ROXANA - Senior wide receiver and defensive back Braeden Wells had a very good season for the Roxana High School football team, being one of the team's top pass catchers and a captain for the team in the shortened season after it was moved to the spring season by the IHSA, due to the COVID-19 Pandemic....
EDWARDSVILLE - Preston Weaver served up seven points and had 25 assists, while Evan Reid had seven points and 12 kills as the Edwardsville boys volleyball team defeated Belleville West 25-16, 25-16 in a Southwestern Conference match Thursday evening at Lucco-Jackson Gym. The Tigers won over ...
EDWARDSVILLE - Sophomore striker Emily Baker is off to a good start for the girls soccer team at Alton High School, having two assists in the Redbirds' 1-3-0 start, with the team having missed 10 days after being in quarantine when one of the players tested positive for COVID-19. Alton was only able...
EDWARDSVILLE - Ty Berumen hit a two-run homer to put Edwardsville ahead for good, while Evan Funkhouser also homered as part of a seven-run third inning and five different pitchers combined to hold Columbia to four hits as the Tigers won over the Eagles 11-1 in a four-and-a-half inning game calle...
EDWARDSVILLE - Junior striker Jadyn Renth had a first half brace (two goals), while Campbell Slemmer also scored and Olivia Baca struck from the penalty spot late in the half as Edwardsville defeated Alton 4-0 in a Southwestern Conference match played Tuesday evening at Tiger Stadium. The Tigers...
TUESDAY, APRIL 27 SPORTS ROUNDUP BASEBALL NEW ATHENS 2, VALMEYER 1: Both teams traded runs in the second before New Athens pushed the winning run across in the sixth to take the win at Whitey Herzog Field. Kaden Vielweber had a hit and RBI for the Yellowjackets, while Grant Harriss and...
MONDAY, APRIL 26 SPORTS ROUNDUP BOYS VOLLEYBALL MARQUETTE CATHOLIC 25-25, GRANITE CITY 20-14: Marquette started off its inaugural boys volleyball season in style with a two-set sweep of Granite City at Marquette Family Arena. The Explorers began the program with a JV season in 2019,...
EDWARDSVILLE - The boys volleyball team at Edwardsville High had a successful return to the court on Monday evening, taking a hard-fought 24-26, 26-24, 25-18 win over Belleville East in their 2021 season opener at Lucco-Jackson Gym. The Tigers' 2020 season was cancelled because of the COVID-19...
GRANITE CITY - Senior baseball player Brendan McKechan is off to a very good start for Granite City High School's ballclub, hitting .357 through games of Apr. 26, with no home runs and three RBIs, with an on-base percentage of .379, with two stolen bases in helping the Warriors to a 4-3 record to...
EDWARDSVILLE - Autumn Grinter, one of three standout triplet sisters who had successful careers for Edwardsville High, recently signed a letter of intent to attend Eastern Illinois University in Charleston in the fall in a ceremony held at the high school. Autumn is the iCAN Clinic Female Athlete...
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