ALTON – Jersey sophomore guard Claire Breden was named the Alton High School Girls’ Tip-Off Classic Tournament’s Most Valuable Player Saturday night and her team played Breese Mater Dei close until the end in a 55-52 Knights’ win. Breden scored 22 points in the championship...
DUPO – The girls' basketball team at East Alton-Wood River are off to its first 3-0 start in many years after winning the final of the Dupo Cat Classic over Father McGivney Catholic 37-27 Saturday afternoon at Dupo High. The Oilers, who haven’t had a winning season since 2001-02, wo...
SEE CHRIS RHODES PHOTO GALLERY: ALTON – Senior forward Cri’shonna Hickman had 12 points, while Laila McNeal had 10, but it wasn’t enough as Alton’s girls’ basketball team lost to Breese Mater Dei 67-44 in the semifinals of the Alton Tip-Off Classic Friday...
EDWARDSVILLE - Edwardsville's Matthew Boyer signed on with Milwaukee on Wednesday, a member of the Horizon League, to play for head coach Scott Doffek. “Matthew was a right-handed pitcher for us last year,” said Tiger head coach Tim Funkhouser, “and he ended up being one of...
WEDNESDAY SPORTS ROUNDUP ALTON TIP-OFF CLASSIC SPRINGFIELD SOUTHEAST 61, HARDIN CALHOUN 51 : Emily Clowers scored 16 points, Colleen Schurmann 15 and Sophie Lorton 13, but the Warriors lost to the Spartans in their game at the Alton Tip-Off Classic. The loss eliminated the...
EAST ALTON – A pair of power play goals and another goal that just beat the second period buzzer helped CBC to a 5-0 win over Edwardsville in a Mid-States Club Hockey Association game Thursday night at East Alton Ice Arena. It was the second straight shutout loss for the Tigers, who...
EDWARDSVILLE – Throughout his four years at Edwardsville High School, senior Roland Prenzler has emerged as one of the St. Louis-area’s premier distance runners. Wednesday afternoon in a ceremony at Edwardsville High, Prenzler signed a letter of intent to run for his hometown Southern...
TUESDAY SPORTS ROUNDUP GIRLS BASKETBALL ALTON TIP-OFF CLASSIC JERSEY 48, BREESE CENTRAL 43 (OT): Clare Breden scored a game hight 21 points as the Panthers held off Breese Central in an overtime thriller. Brooke Tuttle sent the game into extra time with a free throw with 2.2 seconds...
GRANITE CITY – Jaylen Townsend and Sydney Harris scored 17 points each while Kylie Burg had 10 and Quierra Love and Maddy Stephen had 9 and Megan Silvey 8 as the Edwardsville girls’ basketball team opened the 2018-19 season with an 80-11 win over Granite City Tuesday night at Granite...
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