EDWARDSVILLE – Junior setter Brock Hennig and junior libero Henry Hupp, along with junior Eric Epenesa, helped lead the way for Edwardsville’s boys' volleyball team as the Tigers won their season opener 25-12, 25-13 Thursday evening at Lucco-Jackson Gym. The Tigers used an eight-point...
WEDNESDAY ROUNDUP, MARCH 20 BASEBALL ROXANA 13, EAST ALTON-WOOD RIVER 7: Jacob Acker was one-for-two with three RBIs, Gavin Huffman drove home two, and five different players had two hits and two RBIs each as Roxana won its backyard rivalry game over EAWR. Jared Liley was three-for-four...
EDWARDSVILLE – Edwardsville sophomore second baseman Jayna Connoyer was one-for-three in the Tigers’ loss on Wednesday to Piasa Southwestern 12-8 at the Edwardsville Sports Complex, but her hit was a big one. Connoyer hit a one-out solo home run over the fence in left-center that at...
EDWARDSVILLE – The Alton and Edwardsville girls’ track teams were able to get outdoors for the first time in the 2019 season, and both teams competed well in an informal triangular meet with O’Fallon held Tuesday afternoon at the Winston Brown Track and Field Center. The...
SEE VIDEO: EDWARDSVILLE – The big news of the day from the Edwardsville Tennis Complex was that Edwardsville head tennis coach Dave Lipe reached a milestone that few will ever match - his 800th career win. The other strongest point of Tuesday was his Tigers looked like they woul...
EDWARDSVILLE - Long-time Edwardsville tennis coach Dave Lipe won his 800th career dual meet on Tuesday as the Tigers defeated Alton 9-0 at the Edwardsville Tennis Complex. It was the Southwestern Conference opener for both teams. Lipe has coached both the boys and girls teams at Edwardsville High...
MONDAY, MARCH 18 SPORTS ROUNDUP BASEBALL GRANITE CITY 4, MC CLUER NORTH 3: Granite City pushed across a run in the bottom of the seventh to take the win over McCluer North of Florissant, Mo. In a game Monday afternoon at Babe Champion Field. Freddy Edwards was two-for-two with a triple...
ALTON – In a closely contested game where all the scoring occurred in the final inning, Jersey came up with five runs in the seventh, then held on in the bottom of the inning to defeat Alton 5-2 in the Redbirds’ home opener Monday afternoon at Alton High School. The Redbirds...
EDWARDSVILLE – Edwardsville girls soccer backfielder Ava Walls played a big role for Edwardsville's soccer team this past week in the Metro Cup Soccer Tournament. Edwardsville used the tournament as a learning process as the team is getting its season underway. “Metro Cup is all about...
SATURDAY, MARCH 16 SPORTS ROUNDUP BASEBALL ALTON 2, COAL CITY 0: Riley Phillips was one-for-three win an RBI and Jalen Wilson was one-for-two with the other RBI as Alton got by Coal City. Phillips and Robby Taul combined for a no-hitter, with Phillips striking out eight Coaler batters in the...
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