LITCHFIELD 61, PIASA SOUTHWESTERN 59 (OT): Southwestern lost a close decision in overtime on the road at Litchfield in a South Central Conference tilt. The Purple Panthers held a 14-11 lead after the first quarter, then extended the edge to 25-20 at halftime. The Piasa Birds fought back to take...
EDWARDSVILLE - Junior forward Sydney Harris scored 20 points and Edwardsville went on an 11-2 run following the first-quarter COVID time out in going on to defeat Highland 56-43 in a non-conference girls basketball game played Monday night at Lucco-Jackson Gym. The Bulldogs are also one of the...
EDWARDSVILLE - Allison Naylor, who was one of the top performers on the girls swimming team at Edwardsville High School, signed a letter of intent to attend Long Island University in Brookville, N.Y. in a ceremony at the school recently. Naylor, who won the 50-yard freestyle and placed second in th...
EDWARDSVILLE - Junior point guard Macy Silvey had a very good day on Saturday afternoon as she scored 13 points in Edwardsville's 65-44 win over Belleville East at Lucco-Jackson Gym, The win boosted the Tigers' record to 9-0 on the season. Edwardsville scored 21 unanswered points after conceding...
GRANITE CITY - Junior basketball player Damon Smith is having a stellar season at Granite City High School, averaging 11.2 points and 1.6 rebounds-per-game for February, while also dealing out two assists and getting three steals. His work is one of the reasons the Warriors are 5-2 heading into the...
GLEN CARBON - Junior basketball player Charlize Luehmann is coming off a very good 2019-20 season at Father McGivney Catholic, averaging 9.4 points and 5.1 rebounds-per-game, along with adding 40 assists, 46 steals and eight blocked shots in helping the Griffins reach the last eight of the IHSA Class...
PIASA - Senior basketball player Rylee Smith has helped Piasa Southwestern High School to start the 2020-21 season very well, helping the Piasa Birds to a 3-1 record, gaining wins over Brussels, Pana and Gillespie, the latter two in the South Central Conference. For her efforts on the court, Smith...
EDWARDSVILLE - Edwardsville went on a 21-0 run after conceding the opening basket as junior forward Sydney Harris led the Tigers with 23 points in a 66-45 win over Belleville East Saturday afternoon at Lucco-Jackson Gym. The Tigers took control in the first quarter, scoring 19 unanswered points...
BELLEVILLE - Ethyn Brown, who missed a half-court shot at the buzzer a year earlier at Edwardsville, hit a similar shot at the buzzer to give Belleville East a dramatic 39-38 win over the Tigers in an important Southwestern Conference game Saturday afternoon at the East gym. Brown's heroics came of...
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