EDWARDSVILLE - In an interview earlier in the season, Alton girls soccer sophomore striker Emily Baker stated that one of her goals was to score her first-ever varsity goal before the end of the year. On Monday night, Baker's wish came true, as she struck in the 12th minute, and a tight Redbird defens...
EDWARDSVILLE - Former Edwardsville High football kicker Riley Patterson signed a free agent contract on Saturday with the Minnesota Vikings shortly after the conclusion of the National Football League Draft after going unselected during the three-day draft held in Cleveland. Patterson was a successful...
EDWARDSVILLE - Sophomore infielder-outfielder Riley Iffrig had the day of a lifetime at the plate, hitting two grand slam homers and driving in eight runs as Edwardsville won over St. Louis U. High 14-8 in the third game of a cluster Saturday afternoon at Tom Pile Field. Earlier in the day, Evan Funkhouse...
BELLEVILLE - Edwardsville senior sprinter Brandon Battle set two school records, in both the 200 and 400 meters, and also broke a meet record in the 400, while Father McGivney Catholic's Tyler Guthrie broke the school record in the 3,200 meters as the Tigers won the Norm Armstrong Invitational...
FRIDAY, APRIL 30 SPORTS ROUNDUP BOYS TENNIS ALTON BOUNCES BACK AFTER FIRST ROUND LOSS TO ADVANCE IN CONSOLATION BRACKET OF BELLEVILLE EAST INVITATIONAL: Alton's boys tennis team lost in the first round of the Belleville East Invitational Friday afternoon at East, falling to Carbondale...
THURSDAY, APRIL 29 SPORTS ROUNDUP BOYS TENNIS MARQUETTE CATHOLIC 7, ALTON 2: Marquette won the Alton City Championship by defeating Alton at Gordon Moore Park. Marc Tassanari was a double winner on the day for the Explorers, winning his singles match over Luke Boyd 6-2, 6-1, then teaming...
FATHER MCGIVNEY CATHOLIC 17, WHITE HALL NORTH GREENE 0 (Three-and-a-half innings, 15-run rule): McGivney continues its hot start as Christian Logue allowed one hit in four innings as the Griffins defeated North Greene at Griffins Field. Jacob McKee and Gabe Smith led the way for the Griffins...
GLEN CARBON - Bailey Washam, a junior libero for the girls volleyball team at Father McGivney Catholic High School, emerged as one of the top players on a relatively young Griffin team, showing leadership for the younger players while playing at the top of her game this past season. For her efforts...
GLEN CARBON - Marquette Catholic senior volleyball player Kristine Lauritzen enjoyed her final season with the Explorers' girls volleyball team, and became one of the best players on a team. She made key contributions to Marquette's 25-16, 25-19 win at Father McGivney Catholic near the end of the...
EDWARDSVILLE - Grant Huebner came through with an RBI triple in the fifth, then doubled home two more runs in the sixth to help Edwardsville defeat Marquette Catholic 7-3 in a baseball game played Friday afternoon at Tom Pile Field. it was a part of a three hit, four RBI day for Huebner as th...
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