BELLEVILLE EAST 1, ALTON 1 (AFTER EXTRA TIME, ALTON WINS PENALTY SHOOTOUT 4-2): Alton won its Southwestern Conference season finale over Belleville East, but had to go to a penalty shootout after the match was drawn after extra time. Both teams scored in the first half, as Alexis Kiernan gave...
COLLINSVILLE – Edwardsville girls soccer junior forward Rileigh Kuhns has made a career of scoring big goals in the final seconds of matches at Collinsville’s Kahok Stadium, and on Thursday night in the regular season finale, she did it again. Kuhns’ strike in the 79 th minute,...
COLLINSVILLE - Senior Roland Prenzler was on top of his game in Wednesday’s Southwestern Conference Meet, blazing home to first places in both the 1,600 and 3,200-meter runs. Prenzler scorched to a time of 4:23.20 in the 1,600 and won the 3,200 with a time of 9:58.64 in a very difficult...
COLLINSVILLE – Kenyon Johnson has been a standout all season for Edwardsville’s track and field team, but as often happens for Tiger track and field athletes toward the end of the year, he is hitting his peak. Johnson shined in Wednesday’s Southwestern Conference Meet at Collinsville,...
LINCOLN – East Alton-Wood River’s Jayden Ulriich and Civic Memorial’s Maura Niemeier both qualified in two events, while the Roxana 4x800-meter relay team also qualified during the Illinois High School Association girls Class 2A sectional meet Wednesday afternoon at...
COLLINSVILLE – The Alton boys track team continues its prep for the IHSA state finals with a sixth place finish in the Southwestern Conference meet Wednesday at Kahok Stadium. The Redbirds placed sixth with a total of 51 points, a point ahead of Belleville West, who had 50, with Eas...
EDWARDSVILLE – Grant Schaefer pitched a magnificent game, allowing only one run and one hit in five-and-one-third innings, while Blake Burris drove in three with a bases-clearing double as part of a five-run fourth inning as Edwardsville defeated Belleville East 10-1 in a Southwestern...
EDWARDSVILLE – For Edwardsville’s girls' soccer senior forward Zoe Ahlers, there’s not a substitute for hard work and determination. And although the Tigers lost to Granite City 1-0 Saturday night at Tiger Stadium, Ahlers and her teammates are bound to work even harder as the IHSA...
TUESDAY, MAY 7 SPORTS ROUNDUP NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE ST. LOUIS - The St. Louis Blues did it! The Blues' Pat Maroon scored a goal 5:50 into the second overtime and Jordan Binnington made 29 saves and the St. Louis Blues outlasted the Dallas Stars 2-1 in Game 7 of their Western Conference semifinal...
EDWARDSVILLE – The Edwardsville girls soccer team celebrated its annual Senior Night on Tuesday – and won the Southwestern Conference Championship outright as well. The Tigers honored seniors Emma Sitton, Ava Walls, Sarah Kraus, Libby Doak, Emma Hensley, Libby Bateman, Katrina...
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