EDWARDSVILLE - Jacob Grandone this year emerged as an important runner on the boys cross country team at Edwardsville High School, setting personal records in his meets, and becoming a dependable runner who can score points for the Tigers. In the recent IHSA regional meet in Granite City, Grandone...
EAST ALTON - A new indoor training facility, 6-4-3 Sports Training, opened on Nov. 1 to offer area athletes and teams indoor training on sports such as baseball, softball, soccer and other sports in a year-round venue. The facility is owned by Doug Booten, the manager of the Alton Post 126 America...
CHILLICOTHE - Edwardsville junior runner Ryan Watts came in third in the Class 3A race, while Father McGivney Catholic's Tyler Guthrie came in 10th, and Roxana's Carlos Ruvalcaba also ran very well in representing Roxana in the Class 1A race in the 2020 Illinois XC Championships, which served as...
CHILLICOTHE - Sophomore Riley Knoyle led the way for Edwardsville with a top-20 finish in the Class 3A race, Civic Memorial's Hannah Meiser ran well in Class 2A, and sophomore Riley Doyle led Roxana to a 10th place finish in the Class 1A team standings in the Illinois XC Championships, which were...
EDWARDSVILLE/ALTON - Many area boys and girls basketball coaches are happy about the recent announcement from the Illinois High School Association that gave the green light for basketball during the upcoming 2020-21 winter season, but there are still questions abound about how the season would be...
EDWARDSVILLE - The boys and girls cross country teams at Edwardsville High School will have one last chance to compete after all. Both Tigers' teams qualified for the 2020 Illinois XC Championships, which serves as the unofficial state meet, and was slated for Saturday at Three Sisters Park in Chillicothe...
It's been an Election Night unlike any other – and the race for President has still to be decided. As of 4 a.m Central Standard Time, former Vice President and Democratic candidate Joe Biden and President Donald J. Trump, the Republican candidate, were still toe to toe in the electoral vote...
Republican candidates did very well in races in Calhoun, Jersey and Macoupin Counties on Election Night on Tuesday, winning seats to their respective County Boards. In Calhoun County, three Democratic incumbents --- Circuit Clerk Yvonne M. McCauley, State's Attorney Richard J. Ringhausen and Supervisor...
EDWARDSVILLE - The Republican Party made major gains on the County Board and in top offices, winning seven of eight contested races for the board, including the re-election of Chairman Kurt Prenzler, and winning races for State's Attorney, Auditor and Circuit Clerk, while the Democrats retained...
ALTON - It was indeed a banner year for the Marquette Catholic girls golf team, and on Friday, the Metro-East Golf Coaches Association honored the Explorers by naming junior Gracie Piar its Class 1A Player of the Year, while naming all of the players to its Class 1A all-area team. Piar and fellow...
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