokia 69-47 in the Centralia Holiday Tourney on Thursday. Lawrence Brazil III had 18 points for the Maroons, E.J. Liddell and Will Shumpert added 13 points. FREEBURG-COLUMBIA...
CENTRALIA - Alton High School Redbirds moved ahead in the Centralia Holiday Tourney on Thursday with a 68-65 win over Lausanne Lynx. Alton jumped to a 25-18 opening quarter lead, then at the half stayed in front 37-32. The Redbirds outscored Lausanne 16-14 in the third period and Lausanne...
FREEBURG-COLUMBIA HOLIDAY TOURNAMENT GROUP A MARQUETTE CATHOLIC 56, WATERLOO 41: Spencer Cox scored 16 points, Chris Hartrich added 14 and Nick Hemann 11 as the Explorers upended Waterloo in their opening game of Group A in the Freeburg-Columbia Holiday Tournament....
SEE CHRIS RHODES PHOTO GALLERY: FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21 SPORTS ROUNDUP BOYS BASKETBALL CIVIC MEMORIAL 55, ROXANA 50: Bryce Zupan scored 16 of his game-high 22 points in the second half as the Eagles won their second straight game, holding off the Shells at CM’s gym....
SEE GAME VIDEO BELOW: BETHALTO – Points were hard to come by in a defensive struggle at Civic Memorial High School Thursday night. Unbeaten CM was held to its second-lowest points total this season. But it was still enough to dispatch Highland, remain undefeated and take a leg up...
EDWARDSVILLE – East St. Louis held Edwardsville to one point in a stretch from late in the first quarter to early in the third as the Flyers defeated the Tigers 49-22 in a Southwestern Conference boys basketball game Wednesday night at Lucco-Jackson Gym. The Tigers only point in the...
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