Colin Feeney, Contributing Sports Writer

BETHALTO - Senor forward Alex Reams is enjoying a successful basketball season at Civic Memorial High School, leading the Eagles in scoring with an average of 9.8 points-per-game, along with 4.6 rebounds-per-game, and is considered one of the team's leaders as CM in the final week of the regular...
O'FALLON - Brennan Weller once again scored at least 20 points, hitting exactly 20 points on the night, while both Jack Nafziger and Ethan Young scored five points each. But missed shots told the story of the game, as Edwardsville lost to O'Fallon 47-39 in a Southwestern Conference boys basketball...
ALTON - Brett Terry has had a very successful basketball season for Marquette Catholic High School, helping to lead the Explorers with 24 points in wins over both Jersey and West Hancock, and a 22-point effort in another win over Belleville Althoff Catholic in helping Marquette to a 19-6 record goin...
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25 SPORTS ROUNDUP BOYS BASKETBALL JERSEY 66, WATERLOO 53: Tucker Shalley came up with one of his best games of the season, hitting for 32 points, while Matthew Jackson added 10 and Seth Churchman nine in Jersey's road win at Waterloo. The Panthers only led 15-14...
BELLEVILLE - Sydney Harris, a sophomore forward with the girls' basketball team at Edwardsville High, had another stellar game on Monday night, scoring 16 points along with teammate Que Love, in the Tigers' 61-58 loss to O'Fallon in the IHSA Class 4A Pekin sectional semifinal game played at Belleville...
ALTON - Senior Emma Nicholson had a very successful girls' basketball season, battling back from knee surgery to be an important part of the successful Explorers' overall year, which ended last week with a 24-7 record. Nicholson averaged 3.1 points and 1.1 rebounds-per-game and became one of Marquette's...
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24 SPORTS ROUNDUP GIRLS BASKETBALL 2020 IHSA PLAYOFFS CLASS 3A SECTIONALS --- SEMIFINALS AT EFFINGHAM CIVIC MEMORIAL 57, MATTOON 37: Anna Hall led CM with 14 points, while Kourtland Tyus added 13 points and Tori Standefer 12 as the Eagles won their sectional semifinal...
BELLEVILLE - Kayla Gordon led O'Fallon with 21 points and helped lead O'Fallon in a fourth-quarter rally to help the Panthers to a 61-58 win over Edwardsville in the IHSA Class 4A Pekin sectional semifinal game played Monday night at Belleville West High School. It was the first win for the O"Fallon...
SPRINGFIELD - Edwardsville's Logan Mills and Alton's Noah Clancy qualified for next week's state swimming and diving meet with wins in their events, while the Tigers put two of their relay teams into the state meet with wins in their races as Edwardsville won the IHSA Springfield Sacred Heart-Griffin...
ST. LOUIS - A beautiful Saturday morning and afternoon, with wall-to-wall sunshine and temperatures that reached the low-50s, brought out revelers from around the St. Louis area for the annual Soulard Mardi Gras Bud Light Grand Parade and street party in the historic Soulard neighborhood of St...