O'FALLON, Mo. - A ninth-inning error allowed the O'Fallon, Mo., Hoots to score the winning run in a two-run bottom of the ninth to give them a 4-3 Prospect League baseball win over the Alton River Dragons in the first game of a home-and-home series Friday night at CarShield Field in O'Fallon. The...
FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS - Recent Alton High School graduate Preston Schepers is currently making a big difference in the success of the Alton Post 126 American Legion baseball team as it heads into the 2021 postseason. In the Firecracker Tournament, Schepers had a hit and an RBI in a 4-2 win over Washington,...
EDWARDSVILLE - The newest member of the Montclaire Swim Club is Jose Alfonzo, who came from Venezuela for the summer, and has provided a boost to the Marlins. Alfonzo helped Montclaire in the 15-18 age group races to win the Southwestern Illinois Swimming Association Relays recently at Sunset Hills...
EDWARDSVILLE - Summers Port Swim Club swimmer, Eleni Kotzamanis, has excelled in her final season for the club and will conclude her summer competition on Sunday with the Southwestern Illinois Swim Association Championships (SWISA) in her home pool. Kotzamanis said once again she has enjoyed the Summer...
ALTON - Josh Johnson hit a three-run homer as part of s six-run second inning, and pitcher Aren Alvarez tossed a seven-inning one-hitter to help the Alton River Dragons win the first game of a doubleheader over the O'Fallon, Mo., Hoots 9-0. O'Fallon bounced back in the nightcap to defeat the River...
ALTON - The Alton Post 126 senior American Legion baseball team will start its playoff campaign at Highland on Tuesday, July 20 at Glik Park in the opener of the Fifth Division tournament. The winner will advance to the Legion state tournament, which will be held July 28-31 in Mattoon. which will...
EDWARDSVILLE - The Edwardsville Summer Junior Team Tennis program has enjoyed a very successful 2021 season and has qualified six of its seven teams for the United States Tennis Association Junior Team Tennis district tournament, which will take place Monday through Thursday at the Dwight Davis...
CLINTON, Ia. - Josh Johnson had three hits on the day, and the Alton River Dragons had 11 hits in the game, but the Clinton, Ia., LumberKings held on to the lead throughout in a 9-3 win in a Prospect League game played Sunday afternoon at NelsonCorp Field in Clinton. The loss ended the River Dragons'...
ALTON - Both Harry Padden and David Harris drove home two runs each and Alton's Adam Stilts struck out five in just over five innings pitched to help give the Alton River Dragons a 7-5 win over the Burlington, Ia., Bees in a Prospect League baseball game played Friday night at Lloyd Hopkins Field a...
ALTON - David Harris, Brady Mutz and Clayton Dean drove home all the runs, while Peyton Havard scattered three hits in six innings while striking out five and walking only one as the Alton River Dragons bounced back from a loss at Normal to defeat the Springfield Sliders 3-1 in a Prospect League basebal...
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