ALTON - A total of 67 players spanning from the mid-80s through today returned to play in a men's and women's alumni soccer match to benefit the Alton High School program on Saturday evening at Public School Stadium. The former Redbird players enjoyed themselves before a good crowd as the...
ALTON - The Alton River Dragons came from behind to tie the game at 4-4 with three runs in the home half of the sixth, but the Normal CornBelters scored three runs of their own in the top of the seventh to take a 7-4 Prospect League baseball win in the River Dragons' final home game of the season...
TRENTON - Reece Girth scattered four hits in a complete-game shutout, while both Tyler Robinson and Lucas Moore drove in two runs apiece as the Alton Post 126 junior American Legion baseball team defeated Jerseyville 6-0 in the losers bracket final of the Illinois Fifth Division Tournament Friday evenin...
TRENTON - The Alton Post 126 junior American Legion baseball team set the tone of the game from the start with a seven-run first inning and saw three players drive in two runs each as the junior Legionnaires advanced to the losers bracket final of the Fifth Division tournament over Steeleville 9-2...
DANVILLE - The Alton River Dragons scored a run in the top of the eighth to take the lead, only to see the home-standing Danville Dans tie the game up in the bottom of the ninth, then score the winning run in the bottom of the 12th inning to take a 5-4 win over Alton in a Prospect League game Thursday...
EDWARDSVILLE - From very modest beginnings when he took over the team in 1986 and building the program until his final year in 2003, former Edwardsville head cross country coach Jim Price played a very vital role in helping the Tigers become one of the area's and the state's premier programs. Price...
TRENTON - As their senior counterparts did last week, the Alton Post 126 junior American Legion baseball team's journey to a possible Illinois Fifth Division tournament championship will go through the losers bracket of the double-elimination affair. Jerseyville scored all of its runs in the middle...
EDWARDSVILLE - Former Edwardsville High cross country standout Jack Pifer was the men's winner of the 25th running of the Mud Mountain 5K Classic on Saturday morning at the famed course at SIU-Edwardsville, coming in with a time of 16:32.77. It was a very good time, and in a post-race interview, Pife...
EDWARDSVILLE - Former Edwardsville High runner Jack Pifer, who now runs for Saint Louis University, and Kassidy Dexheimer of Washington, Ill., who runs for the women's team at SIU-Edwardsville, were the winners of the 25th running of the Mud Mountain 5K Classic race at the famed SIUE cross country...
CENTRALIA - The Alton Post 126 senior American Legion baseball team pulled off an incredible comeback from a 7-1 and 8-2 deficit to score three runs in the top of the sixth and four more in the top of the seventh to take a 9-8 lead, but Highland came back with single runs in the bottom of the sevent...
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