EDWARDSVILLE – As it was last week, the second Friday Night Lights track and field meet at the Winston Brown Track and Field Complex at Edwardsville High School was fun for both kids and parents alike. Unlike last week, the weather was much cooler, thanks to storms that had pushed through...
GLEN CARBON – The Run Well Racing Team of Edwardsville swept all four divisions of the Covered Bridge 5-Mile and 5K runs this past weekend in Glen Carbon. The runs were conducted as a part of the annual Glen Carbon Homecoming festival. In the men's 5-mile race, Edwardsville's Keith...
EDWARDSVILLE – For nine-year-old Will Whittaker of Edwardsville, he enjoyed a pretty successful performance in part one of the Friday Night Lights track meet at the Winston Brown Track and Field Complex on Friday night. Whittaker won his heats in the 40-meter dash and 200 and 800-meter...
SEE ROUTE 66 FEST RUN PHOTO GALLLERY: EDWARDSVILLE –The Metro Milers have had quite an impact on running throughout the region and one of their key events each year is the Route 66 Festival Run. The 10K race was held on May 26, and once again had significant participation. The...
EDWARDSVILLE – Future track and field runners gathered together on Friday night at Edwardsville High's Winston Brown Track and Field Complex for part one of the sixth annual Friday Night Lights track meet, designed to introduce younger people to the sport. And the turnout was the highest...
EDWARDSVILLE – For Keith Meyer of Edwardsville's Run Well Racing Team, it was another good, hard effort that resulted in another win. Meyer won the Route 66 10K road race Saturday morning in downtown Edwardsville with a time of 33:26, a pace of 5:23 per mile in winning the event. It's his...
EDWARDSVILLE – The top seeds in the men's and women's singles, along with the men's and women's 4.0 division, won their opening matches in the first day of the Edwardsville Open tennis championships Friday afternoon and evening at the Edwardsville Tennis Complex on the campus of Edwardsville...
EDWARDSVILLE – The Edwardsville High School baseball program has had a long tradition of success, and its younger players have played a major role in keeping the tradition strong. Three members of this past season's freshman team – Evan Funkhouser, Carson Krapf and Conrad Heppler –...
EDWARDSVILLE – It was a great way for Edwardsville under-15 baseball player Cameron Grant to start off the summer season. His two-RBI double with nobody out in the bottom of the sixth inning spelled the difference as the Tigers defeated the Rawlings Tigers Black club 3-2 Thursday afternoon a...
COLLINSVILLE - It's been said that the longest of journeys have to begin with that first step. In the case of Hunter Longhi, that journey may very well lead him to the National Hockey League. Longhi, who played for Collinsville High in the Mississippi Valley Club Hockey Association last season, was...
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