GRANITE CITY – Edwardsville freshman girls cross-country runner Riley Knoyle had a very impressive debut in the Granite City Invitational, finishing third, while teammates Makenna Lueking finished 13 th and Jillian Welsh 54 th as the Tigers tied for fifth with Mascoutah as a team in the race,...
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7 WEEKEND SPORTS ROUNDUP BOYS SOCCER REGULAR SEASON MARQUETTE CATHOLIC 4, BELLEVILLE ALTHOFF CATHOLIC 2: Noah McClintock’s brace (two goals) help pace Marquette to the win on the road at Althoff. McClintock struck in both the seventh and 52 nd minutes, while...
GRANITE CITY – Edwardsville senior cross country runner Jack Pifer won the boys varsity race at the Granite City Invitational Saturday morning, running the three-mile course in Wilson Park with a time of 15:17.03, faster than his time in the 2018 race. Pifer’s strategy going into the...
SPORTS SCOREBOARD FOOTBALL – WEEK TWO Alton 22, Quincy 12 Salem 27, Breese Central 7 St. John Vianney Catholic 34, Belleville Althoff Catholic 20 CBC 44, Edwardsville 27 Marion 24, Jersey 17 Washington 33, Belleville West 32 Breese Mater Dei Catholic 28, Marquette Catholic...
ALTON – The Alton High football team got a pair of fourth-quarter scoring drives, as well as an 86-yard kickoff return for a touchdown from Kevontay Sanelton-Danser to help defeat Quincy 22-12 in the Redbirds’ home opener Friday night at Public School Stadium. The Alton defense held...
EDWARDSVILLE – Junior running back Justin Johnson, Jr., ran unofficially for 194 yards on 31 carries, and scored four touchdowns, but a 30-point blitz by CBC in the first half helped carry the Cadets to a 44-27 win over Edwardsville in a Week Two matchup between two of the best football programs...
CIVIC MEMORIAL 2, HIGHLAND 0: At the Bethalto Soccer Complex, Nic Vaughn’s brace (two goals) were all that CM needed to get the Mississippi Valley Conference win over Highland. Zach Tincher had four saves in recording the clean sheet for the Eagles. CM is now 3-2-0, while the Bulldogs fall...
BELLEVILLE WEST 2, ALTON 1 (AFTER EXTRA TIME): Ethan Ellis scored in the 85 th minute to give Belleville West the Southwestern Conference win over Alton at Piasa Motor Fuels Field. Jake Lombardi gave the Redbirds an early lead with a goal in the fifth minute, but the Maroons equalized after 20...
EDWARDSVILLE – The Edwardsville boys soccer team got a seventh-minute goal from Cooper Nolan, and made it hold up until late goals from Brennan Weller and Tony Agweudu secured the three points as the Tigers defeated Belleville East 3-0 in a Southwestern Conference match Thursday evening at Tige...
CARLINVILLE EARLY MEET GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY VICKERY WINS INDIVIDUAL TITLE, ROXANA TEAM TITLE AT CARLINVILLE: Marquette Catholic’s Riley Vickery was the individual winner of the Carlinville Early Meet, ran Wednesday at Carlinville High, while Roxana won the team championship of the...
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