Colin Feeney, Contributing Sports Writer

EDWARDSVILLE – Marquette Catholic scored six runs in the second inning and jumped to a 9-0 lead in the fifth in going on to an 11-2 win over Metro-East Lutheran Monday afternoon in a game played at Metro-East. In the second, with one out, Murphy Youngblood and Carli Foesterling hit...

EDWARDSVILLE – The Edwardsville girls’ softball team scored the only run of the game in the bottom of the fourth inning, while Kay Swanson and Ryleigh Owens combined for four strikeouts and allowed one hit as the Tigers defeated Chatham Glenwood 1-0 in a game played Monday at the Edwardsville...

ALTON – The Illinois High School Association officially declared Alton as the winner of a girls soccer match over Edwardsville that was suspended by rain April 4 at Piasa Motor Fuels Field, with the 2-0 score going in as the official final score. The IHSA issued its ruling on Monday, stating...

Knights, Oilers Have Good Performances in Collinsville Invitational Meet COLLINSVILLE – Both East Alton-Wood River’s and Triad's girls track teams enjoyed solid performances at the Collinsville Invitational meet, held Friday at Collinsville’s Kahok Stadium. The Knights...

COLLINSVILLE – The Alton high girls track team finished in second place by a narrow margin behind champion Belleville East, while Edwardsville wound up in sixth place, and East Alton-Wood River was ninth in the Collinsville Girls Invitational meet held Friday afternoon and evening at...

COLLINSVILLE – The Edwardsville girls distance runners and field events led the way as the Tigers finished a solid sixth place in Friday’s Collinsville Invitational at Kahok Stadium. The Tigers scored 96 points to place sixth in the field, coming ahead of four schools, including th...

EDWARDSVILLE – Edwardsville boys volleyball junior outside and middle hitter Daniel Pauk has turned into a key part of the Tigers’ successful season thus far, taking over in the middle after Sam Stearns went down with a knee injury, and has helped guide the team to a 12-4 record following...

EDWARDSVILLE – Mt. Vernon scored five times in the first inning and three more times in the second as the Rams upended Jersey 10-1 in a game played at Roy E. Lee Field on the campus of SIUE Friday afternoon. The Rams wasted no time in getting on the board in the first inning, starting...

EDWARDSVILLE – Jack Warren pitched a masterful game, allowing only three hits and striking out eight batters, while Braden Coles’ two hits and two RBIs and Riley Seiner’s bases-clearing fifth inning double helped give Marquette Catholic an 8-0 win over Mt. Vernon Friday afternoon...

EDWARDSVILLE – Alton senior pitcher and infielder Riley Phillips threw a very strong game for the Redbirds on Friday afternoon, not allowing a hit until the fifth inning while striking out eight in four-and-two-thirds innings in Alton’s 6-5 loss to Edwardsville at Tom Pile Field. Phillips...