EDWARDSVILLE - Becky Patrick, a senior outfielder for the Granite City High School softball team, is off to a good start although the Warriors have lost their first two games of the young season, 3-1 to Mascoutah on Wednesday and 16-0 to Edwardsville on Thursday, and is one of the keys to a young Warrior...
EAST ST. LOUIS - Edwardsville senior running back Justin Johnson, Jr. closed out his great career for the Tigers by rushing for 205 yards and scoring four touchdowns in the Tigers' 50-47 loss to East St. Louis in the Southwestern Conference championship game Friday night at Clyde C. Jordan Memorial...
FRIDAY, APRIL 23 SPORTS ROUNDUP FOOTBALL BELLEVILLE WEST 49, ALTON 7: Belleville West scored 49 unanswered points after conceding the opening touchdown in their Southwestern Conference finale win over Alton at Bob Goalby Field. Xavier McNear took an interception back 48 yards for ...
EAST ST. LOUIS - Edwardsville and East St. Louis battled to the end in a classic Southwestern Conference title match at East Side on Friday night. Running back Marquise Palmer ran for 168 yards, while freshman quarterback Robert "Pops" Battle ran for 124 more and also threw for 313 yards and...
THURSDAY, APRIL 22 SPORTS ROUNDUP BASEBALL GRANITE CITY 5, ALTON 4: Granite City came from behind to score twice in the fifth to tie the game, then scored the winning run in the sixth to defeat Alton at Babe Champion Field. Brendan McKechan had two hits and a RBI for the Warriors, while...
EDWARDSVILLE - Edwardsville High softball pitcher Ryleigh Owens has had a sensational start, with a no-hitter on Wednesday against Southwestern, and a one-hitter against Granite City. Owens is the iCAN Clinic Female Athlete Of The Month for Edwardsville High School. These were the first girls softball...
ALTON - Sophomore quarterback Graham McAfoos played well splitting time with Keith Gilchrese in the Redbirds' football season. McAfoos was injured against Belleville East with an ankle problem, but will be one of the Redbirds' top prospects this fall when the 2021 season returns. The athletic McAfoos...
GLEN CARBON - Father McGivney Catholic senior pitcher Drew Sowerwine tossed a four-inning no-hitter, striking out 11 and also collected three hits and three RBIs as the Griffins defeated East Alton-Wood River 17-0 in three-and-a -half innings, a game called by the 15-run rule, Thursday afternoon...
PIUS X CATHOLIC (FESTUS, MO.) 2, ROXANA 1 (EIGHT INNINGS): St. Pius X pushed across a run in the eighth to take the win over Roxana in a game played at Busch Stadium on Wednesday evening. Andrew Merseal had two hits for the Lancers, while Michael Argana and Miles Bollinger had the other hits....
ALTON - Dana Morgan, head boys basketball coach for the past two seasons at Alton High School, stepped down from his position for personal reasons. The resignation was accepted by the Alton Community Unit District number 11 Board of Education at its regular meeting on Tuesday. Athletic director...
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