EDWARDSVILLE – It was a good, hard-fought game on both sides on Friday night at Lucco-Jackson Gym, and in the end, Jack Marinko scored 25 points while Caleb Strohmeier added 12 to help Edwardsville to a 45-42 Southwestern Conference win over Collinsville. The Tigers played good defense...
EDWARDSVILLE – Edwardsville senior basketball player Jack Marinko had a very good night Friday, as he scored 25 points in helping the Tigers hold off Collinsville 45-42 in a Southwestern Conference tilt at Lucco-Jackson Gym. The Tigers prevailed in a tough, defensive struggle that wasn’t...
BETHALTO – It was an early-season tournament, and there were a lot of positive results for the wrestling teams at Civic Memorial, Jersey and East Alton-Wood River high schools. The host Eagles finished fourth at the 39th Annual CM Holiday Wrestling Tournament held Saturday at the CM...
BETHALTO – Over the years, there's been many stories of high school wrestlers overcoming disabilities to succeed in a sport that oftentimes is very demanding in so many ways. And at Civic Memorial High School, there's a wrestler who's determined to succeed and meet his goals despite his battle...
TROY – It was the old adage of saving the best for last Saturday night at Triad High School's Rich Mason Gym, as the final game of the Stove Top Stuffing Classic turned into a thriller. And in the end, Civic Memorial, behind 22 points from Geoff Withers and 21 from Jaquan Adams, held of...
MARYVILLE - Father McGivney’s girls basketball team appears to have made great strides going into 2017-2018, opening with a championship win over Waterloo Gibault 40-39 Saturday in the Dupo Cat Classic. Waterloo Gibault always sports a competitive team in girls and boys basketball, so the...
O'FALLON – In Edwardsville High School's girls basketball season opener Saturday afternoon at O'Fallon, Kate Martin had an outstanding start to her senior season. Martin led all scorers with 21 points, including five three-pointers, in helping the Tigers defeat Chatham Glenwood 64-40 in their...
O'FALLON – For the opening game of a new season, things went pretty well for the most part for Edwardsville High's girls basketball team. Senior Kate Martin led all scorers with 21 points, including five threes, as the Tigers defeated Chatham Glenwood 64-40 in their season opener...
ALTON – Ask Alton High School senior wide receiver Ke vin Caldwell, Jr. about his team’s successful 2017 football season, and he’ll tell you one thing. “It was pretty good,” Caldwell said summing up the year overall after the Redbirds’ season ended in a loss t...
GLEN CARBON – It's often been said that there's absolutely no substitute for experience, and in the case of the boys basketball team at Father McGivney Catholic, that experience will be valuable as the Griffins begin their second varsity season. And there's plenty of good expectations ahead....
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