EDWARDSVILLE - Senior A.J. Smith was one of the key players for the boys' basketball team at Metro-East Lutheran High School, where he led the Knights in scoring during the 2019-20 season. Although the 2020-21 season has been delayed in starting due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Smith is expected to...
EDWARDSVILLE - Junior cross country runner Geordan (Geo) Patrylak had an outstanding season for the Edwardsville High School boys team in 2020, coming in the top ten in many important meets, and climaxing his season with a second-place finish in the IHSA Class 3A Granite City regional, coming in with...
GLEN CARBON - Father McGivney Catholic's baseball team made school history on Nov. 20 when Christian Logue, a pitcher, signed a letter of intent with Culver-Stockton College of Canton, Mo., joining teammate Drew Sowerwine as the first two baseball players to sign college letters of intent in a...
ALTON - Kiley Elizabeth "K.B." Kirchner was one of the key players for a Marquette Catholic team that finished 24-7 in the 2019-20 season, averaging 4.2 points and 5.3 rebounds per game in 24 appearances for the Explorers, going along with 19 assists, 38 steals and a blocked shot. She also shot 38....
WOOD RIVER - Junior cross country runner Sabrina Fulkerson has been one of the hardest workers on the East Alton-Wood River High School girls team, and has made great strides in competing for the Oilers, climaxing a the IHSA Class 1A regional meet in Carlinville, where Fulkerson had a time of 25:29.4...
ALTON - Senior basketball player Cortez Harris is one of the key players for Marquette Catholic High school, and in the 2019-20 season, the Explorers' point guard averaged 6.5 points, 2.8 rebounds, 4.3 assists and 4.2 steals per game, as Harris helped Marquette to a 26-7 season, climaxing in another...
GRANITE CITY - Tributes and memories of Pro Football Hall of Famer Kevin Greene continue to pour in after reports that the former great at Granite City South high school died on Monday, aged 58. Stan Wojcik, who served as Greene's and the Warriors' head football coach at South from 1973-1979, an...
ST. LOUIS - The St. Louis Blues will open the delayed National Hockey League season in Denver against the Colorado Avalanche on Jan.13, and open at Enterprise Center on Jan. 18 against the San Jose Sharks as the team released its 2020-21 schedule on Wednesday. The start of the season was delayed...
EDWARDSVILLE - The 2020-21 school year has not been the easiest of years for anyone, as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to wreak havoc locally, statewide, nationwide and around the world. The pandemic has affected the Illinois High School Association greatly, with the organization canceling the...
SEE VIDEO BELOW: ALTON - The Middletown neighborhood of Alton held its 19th annual Middletown Luminaries event on Christmas Eve, as residents lit up candles encased in bags to show their Christmas cheer and celebrate the Holiday season. The event brought out the neighborhood's residents,...
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