Colin Feeney, Contributing Sports Writer

SEE VIDEO: ROXANA - The Roxana High School football team is coming off a 2-4 season this past spring, with the season being pushed back due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, and is preparing for the fall season with a big change. A new turf field has been installed at Charlie Raich Field after a...

SEE VIDEO: ALTON - The football team for Marquette Catholic High School had a very good first week of preseason practice as the Explorers get ready for a regular fall 2021 season after going 2-4 during the spring, a season that was moved from the fall of 2020 because of the COVID-19 Pandemic....

THURSDAY, AUGUST 26 SPORTS ROUNDUP GIRLS VOLLEYBALL CIVIC MEMORIAL 25-25, EAST ALTON-WOOD RIVER 14-21: Civic Memorial remained undefeated on the young season with a two-set sweep of the Oilers at EAWR Memorial Gym. Lauren Dunlap had 12 kills, a block and a dig for the Eagles, while Camryn...

EDWARDSVILLE - The girls field hockey team at Edwardsville High School will be returning after missing the 2020 season due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, and the optimism about the Tigers is very high, with the team looking forward to returning to action. "It's been going really well," said Edwardsville...

SEE EDWARDSVILLE VIDEO: SEE ALTON VIDEOS: Edwardsville travels to DeSmet in an early blockbuster between two of the top teams in the St. Louis area, Alton has high hopes for the season going as they travel to Belleville Althoff Catholic and both Civic Memorial and Marquette Catholic...

CIVIC MEMORIAL 4, ALTON 1: Bryce Davis had a hat trick and Robbie Kitzmiller had the other goal as CM opened their season with a win over Alton in the Metro Cup showcase at Mascoutah on Wednesday evening. Parker Scottberg assisted twice and both Josh Teems and Brandon Zyung also had an assist in...

ROXANA - Civic Memorial opened play in the Roxana Invitational with three wins and heads to a matchup against Marquette Catholic in a championship bracket semi-finals match on Saturday. Game time at Milazzo Gym is 11 a.m. Saturday. In Group D, the Eagles defeated the host Shells 25-12, 25-22, while...

EDWARDSVILLE - Raleigh Brazer, a former runner for the Edwardsville High cross country team, did well in the Downtown Dash foot race as part of the BuseyBank Edwardsville Rotary Criterium on Saturday evening in the downtown Edwardsville area, finishing 12th in the men's race and 15th overall with ...

GIRLS VOLLEYBALL ROXANA INVITATIONAL EXPLORERS WIN THREE, OILERS TAKE TWO, SOUTHWESTERN AND CALHOUN DROP TWO OF THREE IN FIRST DAY OF ROXANA INVITATIONAL: The girls volleyball season got underway in earnest as Marquette Catholic won three matches, East Alton-Wood River and Hardin Calhoun...

SEE VIDEO: EDWARDSVILLE - The BuseyBank Edwardsville Rotary Criterium bicycle race festival had a successful return after having been canceled in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, with competitive races, a good turnout, and overwhelming community support to help make the return of the...