GLEN CARBON – Father McGivney Catholic head girls soccer coach Matt McVicar is definitely hopeful of a big run for his team this postseason. The Griffins soared to a 9-0 triumph over Metro East Lutheran on Friday, May 16, 2025. Grace Welser had a double brace (four goals), while Sofia Rossett...
ROXANA - The Roxana Shells girls soccer team had a successful season that ended at 7-10-2, and also enjoyed success despite having a small roster for much of the year. Roxana's season ended Friday night in a first-round playoff match at Father McGivney 2-0 to Maryville Christian. “It was...
GLEN CARBON – Sophomore Ruby Verning scored on a dipping shot in the second half, while Stella Abert, a freshman, scored later on to give Maryville Christian a historic 2-0 win over Roxana in the IHSA Class 1A girls soccer regional semifinal at Father McGivney Catholic’s pitch Friday evening...
GLEN CARBON - Senior goalkeeper Rachel Brown was a stalwart and linchpin for the girls soccer team at Metro-East Lutheran High School during the 2025 season and Brown stood tall in goal, making 265 saves this season, which was the 11th most in the nation, according to MaxPreps, a national high...
EDWARDSVILLE - Joe Chiarodo is one of the best players on the Edwardsville High baseball team, perhaps in the Southwestern Conference and the state of Illinois, and in two separate games this past week, he showed why. In the final game of the 17th Tiger Classic on May 10 against Teutopolis,...
EDWARDSVILLE - Kara Kramer is the ace pitcher and a key player for the Belleville West softball team and has pitched well for the Maroons thus far in the 2025 season. Going into the final week of the regular season, with the IHSA Class 4A playoffs around the corner, she's currently 5-5 inside...
EDWARDSVILLE - Edwardsville pitcher Riley Nelson helped her own cause with a two-run homer over the left field fence, which landed on the junior varsity field next door, to climax a five-run sixth inning that turned out to be the difference, as the Tigers took an 8-6 win over Columbia in a softbal...
TUESDAY, MAY 13, PLAY IT AGAIN GIRLS SPORTS ROUNDUP SOFTBALL CARROLLTON 9 CONCORD TRIOPIA 6: Carrollton scored four runs in the first, once in the second, and two each in the fourth and sixth to run their record to 31-0 with a win over Triopia. Hannah Uhles had three hits and three RBIs...
EDWARDSVILLE – Gabby Thompson and Blakely Hockett each had a brace (two goals each), as Edwardsville clinched at least a tie for the Southwestern Conference championship with an 8-0 win over Alton in the annual Senior Night girls soccer match Tuesday evening, May 13, 2025, at Tiger Stadium...
EDWARDSVILLE - Although the Lancers weren’t able to get much off of Edwardsville pitcher Joe Chiarodo in a 7-0 loss on Tuesday, May 13, 2025, they played very well defensively, making some good plays behind their three pitchers on the day. Belleville East head coach Ryan Wiggs said, “Grady...
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