Colin Feeney, Contributing Sports Writer

EDWARDSVILLE – For 10-year-old Tony Eberlin of Edwardsville, a participant in the recent Friday Night Lights track meets held at the Winston Brown Track and Field Complex, it simply is carrying on a family tradition of track and field and athletics in general. Eberlin said in an interview...

EDWARDSVILLE – The Water Works Marlins swim team had a record-breaking night on Thursday in their dual meet against Paddlers of Granite City at the Water Works pool. The Marlins set four pool records – three of them by 12-year-old Cohen Osborn – as Water Works defeated the Pirates...

EDWARDSVILLE – If there’s one word that can describe how Emily Webb approaches swimming – it’s definitely fun. “Yeah, it’s been a lot of fun,” Webb said in an interview while her Paddlers Swim Club team of Granite City took on Water Works of Edwardsville Thursda...

EDWARDSVILLE – For someone like Evan Grinter, swimming is a big part of his family’s life. Grinter swims for the Water Works Swim Club of Edwardsville, and in the club’s meet Thursday evening against Paddlers of Granite City, Grinter won three events on the evening, and also was...

EDWARDSVILLE – It was a first look at a new season of Monday Night Football, high school style, at the Edwardsville Sports Complex. The Tigers’ football team had their first seven-on-seven passing scrimmages Monday night as preparations for the upcoming 2018 season swung into high...

EDWARDSVILLE – The Civic Memorial football team were only one of six teams who participated in the first evening of seven-on-seven passing scrimmages at the Edwardsville Sports Complex on Monday night. And got off to a great start in their preparations for the 2018 season ahead. “I...

EDWARDSVILLE – For Kendall Abdur-Rahman’s senior season as the quarterback for the Edwardsville High School football team, he’s set some very high goals for his team. But everything starts in preseason training, and Abdur-Rahman felt that the Tigers did well in the opening seven-on-seven...

EDWARDSVILLE – For Hayden Moore, it was a pretty good day both at the plate and on the mound. Moore went two-for-two with a walk, two runs scored, and provided the big blow, a fourth-inning RBI triple as the Edwardsville Under-15 summer team defeated the South Side Prospects – Jr tea...

EDWARDSVILLE – The Edwardsville High School Under-15 baseball team hadn’t played a game for some time, but on Friday evening, they picked up right where they left off. Hayden Moore went two-for-two with a walk, scored twice, and had the game’s big blow, a fourth inning RBI triple...

EDWARDSVILLE – Former Edwardsville High tennis player Erik Weiler enjoyed much success in high school. He's now hoping to parlay that success into bigger and better things through college and beyond. Weiler was the sixth-seeded player in the men's singles at the Edwardsville Open tennis championships...