HARDIN - Playoff football has become a November tradition in Calhoun County, with the Warriors now regulars in the IHSA 1A state tournament. On Saturday, Calhoun hosted a second round matchup against the Red Devils of Sesser-Valier/Waltonville from Southern Illinois. What started as a seasonable...
ROXANA - Riverbend rivals Roxana and Marquette Catholic squared off on the football field Friday night. It was Senior Night for the Shells, honoring a senior class that has seen the highs and lows of the Roxana football program over the past four years. The Marquette Explorers came into the contest...
SAINT PAUL, Minn. - St. Louis City SC went into the 2024 Major League Soccer season with expectations of reaching the playoffs and righting the wrongs of 2023. Instead, poor play, a rash of injuries, and a lack of points from a combination of the two saw St. Louis spend most of the 2024 season...
BETHALTO - With fall finally in the air, it was a brisk October evening for football on the campus of Civic Memorial High School on Friday. The Eagles of CM hosted their rivals from Troy, the Triad Knights, who were looking to rebound after a loss at Highland last week. At stake for the Knights...
BETHALTO - A beautiful, if a bit unseasonably warm, Friday night greeted the Civic Memorial Eagles and Waterloo Bulldogs on Homecoming night in Bethalto. CM’s state 4x800 relay team that finished fifth in the IHSA state championships was honored pregame, and the Homecoming court was introduced...
ST. LOUIS - For the last time in 2024, Major League Soccer was played in St. Louis on Saturday evening, when St. Louis City SC hosted the MLS Playoff-bound Houston Dynamo. For the Dynamo, playoff seeding was at stake. For City, pride, and some gratitude to those who’ve filled CITYPARK constantl...
ST. LOUIS - Coming down the final straight of the 2024 Major League Soccer season, St. Louis City SC might be thinking more about the possibilities of 2025, given their unsavory position in the MLS Western Conference. Thoughts and hopes for next season took a backseat when City hosted their I-70...
ALTON - Friday’s rains let up just in time for football at Public School Stadium in Alton, as the Redbirds of Alton High hosted the Belleville East Lancers, with both teams looking to rebound with a Southwestern Conference win after tough losses a week prior. The Lancers weren’t perfect,...
SAN JOSE, Cal. - It had been nearly a calendar year since St. Louis City SC last won an MLS regular season game away from their Downtown West home of CITYPARK. Two days before that less-than-impressive anniversary, City broke their road schneid Saturday night with a 2-1 victory over the worst...
WOOD RIVER - It was Homecoming night on a muggy late September Friday evening in Wood River, and the East Alton-Wood River Oilers’ football team was coming off of a 24-7 victory over Marquette Catholic a week prior. EAWR hosted the Salem Wildcats, who came into the contest looking for thei...
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