EDWARDSVILLE – Metro-East Lutheran High School is all set for its Summer Slam girls volleyball tournament, to take place Saturday at Hooks Gym, with matches starting at 8:30 a.m., and continuing throughout the day. Six local schools – the host Knights, Marquette Catholic, Roxana, East...
EDWARDSVILLE – The Alton Post 126 baseball team won an abbreviated five-inning game over the Valmeyer junior Legion team 13-1 on Tuesday night after winning their scheduled game by forfeit 7-0 over East St. Louis at Roy E. Lee Field on the campus of SIU-Edwardsville. The forfeit came abou...
EDWARDSVILLE – Alton Post 126 pitcher Griffin Bianco pitched well in five innings against New Athens Post 246 on Monday night, allowing three runs on five hits while striking out two and walking no one in New Athens’ 3-2 win over Alton in an American Legion District 22 game at Roy E. Lee...
EDWARDSVILLE – It was quite a pitching duel between New Athens Post 246 hurler Brant Bowen and Alton American Legion Post 126's Griffin Bianco Monday night at Roy E. Field at Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville. Bowen pitched very well on Monday night against Alton Post 126 in a...
SATURDAY, JUNE 15 SPORTS ROUNDUP AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL FESTUS, MO., TOURNAMENT ALTON POST 126 13, STE. GENEVIEVE, MO., POST 150 5: In a tournament being played in Festus, Mo., this weekend, Alton Post 126 spotted Ste Genevieve a 4-1 lead after two innings, then came back wit...
EDWARDSVILLE – Summers Port Swim Club’s Sharks of Godfrey is one of the major powers of the Southwestern Illinois Swimming Association league year-in and year-out, and the 2019 season will be one of the Sharks’ best year, as the team has a great mix of youth, experience...
EDWARDSVILLE – There’s some major changes made to the Water Works Swim Club in Edwardsville as the Marlins opened up their Southwestern Illinois Swimming Association season Thursday night. The club has returned to its original name of Montclaire Swim Club, but has kept the Marlins...
GLEN CARBON – Glen Carbon’s Jon Yoch and Troy’s Angela Reckehoff-Mueller won the five-mile race, while Dakota Stumpf of Wood River and Stephanie Pruitt of Bunker Hill were the winners in the 5K run at the Glen Carbon Covered Bridge Run, held on a stormy Saturday morning in Glen...
ALTON – St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Alton has launched the third season of its Summer Volleyball League, which is designed to keep volleyball players active and playing during the off-season. The league recently reached its goal of registering 100 players for the 2019 season, and...
EDWARDSVILLE – For Summers Port swimmer Noah Clancy, it’s the start of an a new season in the Southwestern Illinois Swimming Association for Summers Port Swim Club in Godfrey, but he’s hoping to use the experience he had swimming for Alton High in the IHSA boys swimming meet this...
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