Colin Feeney, Contributing Sports Writer

GIRLS BASKETBALL EDWARDSVILLE 60, BELLEVILLE WEST 53 (OT): Edwardsville overcame a 19-14 halftime deficit and a three-point shot by Shay Fluker at the siren to force overtime to take a 60-53 Southwestern Conference win over Belleville West on the road Thursday night. The Maroons grabbed...

GIRLS BASKETBALL CARROLLTON TOURNEY CIVIC MEMORIAL 59, JERSEY 45: Allie Troeckler dropped 25 points on Jersey as Civic Memorial advanced to the semifinals of the Carrollton Lady Hawk Invitational with a 59-45 win over the Panthers Wednesday night. The Eagles will take on West Central,...

GIRLS BASKETBALL O'FALLON 68, ALTON 63: Two O'Fallon players scored 20 or more points, and the Panthers needed every one of them to defeat Alton 68-63 in a Southwestern Conference girls basketball game at O'Fallon's Panther Dome Tuesday night. The Redbirds took a 26-25 lead into the locker...

METRO-EAST LUTHERAN 75, ROXANA 62: Teddy Fifer and Jason Johnson each scored 22 points and Kobe Krone added 12 as Metro-East Lutheran upended Roxana 75-62 in a non-conference tilt Tuesday night in Edwardsville. The Knights led at all four intermissions and used a 44-point second half to run...

HOCKEY EDWARDSVILLE 3, TRIAD 2: A Brendan Raftery goal on a two-man advantage Tylwith 1:35 left kept the Edwardsville hockey team's perfect season intact as the Tigers beat Triad 3-2 in a Mississippi Valley Club Hockey Association game at East Alton Ice Rink Monday night. Tyler Hinterser...

EDWARDSVILLE 54, SALEM 33: Edwardsville snapped back from a recent slump with 10-for-19 three-point shooting as the Tigers defeated host Salem 54-33 in their Salem Invitational Tournament opener Thursday night. Oliver Stephen led Edwardsville with 23 points with AJ Epenesa adding 14. Nathan...

EDWARDSVILLE 54, MARION 22: Criest'on Waters had 17 points as Edwardsville cruised to a 54-22 win over Marion in an opening-round match of the Carbondale Mid-Winter Classic Monday evening. The Tigers, who went to 17-0 on the season, will take on Metropolis (Ill.) Massac County in the semifinals...

ALTON – Sometimes it just takes one player to provide a spark for a team. Latest case in point: Alton's Maurice Edwards. Edwards wasn't expected to play in Friday's Southwestern Conference home game against Edwardsville because of a deep thigh bruise. But with the Redbirds down in th...

TUESDAY'S SCORES GIRLS BASKETBALL Edwardsville 58, Collinsville 45 Western (Barry) 52, Madison 39 BOYS BASKETBALL Edwardsville 68, Gateway STEM 25 East St. Louis 67, Alton 58 Metro-East Lutheran 67, Staunton 58 Madison 71, Roxana 58 Granite City 55, Civic Memorial...

MONDAY'S SCORES GIRLS BASKETBALL Breese Mater Dei 63, Alton Marquette 22 O'Fallon 50, Granite City 40 Roxana 46, Gillespie 38 HOCKEY Edwardsville 6, Triad 2 O’Fallon 3, Alton 1 Alton Marquette 7, Highland 1 O’FALLON 3, ALTON 1: Alex Rubin’s...