EDWARDSVILLE - Nathan Ponwith became the second player to repeat as doubles champion, this time with Reese Stalder, while third seed Strong Kirchheimer advanced to the singles final and Rinky Hijikata won a dramatic three-set semifinal to advance to the final on the sixth day of the Edwardsville...
EDWARDSVILLE - Paul Jubb of Great Britain, the top seed in the singles, lost in the quarterfinals, while the finalists in the doubles were decided - in one case, in very dramatic fashion - on day five of the 10th anniversary Edwardsville Futures tennis tournament presented by The EGHM Foundation o...
CENTRALIA - The Alton Post 126 senior American Legion baseball team again showed its great resilience as the Legionnaires tied the game with a run in the top of the seventh, then scored twice on an error and wild pitch in the eighth to eliminate Steeleville 8-6 in the Fifth Division tournament...
EDWARDSVILLE - Great Britain's Paul Jubb became the first-ever singles top seed to advance to the quarterfinals with a win, while Australian Rinky Hijikata moved through to the semifinals due to injury in the fourth day of the 10th Anniversary Edwardsville Futures tennis tournament presented by...
CENTRALIA - Cameron Hailstone doubled home Austin Callovini with the game-winning walk-off run as Alton Post 126's senior American Legion baseball team pulled out a 6-5 win over Trenton in a losers bracket game of the Illinois Fifth Division tournament Thursday evening in Centralia. The win puts th...
ALTON - The Alton Post 126 Junior American Legion baseball team and Jerseyville split a doubleheader Wednesday night. Jerseyville won the first game 3-2, scoring twice in the top of the fifth inning. The Junior Legionnaires bounced back to score a run in the bottom of the seventh to take a 10-9 win...
TRENTON - Caden Laslie, Cameron Hailstone and Brady Salzman all drove home two runs each, while Andrew Wieneke pitched a complete game on the mound as Alton Post 126 eliminated Carmi 10-2 in a losers bracket game of the American Legion Fifth Division tournament Wednesday night at Trenton. It was th...
EDWARDSVILLE - The Edwardsville Futures presented by The EGHM Foundation held its first-ever Diversity Day clinic on Wednesday at Liberty Middle School's courts, and the day was a rousing success, with kids from various organizations getting the chance to play with various pros and college players,...
EDWARDSVILLE - Olivier Stuart of France pulled off the biggest upset of the singles thus far, while 2019 runner-up Nathan Ponwith was eliminated and one teen phenom advanced while another was knocked out on day three of the Edwardsville Futures tennis tournament presented by The EGHM Foundation Wednesday...
GODFREY - Noelle Young, an eight-year-old swimmer for Summers Port Swim Club, competed in her first-ever Southwestern Illinois Swimming Association meet on Sunday at her home club in Godfrey and did very well for her first league meet. Young finished in eighth place in the 50-yard freestyle with ...
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