Colin Feeney, Contributing Sports Writer

ST. LOUIS - St. Louis' long-awaited team in Major League Soccer will have to wait one more year for its inaugural season. MLS officials announced on Friday that the debut of St. Louis' team, along with Sacramento, Calif., will be delayed one year, and the two teams will begin play in 2023. It was als...

ALTON - The Alton Post 126 American Legion junior baseball team played well in a pair of games on Sunday, losing to Highland 2 4-1 at Highland on Sunday morning, but bouncing back with a three-run fifth to defeat Valmeyer 4-3 later in the afternoon in a game played at Lloyd Hopkins field at Gordon Moor...

ALTON - Caden Laslie had three hits and two RBIs to lead Alton Post 126 junior baseball team, but a six-run seventh inning proved to be the difference as Piasa Southwestern defeated the Junior Legionnaires 12-7 in a game played Saturday afternoon at Lloyd Hopkins field at Gordon Moore Park. It wa...

ALTON - Seth Slayden had a great outing on the mound, striking out seven in six innings of work, while Caden Laslie drove home three runs for the second time in as many days as the Alton Post 126 junior American Legion baseball team defeated Jerseyville 8-5 in a game played Monday night at Lloyd...

JERSEYVILLE - The Jersey junior varsity summer team used its running game to create a pair of runs on Saturday morning, but a fourth and fifth inning rally fell short as the Panthers lost to Addidas Navy 4-3. The loss ended the Panthers' modest winning streak at two, but played well in the game. Th...

BLOOMINGTON - The Illinois High School Association announced Tuesday that the organization will defer to the office of Governor J.B. Pritzker, along with both the Illinois Department of Public Health and Illinois State Board of Education in establishing all future Return To Play Guidelines after reports...

SAUGET - Jim Greenwald is set for retirement as superintendent of Granite City Community Unit District Number 9 after a long career in both teaching and administration in his hometown school district. But he's also very proud to have been a member of the Warrior baseball team that finished fourth...

SAUGET - Although the COVID-19 pandemic caused the cancellation of the 2020 Illinois High School Association baseball season, Edwardsville pitcher Collin Salter sill had one more big game up his sleeve. Salter delivered it with aplomb recently, giving up only one run and two hits in five–and-one-third...

ST. LOUIS - The St. Louis Cardinals announced that two of their players have tested positive for the COVID-19 virus, and are currently being kept in quarantine as the Redbirds continue their summer camp preparations for the shortened Major League Baseball season. The two players, Ricardo Sanchez an...

WASHINGTON, Mo. - The Alton Post 126 Junior American Legion baseball team only managed one hit for the game, while Washington, Mo., scored in every inning but the first as the Junior Legionnaires lost a 10-0 decision to Washington in five innings, due to the 10-run rule, in the Illinois-Missouri Battle...