EDWARDSVILLE – Edwardsville baseball player Jack Cooper is one of the Tigers’ most important players as preparations for the 2019 baseball season continue towards the season opener next weekend. Cooper, a senior infielder, returns to an Edwardsville team that looks to be strong once...
ALTON – Midwest-Illinois Gymnastics and Dance Club's Paige Mouser, a 16-year-old gymnast, had herself quite a weekend March 2-3 as she competed in the St. Louis Classic meet held at America’s Center in Downtown St. Louis. Mouser, a sophomore at Alton High School, won the Level 8 all-aroun...
ALTON – The successful boys and girls basketball seasons at Marquette Catholic were recognized with the announcement of the all-Prairie State Conference teams announced on Wednesday. On the boy's team, seniors Nick Hemann and Chris Hartrich were two of the three unanimous choices for...
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6 SPORTS ROUNDUP BOYS BASKETBALS IHSA PLAYOFFS CLASS 3A SECTIONAL AT MASCOUTAH MASCOUTAH 77, HIGHLAND 50: Shawn Weinstroer led Mascoutah with 20 points, while Malik Green added 19 as the host Indians defeated Mississippi Valley Conference rival Highland...
SEE GAME VIDEO BELOW: EDWARDSVILLE – Belleville West senior E.J. Liddell scored 22 points, while Keith Randolph, Jr. came alive in the second half with 12 points as the Maroons defeated Alton 59-49 in the IHSA Class 4A East Moline United sectional semifinal Tuesday night at Edwardsville’s...
COLLINSVILLE – Alton High senior forward Donovan Clay had himself a game in the IHSA Class 4A regional final Friday night at Collinsville’s Vergil Fletcher Gym. Clay was the game’s leading scorer with 20 points, and defensively held the Kahoks’ top player, Ray’Sean Taylor,...
SEE ALTON REGIONAL GAME VIDEO AGAINST COLLINSVILLE EDWARDSVILLE – It’ll be two familiar Southwestern Conference teams going up against each other on Tuesday night, as Alton (22-9) meet up with defending IHSA Class 4A champions Belleville West (29-4) in the East Moline United...
FRIDAY, MARCH 1 SPORTS ROUNDUP BOYS BASKETBALL IHSA PLAYOFFS CLASS 4A REGIONAL FINAL AT BELLEVILLE WEST BELLEVILLE WEST 52, CHATHAM GLENWOOD 43: E.J. Liddell led West with 23 points, while Will Shumpert added 11 and Lawrence Brazil III had 10 as the Maroons used a 14-4 run down...
SEE GAME VIDEO COLLINSVILLE – Donovan Clay shined on both ends of the court, leading all scorers with 20 points while holding Collinsville’s Ray’Sean Taylor to 10 as Alton defeated Collinsville 58-48 to win the IHSA Class 4A boys basketball regional Friday night...
COLLINSVILLE – Alton senior forward Josh Rivers led the way for the Redbirds with 16 points in their 66-61 win over Springfield High Tuesday night in the IHSA Class 4A regional at Vergil Fletcher Gym. The Senators made a big run in the second quarter to take the lead, but Alton had a run of...
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