EDWARDSVILLE - A.J. Smith led Metro-East Lutheran with 30 points, DaMarkus Bean added 15 and Zion Tucker added 13 points as the Knights defeated East Alton-Wood River 79-62 in a boys basketball game played Friday evening at Thomas Hooks Gym. The Knights went on a 9-0 run late in the first quarter...
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11 SPORTS ROUNDUP GIRLS BASKETBALL MARQUETTE CATHOLIC 34, GREENVILLE 33: Marquette trailed for most of the game before pulling off a fourth quarter rally to nip Greenville Thursday night at the Marquette Family Arena. The Comets took a 7-3 lead after one quarter, then raced...
EDWARDSVILLE - Belleville East started the game off with a 12-1 run before Edwardsville rallied to take the halftime lead, but a 7-0 run at the end of the third quarter gave the momentum back to the Lancers as East went on to a 48-37 Southwestern Conference boys basketball win Thursday night...
EDWARDSVILLE - Evan Grinter and Cohen Osborn both won two events each, while the relay teams won two of the three races as the Edwardsville boys swimming team won its season opening meet over O'Fallon 109-67 Tuesday evening at the Chuck Fruit Aquatic Center. The Tigers won eight of the 11 races...
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10 SPORTS ROUNDUP SNOW, ICE PLAYS HAVOC WITH SCHEDULE, MANY GAMES, MEETS POSTPONED: The snowy and icy weather played havoc with the local sporting schedule, with many games and meets being postponed. The list of games that were called off: GIRLS BASKETBALL East St....
EDWARDSVILLE - Edwardsville girls basketball junior forward Sydney Harris took control of the game in the second quarter, scoring key baskets for the Tigers in going on to a game-high 26 points as Edwardsville won its long-awaited season opener 57-37 over Belleville West Saturday afternoon at Lucco-Jackson...
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2021 SPORTS ROUNDUP TUESDAY'S RESULTS GIRLS BASKETBALL CIVIC MEMORIAL 48, BREESE CENTRAL 34: New CM coach Mike Arbuthnot won his first game with the Eagles, as CM jumped to an early 12-2 lead and never looked back in winning their season opener at home against Breese...
EDWARDSVILLE - After falling behind early 10-3, the Edwardsville boys basketball team went on a 13-2 run to end the first quarter, then had a 7-0 run at the end of the second quarter, and gradually pulled away in the second half to take a 63-42 Southwestern Conference win in the Tigers' home opener...
THREE ATHLETES FROM ALTON SIGN LETTERS OF INTENT: Three student athletes from Alton signed letters of intent on Wednesday to attend colleges for football and baseball. Ja'Markus Gary signed with McKendree University in Lebanon, teammate Tim Johnson signed with Truman State University i...
EDWARDSVILLE - As one of the St. Louis area's top distance runners for Edwardsville High, Roland Prenzler helped lead the Tigers to a 20th place finish in the 2017 and 2018 IHSA Class 3A state cross country meets, running a time of 14:56.58 in his senior season, and as a member of the track team, wa...
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