Colin Feeney, Contributing Sports Writer

EDWARDSVILLE – Maddie Stephen, who played a key role off the bench for the Edwardsville High girls basketball team, signed a letter-of-intent to play for Greenville University in a ceremony held Monday afternoon at the Edwardsville High School campus. Stephen averaged 4.2 points and 1.8 rebounds...
BELLEVILLE – A goal in each half was enough to lift Alton to a 2-0 girls soccer win over Belleville East Tuesday afternoon at East. The win lifts the Redbirds to an overall mark of 7-5-0, and 5-0-0 in the Southwestern Conference. Alton struck first after 11 minutes, as Tori Schrimpf took...
EDWARDSVILLE – A brace (two goals) by Hannah Bielicke, along with Rileigh Kuhns’ spectacular free-kick goal in the 57 th minute and two assists, helped Edwardsville come from behind twice to defeat Collinsville 4-2 in a Southwestern Conference girls soccer match Tuesday evening...
BELLEVILLE – The Alton boys track team accomplished many of their goals while finishing 11th in the Norm Armstrong Invitational meet on Saturday at Belleville West’s Bob Goalby Field, scoring 31 points. Edwardsville won the meet with 61 points, three better than runner-up Homewood-Floosmoor,...
BELLEVILLE – The Edwardsville boys track team had many solid performances in winning the Norm Armstrong Invitational meet on Saturday at Belleville West’s Bob Goalby Field with 61 points, beating out Homewood-Flossmoor, who finished second with 58 points. Minooka was third with...
BELLEVILLE – Alton High junior Cassius Havis, who is a middle distance runner on the boys’ track team, had a good showing at the Norm Armstrong Invitational meet at Bob Goalby Field at Belleville West High on Saturday afternoon. Havis, a junior on the team, finished third in the 800 meters...
MONDAY, APRIL 8 SPORTS ROUNDUP BASEBALL ALTON 17, CARLYLE 2: Alton jumped out to an 8-2 lead early on, then scored eight more times in the seventh to roll to the win over Carlyle at GCS Ballpark. Jackson Brooks and Riley Phillips both had two hits and three RBIs for the Redbirds, while Robby...
EDWARDSVILLE – Edwardsville softball junior shortstop Maria Smith had quite the game on Monday, going three-for-four with a leadoff homer over the right-center field fence, setting the tone for the Tigers’ 5-1 win over Marquette Catholic Monday afternoon at the Edwardsville Sports Complex....
EDWARDSVILLE – Shortstop Maria Smith’s leadoff home run over the right-center field fence, combined with Tiger pitching that gave up only one run on four hits, helped Edwardsville to a 5-1 softball win over Marquette Catholic Monday afternoon at the Edwardsville Sports Complex....
BELLEVILLE – Jack Pifer, a senior distance runner on this year’s Edwardsville High boys track and field team, had a very good Saturday afternoon at the Norm Armstrong Invitational meet at Belleville West’s Bob Goalby Field. Pifer was part of the 4x800-meter relay team that finished...