EAST PEORIA – A first-pitch home run by Cheyenne Walker with nobody out in the top of the 12 th inning gave Goreville a 2-0 win over Hardin Calhoun in the IHSA Class 1A softball state semifinals Friday afternoon at Eastside Centre in East Peoria. The Blackcats advanced to their third straight...
HARDIN – The Calhoun High girls softball team has made it back to the IHSA Class 1A state finals for the fourth time in the last five season, and will be facing a familiar opponent in its semifinal game on Friday. The Warriors, who are 30-4 on the season, play against Goreville in the second...
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – Rachel Anderson, a 2016 graduate of Edwardsville High School and currently a center fielder for Southeast Missouri State, has been named a third-team softball All-American by the National Fast-Pitch Coaches Association. Anderson becomes the sixth All-American player in...
O’FALLON – Hayden Moore scored from second base on a third-inning sacrifice fly, Edwardsville tacked on three more runs in the bottom of the sixth, and Matthew Boyer scattered four hits and struck out seven as the Tigers defeated Belleville West 4-0 in the IHSA Class 4A Bloomington...
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE 2019 STANLEY CUP FINAL – GAME 2 (BEST-OF-SEVEN) ST. LOUIS 3, BOSTON 2 (OT) (SERIES TIED 1-1): Carl Gunnarsson’s goal, off a slap shot from the point, 3:51 into overtime gave the St. Louis Blues a 3-2 win over the Boston Bruins in game two of the 2019...
NOKOMIS – Marquette Catholic pitcher Taylor Whitehead did a little bit of everything, allowing Nokomis one hit, striking out eight, and also helped herself with three hits and three RBIs as the Explorers defeated the Redskins 11-0 in a make-up game at Nokomis High to decide the South Central...
BELLEVILLE – O’Fallon jumped out to a 6-0 lead, scoring four times in the first and twice more in the second, and went on to defeat Edwardsville 7-1 in the IHSA Class 4A Normal Community sectional semifinal at Belleville East’s Rita Menke Field Tuesday afternoon. The Panthers...
SOFTBALL IHSA CLASS 1A SUPER-SECTIONAL AT ILLINOIS-SPRINGFIELD HARDIN CALHOUN 1, WINDSOR 0: Sydney Baalman pitched another magnificent game, striking out 14 while allowing only one hit – with two out in the seventh – as Calhoun made a first inning run stand up to defeat Windsor...
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE 2019 STANLEY CUP FINAL BOSTON 4, ST. LOUIS 2 (BOS LEADS 1-0): The Boston Bruins rallied from a 2-0 deficit to score four unanswered goals to defeat the St. Louis Blues 4-2 in game one of the 2019 National Hockey League Stanley Cup Final Monday night at TD Garden i...
EDWARDSVILLE – Edwardsville softball catcher Moe Kastens had a good day at the plate in Friday’s IHSA Class 4A regional final against Collinsville, going two-for-three with an RBI and a run scored in the Tigers’ dramatic 6-5 win over the Kahoks at the Edwardsville Sports Complex....
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