WARRENTON, Mo. - Caden Laslie's three RBIs, good pitching from both James Stendeback and Tyler Robinson, and a five-run third inning were all that were needed as the Alton American Legion Post 126 junior team defeated Warrenton, Mo., 7-2 in a rain-shortened game Saturday afternoon at Warrenton. The...
ALTON - My Just Desserts, based in Downtown Alton and a business known for its chicken salad sandwiches, homemade pies and its toll house brownies, have partnered with McAlister's Deli, a popular restaurant chain based in St. Louis, to help promote unity and love among people by something simple...
GLEN CARBON - Father McGivney Catholic, which has enjoyed success in its athletic programs in its young history, will expand the program in the spring of 2021, adding girls softball to the Griffins' lineup. The school will start out with a junior varsity schedule in the spring, and plans to move...
EDWARDSVILLE - Caty Ponce, who played for and later coached with former Tiger head coach Lori Blade, has been appointed head girls basketball coach at Edwardsville High School, succeeding Blade at the Tigers' helm. Ponce, who graduated from Edwardsville in 2011, became an assistant to Blade afte...
MARYLAND HEIGHTS, Mo. - The Alton Post 126 American Legion junior baseball team won its first game of the season on Monday night, going out to a 7-2 lead after two innings in the first game of a doubleheader, winning 11-4 at Maryland Heights, Mo., in northwest St. Louis County, but dropped the...
BLOOMINGTON - The Illinois High School Association's state boys basketball finals may have played in Peoria for 25 years, but decided that home was where the heart was. The IHSA announced Monday that the finals would be returning to the University of Illinois' State Farm Center, formerly known as...
ELSBERRY, Mo. - Alton American Legion Post 126 pitcher Bryce Higginbotham threw an absolute gem of a game on Saturday morning, walking only one batter while striking out 18, while the Legionnaire offense scored single runs in the opening two innings, which was enough as Alton defeated Kirkwood 2-0...
WASHINGTON, Mo. - In the semifinal, Cullen McBride scattered six hits and struck out six in a 3-0 semifinal win over Valmeyer, then a bases loaded double by Adam Stilts in the bottom of the sixth keyed a four-run rally that gave Alton Post 126's American Legion baseball team a 6-3 win over Highland...
ELSBERRY, Mo. - Adam Stilts completed a day of masterful pitching by the Alton Post 126 American Legion baseball team by scattering seven hits and allowing only a first inning run while striking out 10 in a complete game performance as the Legionnaires defeated Hannibal, Mo. 2-1 in the final game o...
SEE VIDEO: ALTON - Many people marched through Alton on Sunday afternoon in the Solidarity In 2020 Peaceful Protest, organized by the Riverbend Ministerial Alliance and other organizations in an effort to bring solidarity to the community and to protest for peace, justice and unity during...
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