FRIDAY SPORTS ROUNDUP BOYS BASKETBALL MARQUETTE CATHOLIC 48, NOKOMIS 30: Marquette head coach Steve Medford won his 200 th career game as Chris Hartrich scored 13 points and Brett Terry had 12 in the Explorers’ sixth straight win to open the season. Marquette jumped to an early 11-3...
SEE PHOTO GALLERY BELOW: GLEN CARBON – A second-quarter run by Marissa, in which they outscored Father McGivney Catholic 21-3, including a string of 12 unanswered points, made the difference as the Meteors defeated the Griffins 66-33 Friday night in the home opener at the McGivney...
EDWARDSVILLE – Edwardsville High is set to host the inaugural Scott Credit Union Shootout, a six-game basketball carnival featuring some of the top players and teams in the area, on Saturday starting at 12 noon at Lucco-Jackson Gym. The Tigers girls’ team will lead off against Highland...
EDWARDSVILLE - Outfielder Joe Copeland will be playing for McKendree University, another local school, and can play anywhere in the outfield. “Joe was an outfielder for us last year, played center field, and has the ability to play all three outfield positions,” Funkhouser said,...
EDWARDSVILLE – Kiyoko Proctor has been one of the key players for the unbeaten Alton Middle School seventh-grade girls’ basketball team this season, and on Wednesday evening, she showed why. Proctor hit four big free throws in the final ten seconds to give the Jr. Redbirds a 49-45 win...
ALTON – The Alton Community Unit School District Number 11 Board of Education declined to take further action following an investigation into an incident during Alton High School’s boys' basketball game against Riverview Gardens of Riverview, Mo., on Nov. 23. The Redbirds’ boy...
EDWARDSVILLE – Kiyoko Proctor has been leading the Alton Middle School seventh grade girls’ basketball team most of the season. Wednesday night at Liberty Middle School in Edwardsville, Proctor lead the Jr. Redbirds to the state tournament. Proctor hit four clutch free throws, including...
TUESDAY SPORTS ROUNDUP BOYS BASKETBALL JERSEY 54, JACKSONVILLE 46: Senior guard Kurt Hall did his damage in the final term, hitting three treys in a two minute span as he finished with 14 points in helping the Panthers defeat Jacksonville at home. Matthew Jackson led the way for Jersey...
ROXANA 51, EAST ALTON-WOOD RIVER 33: Sophomore Gavin Huffman had the hot hand as he scored 27 points, including six threes, as the Shells defeated the Oilers for the eighth time in the rivals’ last ten games Tuesday night at the Roxana Junior High gym. Andrew Beckman and Parris White...
IOWA CITY, Iowa – Former Edwardsville standout football player A.J. Epenesa, currently a sophomore at Iowa, was named to the Big Ten’s All-Conference team. Epenesa, who graduated from Edwardsville High in 2017, was named to the media’s First Team and the coaches’ second team,...
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