Colin Feeney, Contributing Sports Writer

COLLINSIVLLE - A own goal in the 72nd minute turned out to be the difference as Collinsville took a 1-0 win over a 10-man Edwardsville side in a boys Southwestern Conference soccer match played Tuesday at Kahok Stadium. It was a very tight defensive-oriented match that saw the Tigers lose defender...

EAST ST. LOUIS - The Edwardsville girls volleyball team had another complete team effort as the Tigers defeated East St. Louis 25-12, 25-11 in a Southwestern Conference match at the East Side gym. The win was very important for the Tigers in two ways: Edwardsville completed the shortened regular seaso...

MONDAY, MARCH 29 SPORTS ROUNDUP GIRLS VOLLEYBALL MARQUETTE CATHOLIC 25-22-25, BELLEVILLE ALTHOFF CATHOLIC 22-25-21: Marquette held off Althoff in a close and hard-fought match at Marquette Family Arena. Sydney Ehrman served up two points and an ace for the Explorers, while Olivia Ellebrach...

TUESDAY, MARCH 30, 2021 SPORTS ROUNDUP GIRLS VOLLEYBALL MARQUETTE CATHOLIC 25-25, ROXANA 15-17: Marquette held the lead all the way through as the Explorers swept visiting Roxana at the Marquette Family Arena. Olivia Ellebracht had four kills and a block for Marquette, while Rachel...

BOYS SOCCER JERSEY 6, WATERLOO 1: Emilio Hernandez and Andrew Kribs both had braces (two goals each), while Alex Hubbel and Matthew Wargo both had strikes as Jersey took all three points from homestanding Waterloo. Kribs also had three assists on the day, while Hernandez and Wargo also had...

EDWARDSVILLE – The Edwardsville ground game hit on all cylinders as Justin Johnson, Jr. ran for 187 yards, sophomore Jordan Bush ran for 129 in the second half and senior quarterback Ryan Hampton ran for 97 yards as the Tigers won their home opener, defeating Belleville East 49-21 in a Southwestern...

ALTON – Both the running and passing games were in sync for the Marquette Catholic football team’s offense, and it helped tremendously as the Explorers won over Salem 28-21 in a non-conference football game Friday night at Public School Stadium. The entire offense played very well throughout...

EDWARDSVILLE - Lathan O'Quinn concluded a good senior season with Alton High School's boys basketball team by scoring seven points in the Redbirds' game against Edwardsville in the Southwestern Conference postseason tournament at Lucco-Jackson Gym, For the season, O'Quinn averaged 4,1 points an...

ALTON - Edwardsville senior running back Justin Johnson, Jr. had a big opening night of the abbreviated football season, running for 217 yards and three touchdowns in the first half, on runs of six, five and 56 yards as the Tigers defeated Alton 31-7 Mar. 19 at Alton's newly refurbished Public School...

ALTON - The Alton High School football team will play against Champaign Central this coming Tuesday, March 30, in a replacement game after their originally scheduled game against O'Fallon next Friday, April 2, was cancelled "because of COVID-19 quarantine protocol being enacted by O'Fallon High School...