EDWARDSVILLE – When you're playing basketball at a young age, there's usually one thing that's the most important – having fun. Which is what Sean Maberry does when he's playing with the Roxana Shells' fourth-grade team. And Maberry's interest in basketball started as most kids do when...
EDWARDSVILLE – Alton High School baseball pitcher Wesley Laaker had everything going well for him Friday night. Laaker pitched three solid innings, allowing only one hit and two base runners in three very good innings of work, and also got big run support, as the Redbirds upended Tinley Park...
EDWARDSVILLE – Edwardsville used four strong innings from winning pitcher Jonathan Yancik and a four-run fourth inning to defeat New Lenox Lincoln-Way West 5-2 in its final game of the Prep Baseball Report Metro-East Kickoff Classic Saturday afternoon at Tom Pile Field. The Tigers ran...
EDWARDSVILLE – Alton High's baseball team scored three runs in the first, six in the second and 10 in the third, and also got three solid innings from pitcher Wesley Laaker as the Redbirds defeated Tinley Park 20-0 in a game shortened to three-and-a-half innings Friday night in a game o...
EDWARDSVILLE – A nine-run third inning, along with strong pitching from starter Dawson Taylor, helped give Edwardsville's baseball team an 11-1 win over Chicagoland's Tinley Park, in a game shortened to four-and-a-half innings due to the 10-run rule, Friday afternoon at Tom Pile Field...
EDWARDSVILLE – Youth teams from across the Metro-East area, along with teams from Southern Illinois and St. Louis, came together over the weekend to compete in the Scott Credit Union Tiger Pride Tournament, a showcase of youth basketball held at both Edwardsville High School...
O’FALLON – It was the end of an era this past Friday night as Edwardsville lost to Belleville West 68-44 in the IHSA Class 4A O’Fallon regional final at the Panther Dome. Mike Waldo coached his final game as Tigers’ head coach, ending a 30-year career at the school...
O’FALLON – Jack Marinko scored 28 points and hit a milestone by scoring his 1,000 th career point during the game, but Lawrence Brazil III’s 20 points and E.J. Liddell’s 19 helped Belleville West defeat Edwardsville 68-44 to win the IHSA Class 4A O’Fallon regional...
O'FALLON – Junior Lawrence Brazil III scored 20 points while senior forward E.J. Liddell added 19 as Belleville West eliminated Edwardsville 68-44 to win the IHSA Class 4A O'Fallon regional Friday night at the Panther Dome. The Tigers, led by senior Jack Marinko's 11 points, stormed out of...
EDWARDSVILLE – For the duo of Jack Marinko and Caleb Strohmeier, the Senior Night ceremonies at Lucco-Jackson Gym Friday night before Edwardsville's 57-54 win over Belleville East was a highlight of the two teammates' long-standing friendship. Both Marinko and Strohmeier have played together...
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