EDWARDSVILLE - Nic Hemken has been a key player for the Edwardsville boys basketball team in the 2019-2020 season. Hemken is a player who sets the screens, rebounds underneath when the Tigers need it, and makes a positive contribution in every Tiger game. He did so again this past week as the Tigers...
ALTON - Senior Jonathan Bolling is one of the hardest workers on the boy's basketball team at Alton High School, and also provides the Redbirds with leadership on and off the court. For that, Bolling has been named the Redbirds' male Athlete of the Month for January 2020. Bolling, who plays for...
ALTON - The members of the Alton High dance team work hard throughout the week for their presentations at halftime of the football and basketball games, and also hope to achieve success at the state level in IHSA-sponsored competitions. Helping to lead the way for the Redbirds' dance team is senior...
GRANITE CITY - Orlando "Doc" Gooden, who was named as head football coach at Granite City High School in March, 2019, was fired after only one season on the job. Gooden was fired as football coach in a 5-1 vote by the members of the Community Unit School District Number 9 Board of Education despite...
EDWARDSVILLE - Junior forward Brennan Weller has been one of the key players for Edwardsville High's boys' basketball team this season, and on Wednesday night against East St. Louis, Weller led the Tigers with 13 points, but the Flyers held on to defeat Edwardsville 39-35 in a Southwestern Conference...
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15 SPORTS ROUNDUP GIRLS BASKETBALL CARLINVILLE 39, EAST ALTON-WOOD RIVER 28: Kayla Brantley led EAWR with 13 points, Aubrey Robinson added five points, and five other players --- Hannah Allen, Leighann Nottke, Taylor Parmentier, Adrianna Ulrich and Karli Withers ---...
EDWARDSVILLE - The Edwardsville High boys basketball team played very well against the defending IHSA Class 3A state champions, but in the end, it was the little things that made the biggest difference as the Tigers lost to East St. Louis 39-35 in a Southwestern Conference game played Wednesday...
E SEE VIDEO: EAST ALTON - Forwards Tristan Seymour and Kieran Favazza both scored twice, while Seymour also added an assist as the Alton High School hockey team won its Senior Night game, defeating Highland 7-1 in a Mississippi Valley Club Hockey Association game Tuesday night at East...
TUESDAY, JANUARY 14 SPORTS ROUNDUP BOYS BASKETBALL JERSEY 60, PIASA SOUTHWESTERN 31: Matthew Jackson and Tucker Shalley both scored 13 points, while Alex Strebel added 10 in the Panthers' win at Southwestern. Jersey jumped to a 15-3 lead at the end of the first quarter, extended...
IOWA CITY, Ia. - A.J. Epenesa, a 2017 graduate of Edwardsville High School and a standout defensive lineman for both the Tigers and the University of Iowa, announced today that he will forego his senior season with the Hawkeyes and has declared for the 2020 National Football League Draft. In a report...
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