Colin Feeney, Contributing Sports Writer

MARQUETTE CATHOLIC 10, ROXANA 7: Taylor Whitehead had a big game at the plate for Marquette, with four hits and four RBIs as the Explorers won over visiting Roxana. In addition to Whitehead, Kiley Beth Kirchner had two hits and three RBIs, Makensie Card and Mara Parker each had two hits, and...
ALTON – Calista Cox, a senior midfielder on Alton High School’s girls' soccer team, signed a letter of intent to play at Illinois-Springfield in a recent ceremony held at the high school. Cox will be playing for the Prairie Stars in the fall, and is looking forward to the opportunity....
EDWARDSVILLE – Edwardsville girls soccer senior striker Hannah Bielicke has been one of the Tigers’ most important players this season, and on Wednesday afternoon at Tiger Stadium, Bielicke scored the only goal of the match, poking home a corner from Rileigh Kuhns in the 98 th minute t...
EDWARDSVILLE – Hannah Bielicke scored in the 98 th minute on a beautiful cross to give Edwardsville a 1-0 win over Belleville West in the IHSA Class 3A girls soccer regional tournament Wednesday afternoon at Tiger Stadium. The Tigers advance to the final against Granite City, who won the...
ALTON – Maggie Evans’ brace (two goals) and the first goal of the season from Josie Paniagua helped Alton to a 3-0 win over Belleville East in the semifinals of the IHSA Class 3A girls soccer regional tournament Wednesday afternoon at Piasa Motor Fuels Field. The win advances the...
EDWARDSVILLE – Zoie Howard’s two-run single with one out in the top of the seventh proved to be the difference as O’Fallon scored three times in the inning, and went on to a 3-1 win over Edwardsville Tuesday afternoon at the Edwardsville Sports Complex. The game was a pitcher’s...
TUESDAY, MAY 14 SPORTS ROUNDUP BASEBALL METRO-EAST LUTHERAN 3, EAST ALTON-WOOD RIVER 1: Metro-East scored twice in the bottom of the sixth to get the win at home over EAWR. Nolan Gutjahr, Zach Keplar, Brendan Steinmeyer and Nathan Butler each had two hits for the Knights, with Steinmeyer...
MONDAY, MAY 13 SPORTS ROUNDUP BASEBALL JERSEY 3, CIVIC MEMORIAL 0: Ronnie Guilander held CM to two hits in going all the way in the Panthers’ win on the road in a Mississippi Valley Conference game. The Panthers scored one in the first and two in the second for the game’s...
EDWARDSVILLE – Edwardsville sophomore baseball center fielder Hayden Moore hit the first pitch of the bottom of the seventh inning over the fence in near right field to give the Tigers a dramatic 7-6 win over O’Fallon Tuesday afternoon at Tom Pile Field. The home run clinched the outright...
EDWARDSVILLE – In what turned out to be one of the best games of the area high baseball season, Edwardsville sophomore center fielder Hayden Moore hit the first pitch of the seventh over the fence in right field for a game winning home run to give the Tigers a 7-6 win over O’Fallon...