Colin Feeney, Contributing Sports Writer

FRIDAY, MARCH 19 SPORTS ROUNDUP FOOTBALL JERSEY 16, GRANITE CITY 0: An early interception return put Jersey into the lead, and the defense made everything hold up as the Panthers won their opener at home over Granite City, playing in the Mississippi Valley Conference for the season along with...

SEE VIDEO: SEE PLAY OF THE GAME: ALTON - Edwardsville senior running back Justin Johnson, Jr. celebrated his and the Tigers' return to the field with a great performance, running for 217 yards and three touchdowns as the Tigers defeated Alton 31-7 in the long-awaited season opener...

See pre-season video below: ALTON - The long-awaited opening of the football season is almost at hand for Marquette Catholic, and the Explorers preseason drills have been going well as the team opens the season at Public School Stadium March 20 against Breese Mater Dei Catholic in a ...

Preseason Video Of Redbirds: ALTON - The football team at Alton High School hasn't played a game in over a year, but the Redbirds have kept going, practicing and preparing, and on Friday night, will play its long-delayed and awaited season opener against Edwardsville with a 7 p.m. kickoff. Th...

ALTON - It's been a long time coming, and after a fall and winter of much uncertainty and doubt, the Illinois high school football season finally will get underway on Friday night when Edwardsville meets Alton at Public School Stadium in a 7 p.m. kickoff in a week one game that will be livestreamed...

ALTON - For the first time, the Alton High Redbirds will take the field on the newly installed turf surface with new, modern scoreboard, in a historic game with the arch-rival Edwardsville Tigers. The game will be streamed live on Riverbender.com. To watch the Friday night game, click below: http://www.riverbender.com/video/live/details.cfm?id=1...

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17 SPORTS ROUNDUP GIRLS VOLLEYBALL ALTON 25-25, MADISON 9-6: Alton bounced back from their season opening loss to Belleville East in good style, sweeping Madison in their home opener at the Redbirds Nest. Summer Campbell had a block in the match for the Redbirds, wit...

TUESDAY, MARCH 16 SPORTS ROUNDUP BOYS SOCCER CIVIC MEMORIAL 6, WATERLOO 0: Bryce Davis scored his second straight hat trick in as many days in helping CM go on to the shutout win over Waterloo in a Mississippi Valley Conference match at the Bethalto Sports Complex. The Eagles struck twice...

EDWARDSVILLE - Brennan Weller, in his first match after coming off a very successful basketball season, scored an early second half brace (two goals), and set up a penalty kick goal taken by Eli Bateman, starting a five-goal second half that turned the match around as Edwardsville took a 7-1 win ove...

EDWARDSVILLE - Seniors Alexa Harris and Storm Suhre, along with junior Emma Garner, helped lead the way as Edwardsville's girls volleyball team had a total team effort in winning their long-awaited season opener 25-18, 25-16 over O'Fallon in a Southwestern Conference match Tuesday evening at Lucco-Jackson...