WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27 SPORTS ROUNDUP BASEBALL JERSEY 6, ROXANA 3: A four-run seventh, after Roxana had rallied for three in the bottom of the sixth, gave Jersey the win on at Roxana Community Park. John Collins and Zeke Waltz were each two-for-four for the Panthers, while Garrett Carey,...
EDWARDSVILLE – The Edwardsville boys volleyball team used a nine-point service streak in the first game by Eric Epenesa and a six-point string in the second by Max Sellers to go on and convincingly defeated Belleville East 25-9, 25-14 in the Southwestern Conference opener for both...
EDWARDSVILLE – Maria Smith and Lexi Gorniak each had three hits, while Edwardsville scored eight times in the fourth inning as the Tigers defeated Granite City 14-2 on Tuesday afternoon at the Edwardsville Sports Complex. Smith went three-for-four, with a three run homer, while Gorniak...
EDWARDSVILLE – The Edwardsville girls soccer team spotted Cor Jesu a 2-0 lead in the first half, then scored four unanswered goals to take a 4-2 win over the Chargers on Monday night at Tiger Stadium. The two goals scored by Cor Jesu came as a result of some miscommunication in the...
EDWARDSVILLE – Alton senior track sprinter Jeanea Epps enjoyed some good performances in her races during an informal triangular meet with O’Fallon and Southwestern Illinois Relays at the Winston Brown Track and Field Center, and she feels ready to go for the new season. “I fel...
MONDAY, MARCH 25 SPORTS ROUNDUP BASEBALL BREESE MATER DEI CATHOLIC 9, TRIAD 7: Mater Dei scored twice in the seventh inning to win at Triad in a close game. Joe Wade went three-for-three with a RBI to lead Triad, while Nolan McGowen had two RBIs, and Hunter Boyd, Hunter Smith and Drew...
EDWARDSVILLE – A bases-loaded walk to Jacob Kitchen with nobody out in the bottom of the seventh gave Edwardsville a 5-4 win over Moline on Monday afternoon in a game played at Tom Pile Field. The Tigers rallied from a 4-3 deficit with a run in the sixth, thanks to a perfectly executed...
EDWARDSVILLE – Edwardsville distance runner Hannah Stuart had a good first showing in the 2019 track and field season, as her team finished second in the 4,000-meter distance medley relay at the Southwestern Illinois Relays, held Friday afternoon and Edwardsville High’s Winston Brown Track...
SEE VIDEO: ALTON – Omar Abdi of St. Louis and Carolyn O’Leary of St. Peters, Mo., were the overall winners in the ninth annual Alton Half-Marathon Run, held on Saturday morning in the streets of Downtown Alton. Abdi won the race with a time of 1:15:51, 51 seconds ahead o...
SATURDAY, MARCH 23 SPORTS ROUNDUP BASEBALL MARQUETTE CATHOLIC 14-17, HARDIN CALHOUN 1-5: Marquette exploded for a combined 31 runs and 23 hits in a doubleheader sweep of Calhoun. In the first game, Carter Hendricks went two-for-three with two RBIs, Matt Lahr one-for-two with three RBIs...
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