GRANITE CITY - Livia Goebel is a junior middle hitter for the Edwardsville High girls volleyball team, and she's proving to be an important part of the Tigers' success going into the IHSA Class 4A regional final Oct. 30, 2025, at Granite City Memorial Gym. In the Tigers' 25-14, 25-3 win over th...
GLEN CARBON - Sarah Hyten recently won the IHSA Class 1A individual golf championship for Father McGivney Catholic, beating out Avery Arendale of Columbia by a shot, firing a two-over par 146 at Red Tail Run Golf Course in Decatur. On Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025, she signed a letter of intent to atten...
ALTON — Ja'Kayla Steen, a senior middle hitter for the Alton High girls volleyball team, has been recognized as the Auto Butler Female Athlete of the Month following a strong 2025 season in which the Redbirds recorded nine wins. Steen averaged 1.6 kills per set, totaled 125 kills, and contributed...
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL IHSA PLAYOFFS REGIONAL QUARTERFINALS AND SEMIFINALS CLASS 1A In the IHSA girls volleyball regionals, Maryville Christian advanced with a 25-3, 25-11 win over Pleasant Hill. Ella Harrison had 11 kills for Maryville Christian, Anna Gaworski had 5 kills and Kinsley Ballard...
EDWARDSVILLE - Although the Warriors ended their season at 5-19-1, the record doesn't indicate the progress the team and its players made throughout the season, according to head coach Grace Hurst. "I'm pretty frustrated with how our record didn't show our girls' performance throughout the year,"...
GRANITE CITY - Edwardsville's girls volleyball team reeled off the first 17 points of the second set - 16 served up by Madelyn Ohlau - and cruised to a 25-14, 25-3 win over host Granite City in the semifinals of the IHSA Class 4A Granite girls volleyball regional Tuesday evening, Oct. 28, 2025,...
EDWARDSVILLE - Alton football junior quarterback Cayden Robinson was a steady glue that helped keep the team together in the 2025 campaign, despite a tough season for the Redbirds. In a week eight 37-7 loss at Edwardsville on Oct. 17, 2025, he helped lead the offense down the field in the...
BLOOMINGTON-NORMAL - Edwardsville will start its playoff journey on Halloween night, Friday, Oct. 31, 2025, while top-seeded Hardin Calhoun will open on Saturday afternoon, Nov. 1, 2025, as the dates and times for the opening round games in the Illinois High School Association football playoffs wer...
EDWARDSVILLE - The Metro-East Lutheran eight-man football team was seeded 11th for the upcoming Illinois Eight-Man Football Association playoffs and will travel to St. Anne for its first-round game. The Knights (7-2) qualified for the postseason on the strength of a five-game winning streak...
COLLINSVILLE - Kahoks coach Rob Lugge felt the 1-0 win over Edwardsville for the IHSA Regional title game on Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025, was a see-saw, back-and-forth affair, that Collinsville was able to get the last-second goal to advance to Tuesday's sectional semifinal against O'Fallon, who defeated...
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