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...
EDWARDSVILLE - The Edwardsville boys volleyball team used the momentum from a loud and enthusiastic crowd to help take a hard-fought 26-24, 18-25, 25-19 win over O'Fallon in the Tigers' Senior Night match Tuesday evening at the Lincoln Middle School gym. The match was moved to Lincoln on Monday, a...
EDWARDSVILLE --- The Edwardsville girls softball team put up five runs in the opening inning, only to see Belleville West come back to take a 6-5 lead in the top of the seventh, but the Tigers scored three times in the bottom of the seventh to pull out an 8-6 win over the Maroons in a Southwestern...
EDWARDSVILLE - Running back Justin Johnson, Jr, who capped off an incredible career at Edwardsville High this spring by rushing for 1,045 yards and 20 touchdowns, which was fourth most in the St. Louis area in statistics from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, was the only Southern Illinois player named...
ALTON - Eric McCrary, a former player and coach at Belleville East High School, has been appointed as the new head boys basketball coach at Alton High School, it was announced in a press release on Tuesday. McCrary is a graduate of Belleville East, Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau...
WOOD RIVER - East Alton-Wood River star track athlete Jayden Ulrich had another big day in a quadrangular meet with Dupo, Red Bud and Lebanon, breaking a personal record in the discus throw while going over 50 feet three times in the shot put on Monday afternoon at EAWR Memorial Stadium. No team score...
EDWARDSVILLE - Caeleb Copeland, Evan Funkhouser and Grant Huebner all drove home two runs each, while Gannon Burns gave up only three hits as Edwardsville won its 21st straight game in an 8-2 decision over Belleville East in a Southwestern Conference game played Monday afternoon at Tom Pile Field....
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