MONDAY-TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16-17 PLAY IT AGAIN SPORTS ROUNDUP BOYS BASKETBALL MONDAY'S RESULTS In a trio of games played Monday, Jacksonville Routt Catholic got past Hardin Calhoun 61-51, Carrollton bounced past Bunker Hill 75-55, and White Hall North Greene won at Mt. Olive 64-26. TUESDAY'S...
LITCHFIELD - Father McGivney Catholic used a strong overtime effort to pull away from host Litchfield and secure a 51-45 overtime win in the Litchfield Regional, advancing to the final against Hillsboro. Father McGivney's Zoe Oller paced her team with a 16-point performance, a key to the victory....
BELLEVILLE — Belleville East’s boys basketball team pushed Edwardsville to the final seconds on Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026, before Rowan Weller’s late shot lifted the Tigers to a narrow 47-45 win, a result that nonetheless underscored the Lancers’ late-season progress under coac...
EDWRDSVILLE – Rowan Weller led Edwardsville with 18 points, but his final two were the most important, as his buzzer-beater in the lane went in as time expired to give the Tigers a critical Southwestern Conference boys basketball win 47-45 over Belleville East Tuesday night, Feb. 17...
EDWARDSVILLE - Collinsville’s girls basketball season ended Monday night, Feb. 16, 2026, with a regional semifinal loss to a highly talented Alton girls squad, but Kahoks head coach Colin Moore said he sees reasons for optimism as the program turns toward a younger core and a...
EDWARDSVILLE - Freshman Journey Anderson hit a clutch free throw with 0.5 seconds left in regulation to climax a dramatic fourth quarter comeback by Edwardsville, and give the Tigers a 50-49 win over Quincy in the semifinals of the IHSA Class 4A girls basketball regionals Monday night, Feb. 16,...
EDWARDSVILLE - Taliyah Sykes is a senior guard for the girls basketball team at Granite City High School who played an important role in a historic season for the Warriors, as the team reached the 20-win circle for only the fourth time in the program's history, and the first time in 15 years. Sykes...
EDWARDSVILLE - Mia Semith played her final regular-season home game on Feb. 12, 2026, and went out with a flourish, as the Edwardsville girls basketball senior guard scored 19 points to lead the Tigers to a 56-33 win over a vastly improved Granite City side at Lucco-Jackson Gym. It's been a banner...
VIRDEN - Edwardsville took two championships and will send six wrestlers to the state finals, while Collinsville will send all four of its wrestlers to state as the Tigers won the IHSA girls wrestling sectional over the weekend at North Mac High School's gym in Virden. The Tigers won the tournament...
EDWARDSVILLE - Host Edwardsville had three champions and qualified seven wrestlers for the state tournament, while Belleville East will send two and Alton one in the results of the IHSA Class 3A boys wrestling sectional tournament, which took place over the weekend at Lucco-Jackson Gym in Edwardsville....
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