Colin Feeney, Contributing Sports Writer

ALTON - Both Clayton McCormack and Will McCormick drove in two runs apiece, but a seven-run fifth inning helped spell the difference as the Breese Junior Braves under-16 team won over the Alton Post 126 under-15 red junior American Legion team 12-9 in a game played at Lloyd Hopkins Field in Gordo...

ALTON - The District 22 junior American Legion baseball playoffs begin tonight, with the only two teams competing being both Alton teams - the under-15 red and the under-17 navy sides, with the winner going on to next week's Fifth Division tournament at Northside Park in Breese. The playoffs...

EDWARDSVILLE - Paul Abert is definitely a definition of a person who is active in the Edwardsville community, and also helps to shape the community in a positive way. The Market President of Madison County for the Bank of Madison County, a division of the Bank of Belleville, and a longtime member...

BRIGHTON - Miles Brueckner had three hits and three RBIs, while Donavan Ducey had three hits and two RBIs, and Landon Grafford struck out five while on the mound, as Alton Post 126's under-17 navy junior American Legion baseball team bounced back from a pair of losses Sunday to take an 18-6 win over...

TILTON - The Alton Post 126 American Legion baseball team finished second in the Danville TB24 Fourth of July tournament on Sunday, July 6, 2025, winning its semifinal game in a come-from-behind 4-3 win over Rock Island Post 200 to go through to the tile game, where the Legionnaires lost to Wayn...

AVISTON - The Alton Post 126 senior American Legion baseball team split a pair of games on Saturday at the Aviston Post 1239 round robin tournament, losing to the host Express 5-0, but bouncing back to defeat Christian County Post 257 of Stonington, Ill., 11-2 in their second game. The Legionnaires...

CAROL STREAM - The Alton Post 126 under-17 navy junior American Legion baseball team scored eight runs in the top of the fourth to take the lead, but Fattro Post 156 of Barrington chipped away at the lead, eventually tying the game in the sixth, then scored a run in the eighth to take a 9-8 come-from-behind...

GRANITE CITY - Adam Hejna, who is 10 years old, enjoyed an outstanding Southwestern Illinois Swimming Association Relays Meet individually recently at Paddlers Swim Club in Granite City, which included one championship race, in helping the Sharks to a second-place finish in the team standings....

GRANITE CITY - Hunter Schubert, a 14-year-old swimmer for the Collinsville Gators summer swimming club, enjoyed a successful Southwestern Illinois Swimming Association relays meet recently at Paddlers Swim Club in Granite City, swimming on two second place teams in helping the Gators finish third...

EDWARDSVILLE - Paddlers Swim Club of Granite City captured a recent Southwestern Illinois Swimming Association dual meet, winning the overall meet 375-182 over Sunset Hills Country Club at Sunset Hills in Edwardsville. The Pirates' boys team won their meet over the Stingrays 157-123, while the...