EAST ALTON – Oftentimes in hockey, the goalie is the last line of defense. A strong goalie can help carry his team a long way, especially during the postseason. And in a playoff series, if a goalie can help his team steal an important win, it can change the complexion of the entire series. Alto...
EAST ALTON – It happens quite a bit in hockey. A team can run into a hot goaltender that stops almost everything they can throw at him, and it usually helps spell the difference in the game. Such was the case recently for Logan Corzine and the Edwardsville Tigers Mississippi Valley Club Hockey...
EAST ALTON – A pair of second period power play goals, along with goalie Caleb Currie's 37 saves, helped Alton go on to a 5-2 win over Edwardsville in a Mississippi Valley Club Hockey Association game played Thursday night at the East Alton Ice Arena. Currie's performance included 19 stops...
GLEN CARBON – One of the leaders of this year’s Metro-East Lutheran boys basketball team is Darion Brooks. Brooks said as a team for MELHS to have success, they have to be more patient mentally than physically. “I think the mental aspect is most important in basketball, or any...
EDWARDSVILLE – Edwardsville’s girls’ basketball team got 16 points from Myriah Noodel-Hayward, while Quierra Love scored 14 and Kate Martin and Jaylen Townsend each added 13 as the Tigers - currently ranked atop the Associated Press Class 4A poll - an their record to...
GLEN CARBON – It was the first game after the uolidays for both Metro-East Lutheran and Father McGivney Catholic, and for the Knights, consistent play made a big difference. The Knights got 12 points from Darion Brooks and 11 from Jonah Wilson in defeating the Griffins 54-39 Friday night...
COLLINSVILLE – For Edwardsville senior forward Caleb Strohmeier, the Tigers' 63-52 win over East St. Louis Friday night at the 34 th Collinsville Prairie Farms Holiday Basketball Classic at Vergil Fletcher Gym was his highlight of the Collinsville Tourney. The win over East St. Louis was a...
COLLINSVILLE – Edwardsville senior guard Jack Marinko lead the way with 27 points, while forward Caleb Strohmeier chipped in 21 as the Tigers bounced back from a loss earlier in the day to defeat East St. Louis 63-52 in a fifth-place semifinal Friday night at the 34 th Collinsville Prairie...
GLEN CARBON – Freshman Anna McKee lead the way with 26 points while three other players chipped in with five each as the Father McGivney Catholic girls basketball team defeated Valmeyer 50-5 in a game played Friday night at McGivney gym. McKee, who's become the team's top scorer, had many...
GLEN CARBON – For a program that's starting to rebuild, it was an important win on the road. And that's what happened to the East Alton-Wood River Oilers on Friday night, as Tavion Walker scored 16 points and Jake Wells added 12 as the Oilers defeated Father McGivney Catholic 50-36 in the...
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