EDWARDSVILLE - Alexis Weber will be a key player for the Metro-East Lutheran softball team this spring, as the senior, along with her twin sister, Taylor, will form a potent one-two punch. She is a BJ's Printables Female Athlete of the Month for MELHS. "I think I've seen a lot of improvement,"...
EDWARDSVILLE - Drake Luebbert had three hits and scored four runs on the day, while Thijson Heard drove in a pair of runs, and freshman Matthew Redden struck out four as Metro-East Lutheran's baseball team won its season opener 14-3 over Dupo in six innings at Martin Luther Field. The Knights...
MONDAY, MARCH 17 PLAY IT AGAIN SPORTS ROUNDUP BASEBALL FATHER MCGIVNEY CATHOLIC 12, VANDALIA 0: In another season opener, this one at Vandalia's park, McGivney scored three runs in the first, third, fourth, and fifth innings to take the win. Justin Terhaar led the way for the Griffins...
EDWARDSVILLE - Zach Cohn, who was a senior forward and captain for the Edwardsville High club hockey team, had another successful season in helping the Tigers win their 15th Mississippi Valley Club Hockey Association Class 2A championship recently. On Feb. 20, 2025, Cohn had a goal and an assist...
EDWARDSVILLE - Maddie Aldrich is a senior utility infielder/outfielder who will fit in a variety of roles for the Edwardsville High softball team as the Tigers prepare for the 2025 season, which begins March 18, 2025, at Freeburg. During last season, Aldrich filled in for players as a late-inning...
ELSAH - Local track athletes competed on Friday, March 14, 2025, at the Edwardsville Indoor Invitational meet, held Friday afternoon at Principia College in Elsah. Local athletes from various schools performed well in the various events. No team scores were available. In the 60-meter dash,...
BLOOMINGTON - The Edwardsville girls track team got off to a great start to its indoor season by taking top three finishes in various events in winning the Bloomington Indoor Invitational meet on Saturday, March 15, 2025, at the Shirk Center on the campus of Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington....
EDWARDSVILLE - The Edwardsville High baseball team has opened up its preseason practice sessions on a great note, as both enthusiasm and expectations are high for the Tigers, who finished third in the IHSA Class 4A state finals last year with a 32-9 record, and once again, hopes are high for...
CHAMPAIGN-URBANA - Zach Winkeler led Belleville Althoff Catholic with 14 points, with Dierre Hill, Jr. scoring 12 points before fouling out, as Chicago Dyett used a 13-0 run in the second and third quarters, along with a 21-9 fourth quarter, to defeat the Crusaders 52-41 to win the IHSA Class...
CHAMPAIGN-URBANA - Dierre Hill, Jr., who led Belleville Althoff Catholic's football team to the IHSA Class 1A state championship in November, is determined to lead the Crusaders' boys basketball team to the Class 2A title as well. Hill, a senior who will play football at the University of Oregon,...
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