EDWARDSVILLE 65, JERSEY 52: Over in the Jersey Mid-Winter Classic, A.J. Robertson led the Tigers with 15 points, Jaylon Tuggle added 14 and Brennan Weller 10 as the Tigers defeated the host school at Havens Gym. Matthew Jackson led the Panthers with 14 points, while Kurt Hall and Alex Strebel had...
EDWARDSVILLE – The East Alton-Wood River girls basketball team scored the first 20 points of the game, including an 18-0 first quarter, as the Oilers defeated Metro-East Lutheran 52-34 on Wednesday evening at Hooks Gymnasium. The Oilers ended a five-game losing streak that started 2019 to...
EDWARDSVILLE – Point guard Que Love led the way with 16 points, while Jaylen Townsend added nine as the Edwardsville High girls basketball team got out to an 11-5 lead at quarter time, and a 33-15 advantage at halftime in defeating St. Joseph’s Academy of Frontenac, Mo. 59-35 Wednesday...
EDWARDSVILLE – Freshman Adrenna Snipes scored 20 points and the Marquette Catholic defense forced 38 turnovers – 20 in the first half – as the Explorers defeated Metro-East Lutheran 51-31 in a Prairie States Conference game Tuesday night at Hooks Gym. Marquette clinched the...
JERSEYVILLE – The Edwardsville High boys’ basketball team, after trailing 11-1 after the first quarter, came from 12 points down to tie the game late, but a pair of Sam LaPorta free throws with 5.9 seconds left in regulation gave Highland a 45-43 win over the Tigers in their opening...
EDWARDSVILLE – One of the premier high school wrestling meets of the season may have been delayed by snow, but it was certainly worth the wait. In a meet postponed from Friday because of Winter Storm Gia, Edwardsville rallied from an early deficit and got wins in key bouts to defeat CBC...
MONDAY, JANUARY 14 SPORTS ROUNDUP GIRLS BASKETBALL CARROLLTON 60, WHITE HALL NORTH GREENE 35: The highlight of the Lady Hawks-North Greene girls basketball game was Carrollton star Hannah Krumwiede topping the 1,500-career point mark. The game was stopped when she scored her 1,500th point...
The Alton High School boys bowling team won its third consecutive IHSA regional championship, while Edwardsville’s team finished tenth in its regional tournament on Monday afternoon in Taylorville and Salem respectively. The Redbirds won the Taylorville regional at the Spare Time Lanes in Decatur...
EDWARDSVILLE – The passing of Winter Storm Gia made a hash out of this weekend’s high school sporting schedules, as just about every event scheduled was postponed because of the snowstorm that dumped, according to multiple reports, eight to twelve inches of snow on the St. Louis Metro...
EDWARDSVILLE – Winter Storm Gia arrived almost on time Friday afternoon, and as expected, it’s a visitor that’s not really welcome. The storm, which ultimately may produce between six to 13 inches of snow for the region, according to reports from The Weather Channel, caused ...
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