Colin Feeney, Contributing Sports Writer

EDWARDSVILLE – The Edwardsville High School football team and other area football teams, opened up preseason fall practice on Monday, the first day permitted by Illinois High School Association rules, and all went well as teams began preparations for the 2019 season. Schools from all over...

EDWARDSVILLE – Petros Chrysochos, a native of Larnaca, Cyprus, won the Edwardsville Futures Presented by The EGHM Foundation singles championship over Nathan Ponwith of Scottsdale, Ariz., 6-4, 2-6, 7-5 on Sunday with another stellar performance. Chrysochos first became interested in tennis a...

Stumpf, Colbert Are Overall Winners Of Wood River Police Department Foot Pursuit 5K Race By COLIN FEENEY WOOD RIVER – Wood River’s Cree Stumpf and Edwardsville’s Tanya Colbert were the overall winners of the Wood River Police Department’s Foot Pursuit 5K race...

EDWARDSVILLE – Petros Chrsyochos’ final shot of the singles final of the $25,000 Edwardsville Futures presented by the EGHM Foundation tennis tournament was such an appropriate ending for a tight, well-played match. The final shot hit off the top of the tape of the net, bounced three...

EDWARDSVILLE – Nathan Ponwith, who plays for Arizona State University in Tempe, advanced to the singles final of the $25,000 Edwardsville Futures presented by The EGHM Foundation tennis championships with a hard-fought 7-6 (10-8 in the tiebreak), 3-6, 7-5 win over Alex Lebedev of Island...

EDWARDSVILLE – Liam Caruana, originally from Rome, Italy, now from Austin, Tex., made history on Saturday when he teamed up with Nathan Ponwith of Tempe, Ariz., and Arizona State University to defeat the team of Alfredo Perez and George Goldhoff 4-6, 6-4, 10-5 to win the doubles championship...

EDWARDSVILLE – The doubles team of McClain Kessler and Preston Touliatos have made quite a showing at this week’s Edwardsville Futures presented by The EGHM Foundation tennis tournament at the Edwardsville Tennis Center. From winning a spot in the main draw after winning the inaugural...

EDWARDSVILLE – Carson Haskins, an Indiana University player from St. Louis, lost to second-seeded Kevin King in the second round of the singles, while the three top-seeded doubles teams lost in the quarterfinals on a busy day four of the $25,000 Edwardsville Futures presented by The EGHM...

EDWARDSVILLE – One of the highlights of the week during the Edwardsville Futures tennis tournament is the annual Mitch 'n Friends clinic for special needs players, which is both highly anticipated and well attended. And the ninth edition of the clinic, held Thursday evening at the Edwardsville...

EDWARDSVILLE – St. Louis native and Indiana University player Carson Haskins won his first-round match, but the number one and three seeds were upset on an eventful first day of the main singles’ draw on day three of the $25,000 Edwardsville Futures Presented by The EGHM Foundation tennis...