EDWARDSVILLE – The Metro-East Lutheran boys volleyball team improved to 5-3 on the season by defeating Father McGivney Catholic 25-16, 25-23 in a match played Tuesday evening at Hooks Gym. Will Barney led the Knights with nine kills, while Logan McDaniel was next at five. Cameron Gusewelle...
EDWARDSVILLE – Hanna Bielicke struck for Edwardsville in the 10 th minute, and Emma Sitton added an insurance goal in the second half as the Tigers defeated Belleville West 2-0 in a Southwestern Conference girls soccer match Tuesday evening at Tiger Stadium. It’s the first of four straigh...
EDWARDSVILLE – Edwardsville High first baseman Drake Westcott had a big day at the plate, hitting three home runs and driving home six runs as the Tigers defeated Granite City 15-5 in a baseball game played Tuesday afternoon at Tom Pile Field. Westcott hit a solo homer in the first inning,...
MONDAY, APRIL 1 SPORTS ROUNDUP SOFTBALL MARQUETTE CATHOLIC 1, HIGHLAND 0: Taylor Whitehead had the best pitching performance of the year thus far, allowing only one hit while striking out 16 as Marquette won at Highland. Hayley Porter was two-for-three with the only RBI of the...
JERSEYVILLE – The Triad High School girls soccer team, led by a brace (two goals) from Gina Catanzaro, scored five goals in the first half and went on to a 7-0 road win over Jersey Monday afternoon in a Mississippi Valley Conference match played at Jersey Community High. The Knights struck...
EDWARDSVILLE – Jaylen Townsend, who was a key player in the successful Edwardsville girls basketball season in 2018-2019, signed her letter-of-intent to play for Johnson County Community College of Overland Park, Kan., on Monday in a ceremony held at Edwardsville High School. Townsend, a forward...
STRONGSVILLE, Ohio – The Edwardsville High School hockey team that competes in the Mid-States Club Hockey Association had a great showing in the Chipotle-USA Hockey National High School Division I Championship tournament that ended on Monday at Strongsville, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland. The...
ALTON – Senior player Carson Freeman is serving as a captain for Alton High’s tennis team for the 2019 season, and has played well in singles and doubles to start the season. Freeman sees his role on the team as a captain who sets the examples for the younger players on the team, showing...
EDWARDSVILLE – Edwardsville girls softball pitcher Kay Swanson had a very good performance on Friday against an equally very good Civic Memorial team, allowing only one hit and one run in four-and-one-third innings in the Tigers’ 7-1 win over the Eagles at the Edwardsville Sports Complex....
O'FALLON - Alton's boys' track team wound up tied for fifth Friday in the O'Fallon Relays with Belleville West with 69 points. O’Fallon won the division with 151.5 points, while Collinsville was seventh with 68, and Granite City was eighth with 37.5 points. Ju’Qui Womack finished thir...
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