EDWARDSVILLE – Edwardsville swimmer Matt Mendez was a part of a pair of relay teams that qualified for the IHSA state swimming meet next weekend at New Trier High School in Winnetka, a Chicagoland suburb, and it’ll be his first opportunity to swim in the state meet. Mendez will be part...
EDWARDSVILLE – McLain Oertle was hoping just to qualify for one event. Instead, he qualified in all four of his events. Oertle qualified for the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 59.63 seconds, and will be part of all three relay teams – the 200-yard medley relay and both the 200-yard...
EDWARDSVILLE – Edwardsville senior swimmer Porter LeVasseur set a goal to qualify for the IHSA state swimming meet in the 50-yard and 100-yard freestyle, and for the Tigers to win the team championship in the sectional meet. On Saturday at the Chuck Fruit Aquatic Center, LeVasseur met all...
EDWARDSVILLE – Two of the six seniors on Edwardsville High School’s boys' basketball team led the way on Senior Night as Jaylon Tuggle scored 19 points and Malik Robinson had 15 as the Tigers defeated O’Fallon 54-46 Wednesday night at Lucco-Jackson Gym. Robinson and Tuggle...
GAME VIDEO: SEE PLAY OF THE GAME: ALTON – Josh Rivers had 10 points to lead Alton, with the last three of them being the biggest. Rivers hit a three-point shot that rebounded to him at the buzzer to give the Redbirds a 44-43 win over defending IHSA Class 4A champion Belleville...
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19 SPORTS ROUNDUP BOYS BASKETBALL IHSA PLAYOFFS CLASS 2A REGIONAL AT PIASA SOUTHWESTERN MARQUETTE CATHOLIC 73, STAUNTON 36: Chris Hartrich led with 15 points, Spencer Cox and Brett Terry both had 13 points and Nick Hemann had 10 as Marquette defeated Staunton i...
BELLEVILLE – Freshman Sydney Harris' final three points in the Edwardsville IHSA Class 4A sectional semifinal game against O’Fallon Tuesday evening at the Belleville West gym were the game changer. Harris’ baseline three-pointer with 9.1 seconds remaining in regulation time lifted...
CLASS 1A REGIONAL AT HARDIN CALHOUN HARDIN CALHOUN 81, FATHER MCGIVNEY CATHOLIC 32: Drew Baalman led Calhoun with 22 points as the host Warriors eliminated Father McGivney. D.J. Villhard led the Griffins with 15 points, while Kellen Weir had nine. Calhoun moves to 21-7 and advances to...
BELLEVILLE – Edwardsville girls basketball freshman Sydney Harris only scored four points in the game, but it was the last three that were the biggest. Harris hit a baseline three-point shot with 9.1 seconds left in regulation to give the Tigers a dramatic 48-46 win over O’Fallon...
MVCHA FINALS CLASS 1A GAME TWO: BEST-OF-THREE TRIAD 7, BETHALTO 5 (KNIGHTS WIN SERIES AND CHAMPIONSHIP 2-0): A six goal outburst after trailing early 2-0 was what Triad needed, but the Knights had to survive a late rally to defeat Bethalto 7-5 and win the Mississippi Valley Club Hockey Associatio...
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