WOOD RIVER - The Vandalia pair of Connor McCall and Chase Laack finished in the top two in the individual standings, while Aiden O'Keefe of Marquette Catholic came in third as the Vandals ran away with the team title at the Hickory Stick Invitational, a traditional season-opening golf tournament,...
ALTON - A number of summer season athletes from both Alton and Edwardsville High Schools were named to the various all-Southwestern Conference teams as selected by the coaches of all summer sports. Here are the all-conference teams by sport for the summer 2021 seasons: BASEBALL The Tigers ha...
ALTON - The Marquette Catholic boys soccer team enjoyed a successful season, going 6-5-4 in the abbreviated spring season, gaining quality wins over Columbia, Waterloo Gibault Catholic, and Collinsville as highlights of their season. With the opening of practice on Monday, head coach Jerry DiSalvo...
EDWARDSVILLE - Former Edwardsville High School cross country runners Garrett Sweatt and Eric Johannigmeier both ran well and placed high in the standings of the recent men's division of the Mud Mountain 5K Classic, held at the SIU-Edwardsville course. Johannigmeier finished ninth in the race, coming...
DANVILLE - The Alton Post 126 junior American Legion baseball team jumped out to an early 5-0 lead, but Fifth Division champions Trenton rallied back to take the lead, seeing a late Alton rally fall short as the Junior Legionnaires were eliminated by Trenton 8-7 in a losers bracket game in the Illinois...
ALTON - The Alton Post 126 junior American Legion baseball team qualified for the Illinois state tournament by finishing second in the Fifth Division tournament last week, losing in the final to host Trenton in their opener on Thursday night at Danville. Alton was no-hit by Trenton in the final...
DANVILLE - Palos Heights set the tone early by scoring five runs in the bottom of the first inning and went on to win over Alton Post 126 8-4 in a first-round game of the Illinois State junior American Legion baseball tournament Thursday evening in Danville. The loss relegated the junior Legionnaires...
GODFREY - Sunset Hills Country Club swimmer Owen Gruben enjoyed a successful Southwestern Illinois Swimming Association Meet recently at Summers Port Swim Club in Godfrey, finishing second in the boys 15-18 50-yard freestyle and third in the 50-yard butterfly, and also was a part of two relay team...
EDWARDSVILLE - Incoming junior forward Olivia Baca emerged as one of the key players for Edwardsville High School's varsity soccer girls as a sophomore in the 2021 season. Baca will also be a key Tigers' returnee for the spring 2022 season. One of the highlights of her season this year was a breathtaking...
EDWARDSVILLE - Former Edwardsville High runners Julianna Determan and Allie Trueb were among many of the former Tiger cross country runners who returned for the 25th running of the Mud Mountain 5K Classic, held recently at SIU-Edwardsville's famed course, and both ran particularly well Determan came...
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