Colin Feeney, Contributing Sports Writer

TUESDAY, APRIL 16 SPORTS ROUNDUP ALTON 5, BELLEVILLE WEST 2: Lynna Fischer, Abby Scyoc and Abby Sullivan had the only hits for Alton, but Ashlyn Betz, Audrey Evola, Scyoc and Fischer had RBIs in the Redbirds’ win over West. Six different Maroon players had single hits, while Haley Dunn...
ALTON – Alaina Nasello scored in the fourth minute, and the Alton defense made the goal stand up as the Redbirds won a key Southwestern Conference match over O’Fallon 1-0 Tuesday afternoon at Piasa Motor Fuels Field. It was the first win of the season in three meetings with the...
EDWARDSVILLE – The Edwardsville High baseball team scored 14 runs in the bottom of the first inning in going on to a 16-0 win over East St. Louis in a Southwestern Conference game played Tuesday afternoon at Tom Pile Field. The scoring started early on, as a Blake Burris triple to...
O’FALLON – The Edwardsville girls softball team scored two runs in both the first and second innings, and got strong pitching from Kay Swanson and Ryleigh Owens as the Tigers won at O’Fallon 4-2 Tuesday afternoon in a Southwestern Conference game. The Tigers got things started...
EDWARDSVILLE – Hannah Bielicke had all three goals for Edwardsville on Tuesday as the Tigers stayed undefeated in the Southwestern Conference with a 3-1 win over Belleville East in a match played at Tiger Stadium. It’s the first hat trick for an Edwardsville player since May 3,...
GRANITE CITY – Granite City distance runner Andrew O’Keefe is considered one of the premier distance runners in the St. Louis area, and on Friday, he broke not only a personal record, but the school record for the fastest 3,200-meter run, winning the event with a time of 9:11.11 during...
EDWARDSVILLE 14, PORTAGE, MICH., CENTRAL 5: In a Prep Baseball Report Showcase Tournament Saturday at Westfield, Ind., Josh Ohl enjoyed a big day at the plate, going four-for-four with two RBIs, Hayden Moore and Joe Toscano had two hits and two RBIs, and Blake Burris also had two hits in Edwardsville’s...
ALTON - The Alton inaugural Robert Logan Doubles tournament held on Saturday at Alton High and Lewis and Clark Community displayed strong tennis spirits as the Redbirds and seven other teams remembered the legacy of Logan, the late Alton tennis coach who died of a rare form of liver cancer at the...
O’FALLON – The Alton High girls’ track team finished fifth with 85.5 points, at the O’Fallon Girls Relays Friday afternoon and evening at O’Fallon Township High. Alton had a very successful day in the sprints, starting with Jenea Epps’ win in the 100 meters,...
GRANITE CITY – The Alton boys’ track team performed well in finishing in a sixth-place tie with Edwardsville at the Granite City Invitational meet Friday afternoon and evening at Memorial Stadium/Kevin Greene Field. The Redbirds had big performances from Deonte Rogers in the sprint...