EDWARDSVILLE – A few things have changed for the boys’ basketball team at Edwardsville High for the 2018-19 season, but as the as the title of the famous Led Zeppelin documentary movie says: The Song Remains the Same. New head coach Dustin Battas takes over for longtime coach Mike...
EDWARDSVILLE – The Edwardsville High School football team will be facing its biggest challenge of the season on Saturday evening when they go on the road to face Frankfort Lincoln-Way East in the quarterfinals of the IHSA Class 8A playoffs. The game kicks off at 6 p.m. The Tigers, 8-3 going...
BELLEVILLE – The boys’ bowling team at Alton High stands in third place, while Edwardsville is in sixth at the end of the second day of the Southwestern Conference bowling tournament, held Thursday at Bel-Air Bowl in Belleville. The Redbirds total pinfall after six games stands...
ALTON – Lance Perkey had a very successful start to the boys bowling season for Alton High at the first day of the Southwestern Conference tournament Tuesday at Bowl Haven Lanes. Perkey rolled games of 219 and 179 to help the Redbirds to a team total of 2.978 going into the tournament’s...
EDWARDSVILLE – Edwardsville High School junior swimmer Josie Bushell had a good meet at this past Thursday evening’s Southern Illinois Swim Championships at the Chuck Fruit Aquatic Center. Bushell won two events on the night – the 50-yard freestyle and the 100-yard backstroke –...
PEORIA - Roxana boys and girls shined in the IHSA Class 1A State Cross Country Meet. Cree Stumpf came home with an All-State honor, placing 17th with a time of 15:25.13. Roxana’s boys placed 24th with 495 points. Clifton won the IHSA Class 1A boys meet. Stumpf was the first Roxana boy to...
PEORIA - Edwardsville’s girls faced some tough competition in Saturday’s IHSA State Cross Country Meet at Peoria. Edwardsville’s girls were 24th out of 25 in the IHSA state race. Coach George Patrylak said the girls race started dramatically fast and the Tigers' Abby Korak...
PEORIA - Max Hartmann was the shining star for Edwardsville’s boys on Saturday in the IHSA boys’ cross country meet Saturday at Detweiler Park in Peoria, finishing 18th place to earn all-state honors. Hartmann finished with a time of 14:45.25, followed by Roland Prenzler (36th place...
Edwardsville and East St. Louis will both put their IHSA football playoff hopes on the line Saturday night. The Tigers, a 45-16 winner at home over West Aurora in the Class 8A second round, play at the Griffins in a 6 p.m. kickoff. Lincoln-Way East advanced with a 45-0 win over Glen Ellyn Glenbard...
LOMBARD – Sophomore quarterback Tyler Macon went 11-for-11 for 281 yards passing and five touchdowns in the first half as East St. Louis jumped out to a 48-7 halftime lead and went on to defeat Lombard Glenbard East 56-14 in a second round game of the IHSA Class 7A playoffs Saturday afternoon...
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