Colin Feeney, Contributing Sports Writer

JERSEYVILLE - Zeke Waltz is a gifted, all-around student-athlete at Jersey Community High School. Waltz, a 160-pound senior wrestler, is the December Male Athlete of the Month for Jersey Community High School. Waltz's wrestling coach is Allen Snyder. Waltz has enjoyed success on the mat for...

MACON - The eighth-grade girls' basketball team at Alton Middle School will have the opportunity to do what the seventh-grade girls' team did this past Thursday night - win a state championship. The eighth grade Junior Redbirds won their quarterfinal and semifinal games Saturday in the Illinois...

EDWARDSVILLE - It turned out to be a good week for Edwardsville High School boys basketball junior forward Brennan Weller in last week's games for the Tigers, as he scored a total of 46 points in three games as Edwardsville went 2-1 on the week, winning at Belleville East Dec. 10 53-43, losing...

BETHALTO - Tucker Shalley had a big game for Jersey, scoring 23 points and pulling down 12 rebounds as the Panthers took a 55-37 decision over Civic Memorial in a Mississippi Valley Conference boys basketball game Friday night at the CM gym. Jersey head coach Stote Reeder said it took a...

EDWARDSVILLE - Edwardsville forward Brennan Weller led all scorers with 12 points and was named the game's Most Valuable Player for his efforts as the Tigers' boys team bounced back nicely from a loss the night before to Collinsville with a 46-37 win over Belleville Althoff Catholic in the second...

EDWARDSVILLE - Sophomore point guard Sydney Harris was named the game's Most Valuable Player with 22 points as Edwardsville defeated Highland 62-48 in the opening game of the Scott Credit Union Edwardsville Shootout Saturday afternoon at Lucco-Jackson Gym. The Tigers' win avenged their loss...

EDWARDSVILLE - Collinsville senior forward Ray'Sean Taylor personally took over in the second quarter, scoring nine straight points during a 15-3 second quarter that helped the Kahoks go on to defeat Edwardsville 47-29 in a Southwestern Conference boys basketball game Friday night at Lucco-Jackson...

EDWARDSVILLE - A big win at 220 pounds by Mason Taylor helped Edwardsville's wrestling team regain lost momentum as the Tigers went on to win over Belleville West 43-22 in a Southwestern Conference dual meet Thursday evening at the Jon Davis Wrestling Center. The Tigers took their record...

EDWARDSVILLE - The Edwardsville boys swimming team, winning 10 of the 12 events and led by their seniors, got the new season off on the right foot with a 121-62 win over O'Fallon in a dual meet Thursday evening at the Chuck Fruit Aquatic Center. The Tigers were led by three of their seniors,...

BOLINGBROOK - Talia Norman, a transfer forward from St. Louis, led with 14 points, while point guard Kiyoko Proctor added 13 as the seventh-grade girls basketball team from Alton Middle School won its second consecutive Illinois Elementary School Association state Class 4A championship 39-28 over...