GRANITE CITY – Marquette Catholic scored three runs in the seventh inning, but lost a see-saw baseball game as Granite City defeated the Explorers 11-10 in the Warriors’ season opener Thursday afternoon at Babe Champion Field in Granite City. Granite scored three times in the...
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13 SPORTS ROUNDUP BASEBALL ROXANA 9, FATHER MCGIVNEY CATHOLIC 3: A five-run third inning was enough to propel Roxana past McGivney in the season opener for both teams at Roxana. Kaleb Hinkle-Pruitt went two-for-four with a double and three RBIs, Tedd...
BOYS BASKETBALL IHSA PLAYOFFS CLASS 4A SUPER-SECTIONAL AT REDBIRD ARENA, ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY, BLOOMINGTON-NORMAL BELLEVILLE WEST 72, BOLINGBROOK 60: E.J. Liddell led the way with 19 points, Jaylin Mosby had 17 points, Lawrence Brazil III 14 and Keith Randolph, Jr. 1...
EDWARDSVILLE – Jordan Wilson’s goal in the 33rd minute, combined with a stout defense that played well throughout the game, helped give Triad a 1-0 win over Edwardsville in a Group B contest of the Metro Cup tournament Tuesday night at Tiger Stadium. It was both team’s...
MONDAY, MARCH 11 SPORTS ROUNDUP GIRLS SOCCER ST. LOUIS METRO CUP PUMA BRACKET JERSEY 2, FATHER MCGIVNEY 1 Jersey’s soccer girls stopped Father McGivney Catholic 2-1 in the 7:30 p.m. match in the Metro Cup Tourney in Edwardsville on Monday night. Sally Hudson and Nataly Weiner...
EDWARDSVILLE – The girls soccer team at Edwardsville High will have a good mix of all classes, along with a strong middle of the pitch from top to bottom, as the Tigers began the 2019 season on Monday with a 3-0 win over Springfield in their opener in the St. Louis Metro Cup tournament...
ELSAH – Area track athletes turned in some good performances during Saturday’s Jersey Indoor Thaw track meet, hosted by Jersey Community High and held at Principia College in Elsah. Both boys and girls teams participated in the event, one of the last indoor track meets before...
EDWARDSVILLE - Edwardsville's girls track and field team showed there is a lot of positive ahead with strong performances Saturday at the Jersey Thaw Indoor Invitational. On the girls' side, Edwardsville got a first and third in the 1600-meter run, as Abby Korac won the event with a time of 5:17.33,...
ELSAH – Track and field athletes from Edwardsville, Alton, Collinsville, and Triad had good performances during the Tiger Indoor Invitational meet held Friday at Principia College in Elsah. The meet served as a final indoor warm-up for the upcoming outdoor track season. In the cas...
FRIDAY, MARCH 8 SPORTS ROUNDUP BOYS BASKETBALL IHSA PLAYOFFS CLASS 4A SECTIONAL FINAL AT EAST MOLINE UNITED BELLEVILLE WEST 95. DANVILLE 83: E.J. Liddell, last season’s Mr. Basketball in Illinois, led West with 25 points, while Lawrence Brazil III added 22 points and Will Shumpert...
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