WOOD RIVER - Evan Merritt has been a standout this season for the East Alton-Wood River boys track and field team in the shot put, discus and 4 x 100 relay. He was Prairie State Conference champion and all-county in all of his events this season. He has been able to top the top 15 in the IHSA Class...
ALTON --- The O'Fallon, Mo., Hoots scored four runs in both the fifth and eighth innings, and hit three home runs on their way to an 11-4 win over the Alton River Dragons in a Prospects League baseball game played Saturday evening at Lloyd Hopkins Field at Gordon Moore Park. Cade Hohl, Nick Hoffmann...
SEE PHOTO GALLERY: WOOD RIVER - East Alton- Wood River's Jaylen Ulrich was a double winner once again, winning the shot put and discus throw, and athletes from the Oilers, Granite City and Marquette Catholic all performed well at the EAWR Girls Invitational track meet, ran Saturday at EAWR...
EDWARDSVILLE - Grant Huebner, Adam Powell and Cade Hardy had key RBIs in the first game, then Edwardsville scored three times in the third and sixth inning of the second game as the Tigers swept a doubleheader from Triad 6-0 and 8-1 Friday afternoon and evening at Tom Pile Field. The sweep extended...
SEE PHOTO GALLERY: COLLINSVILLE - The Edwardsville High boys track team won two events - the 4x400 meter relay and the triple jump - in finishing second in the Collinsville Invitational meet, one of the largest meets in the state, on Friday afternoon at Kahok Stadium Mt. Vernon won the...
SEE PHOTO GALLERY: ALTON - Edwardsville's Blake Burris had three hits while Alton's Adam Stilts drove in two runs as the Alton River Dragons held off a three-run ninth-inning rally to win their debut game over the Terre Haute REX 6-5 before a large crowd Friday night at Lloyd Hopkins Field...
O'FALLON -The rain and thunderstorms that moved into the area Thursday afternoon forced suspension of play during the first and third place doubles matches of the Southwestern Conference boys tennis tournament at O'Fallon Township High School Edwardsville was in first place at the time of the suspension...
ALTON - Sophomore pitcher Avery Hamilton pitched a perfect game, retiring all 21 Alton batters she faced as Edwardsville won their regular-season finale over Alton 5-0 at the Redbirds' home park in a Southwestern Conference softball game played Thursday morning. The game was originally schedule...
CHESTER - East Alton-Wood River senior Jayden Ulrich broke the Illinois State high school record in the discus throw on Wednesday at the Popeye and Olive Oyl Invitational track meet at Chester High School as the Oilers finished fourth as a team, Ulrich unleashed a throw of 51.25 meters, or 168 feet,...
TUESDAY, MAY 25 SPORTS ROUNDUP BASEBALL FATHER MCGIVNEY CATHOLIC 12, BUNKER HILL 0: McGivney scored in every inning in taking a road win over Bunker Hill. A.J. Sutberry had two hits and a RBI for the Griffins, while Drew Sowerwine also had two hits, Daniel Gierer drove home two runs and Luke...
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