EDWARDSVILLE - If the Tuesday evening, Aug. 26, 2025, premiere game of the Edwardsville girls' flag football team is any indication, the new IHSA sport will no doubt become a major hit. The Tigers were dominant in all phases of the game, taking a 40-0 win over Mascoutah Tuesday evening in the program's...
EDWARDSVILLE - Junior Sophie Shapiro, along with the rest of her teammates, helped to showcase the girls' flag football team in its historic opener on Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. Edwardsville recorded a 40-0 win over Mascoutah at Tiger Stadium. Sophie made the most of her first game, scoring twice...
EDWARDSVILLE - Jack Kirgan was one of the leading scorers for the Edwardsville High boys soccer team in 2024, and as he gets ready to start his senior season in 2025, he's feeling confident of more success for himself and the Tigers. In an interview conducted on Aug. 18, 2025, before an evening...
EDWARDSVILLE - Savannah Ford, along with Ciara Cunningham, are the only two seniors who'll play for the Edwardsville girls volleyball team this coming season, and both are very excited for the season to get underway on Sept. 2, 2025, at home against Belleville West. Last fall, Ford had a very...
MONDAY, AUGUST 25 PLAY IT AGAIN SPORTS ROUNDUP BOYS SOCCER TRIAD 3, O'FALLON 1: Colby Wheat's brace (two goals), along with a strike from Cody Bagwell, gave Triad the three points in the opener against O'Fallon at Knights Stadium. Damian Jordan had eight saves in goal for the Knights,...
ROXANA — Father McGivney Catholic and Piasa Southwestern each posted mixed results Tuesday during the group stage of the Roxana Invitational volleyball tournament. In Group B action at Roxana High School, Father McGivney Catholic defeated O'Fallon First Baptist Academy in straight sets, 25-10,...
TROY - The Triad Knights performed well on both sides of the ball during Friday night, Aug. 22, 2025, scrimmage against Edwardsville at home, and Calvin Potthast was very happy with how things turned out. “I feel pretty good,” Potthast said. “We’ve got some stuff we’ve...
TROY – Both Edwardsville and Triad prepared for the season openers next week by competing in a week zero scrimmage on Friday night, Aug. 22, 2025, at Knights Stadium. No score was formerly kept, but unofficially, the Tigers won 13-7, as both teams scored on their opening possessions, an...
BOYS GOLF TIGERS FINISH EIGHTH AS TEAM, SHEA COMES IN 11TH INDIVIDUALLY FOR KAHOKS AT TIGER DEN INVITATIONAL: Edwardsville finished eighth as a team, while Collinsville's Ryker Shea wound up in 11th in the individual standings at the two-day Tiger Den Invitational, played over the weekend...
EDWARDSVILLE - The girls' volleyball team at Metro-East Lutheran High is feeling optimistic about having a successful 2025 season, as preseason practice is now underway. Practice started Monday at Hooks Gym for the team, and the team enjoyed a record turnout of players for the three teams in...
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