Colin Feeney, Contributing Sports Writer

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS – Edwardsville’s Zach Trimpe finished seventh in the singles, while the doubles team of Seth Lipe and Gabo Montanari lost in the consolation semifinals on the final day of the IHSA boys tennis meet on Saturday in and around Arlington Heights in northwest suburban Chicago....
CHARLESTON – Granite City High distance runner Andrew O’Keefe won the Class 3A 1,600 meter race at the IHSA boys state track meet on Saturday at O’Brien Stadium on the campus of Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, coming in with a time of 4:13.50. O’Keefe became the...
CHARLESTON – Edwardsville distance runner Roland Prenzler, building off a very successful cross-country season this past fall, finished ninth for the Tigers in the Class 3A 3,200 meter run in the IHSA boys state track and field meet on Saturday afternoon at O’Brien Stadium at Eastern...
ALTON – Edwardsville pitcher Matthew Boyer allowed only two hits while striking out six in five innings of work, while the Tigers scored four runs in the third inning to break the game open as Edwardsville defeated Alton 8-1 to win the IHSA Class 4A regional championship game Saturday...
EDWARDSVILLE – Edwardsville softball second baseman Maria Smith hit a pair of home runs, including a dramatic game-winner with one out in the bottom of the seventh inning, to give the Tigers a 6-5 win over Collinsville in the IHSA Class 4A regional final Friday evening at the Edwardsville Sports...
SOFTBALL IHSA CLASS 2A PLAYOFFS LITCHFIELD SECTIONAL FINAL PIASA SOUTHWESTERN 10, HILLSBORO 0: Bailee Nixon did it again for Southwestern, scattering three hits and fanning nine over five innings, in the Piasa Birds’ win over Hillsboro, advancing Southwestern to Tuesday’s...
BELLEVILLE – The Edwardsville High boys volleyball team saw its season come to an end with a 25-14, 25-21 loss to O’Fallon in the IHSA sectional semifinals Friday evening at Belleville East High School. The Tigers had split a pair of Southwestern Conference matches to the Panthers in th...
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS – The Edwardsville doubles team of Seth Lipe and Gabo Montanari are the last players remaining at the end of the second day of the IHSA boys tennis state tournaments Friday in Arlington Heights. Lipe and Montanari lost their Class 2A quarterfinal match to Joseph Daw and Noa...
EDWARDSVILLE – Maria Smith’s second home run of the game, a solo shot over the left field fence with one out in the bottom of the seventh inning, gave Edwardsville a dramatic 6-5 win over Collinsville in the IHSA Class 4A regional final Friday afternoon at the Edwardsville Sports...
REGIONAL FINAL AT JERSEY JERSEY 8, COLUMBIA 1: In the Jersey final, the Panthers scored six times in the sixth and twice more in the seventh to take the crown and advance to the sectional. Grace Sharich had three hits and an RBI for Jersey, while Claire Anderson had two hits and two RBIs,...