Colin Feeney, Contributing Sports Writer

GODFREY — It was the kind of game that when one team went on a comeback run, the opponent would have the answers. That’s what happened on Friday night at the Redbird Nest, as host Alton , despite getting a solid 25-point performance from Kevin Caldwell , saw Belleville East...

GRANITE CITY — If there’s one thing that Alton Redbird senior guard Ty’ohn Trimble brings to his team, it’s definitely positive energy. “We had to come out with some energy,” Trimble said after the Redbirds’ 69-41 win at Granite City Friday night. “It’s...

GRANITE CITY — When a basketball team has many of its players chipping in with the scoring, that team can be pretty hard to stop. Which is what happened Friday night at Granite City’s Memorial Gymnasium , as Josh Rivers scored 12 points, Ty’ohn Trimble added 11 and Dereaun...

ROXANA — It was a very cold night outside Larry Milazzo Gym on Friday night as Roxana’s boys basketball team opened its 2017 portion of the schedule with a South Central Conference matchup with Greenville. Unfortunately, the Shells went just as cold offensively in the second...

GLEN CARBON — The boys’ basketball team at Civic Memoria l is heading into the Holiday tournament part of the season with some momentum. The Eagles are currently riding a four-game winning streak as they get ready to play in the Columbia-Freeburg Holiday tournament. And two players...

GLEN CARBON — For the boys’ basketball team at Father McGivney Catholic High School , it’s the inaugural season at the varsity level. And as can be expected, there’s a learning curve for the players and quite a few bumps in the road can be expected, along with a few eye...

GLEN CARBON — It’s early in the inaugural varsity season for the boys’ basketball team at Father McGivney Catholic and while it hasn't been easy, McGivney is showing good things for the future to come. Witness Tuesday night at the McGivney gym, where Civic Memorial used...

ROXANA — Junior running back Wyatt Kirkpatrick played a key role in helping the Shells established a punishing running game during the 2016 season. Along with fellow junior Joey Johnson , Kirkpatrick was part of a difficult to bring down tandem. Roxana finished the season 2-7, but Kirkpatric...

SEE EAST ALTON-WOOD RIVER-ROXANA BOYS BASKETBALL VIDEO BELOW: ROXANA — It was the type of game fans of both East Alton-Wood River and Roxana’s boys basketball teams expected: 32 minutes of intensity that wouldn’t be decided until late. That’s exactly...

BETHALTO — Civic Memorial guard Jaxsen Helmkamp is playing a big role in the Eagles’ overall suffocating defense this season. An old adage coined by Darrell Burd, a longtime coach at both Piasa Southwestern and East Alton-Wood River," Hold the under team under 40 points" and it will...