EDWARDSVILLE - Kaleb Turney is a junior forward for the Metro-East Lutheran boys basketball team, and he's made very valuable contributions to the Knights this season. Currently, Metro-East stands at 19-11. as the Knights have won their first two IHSA Class 1A playoff games, over Mt. Olive 65-18,...
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26 PLAY IT AGAIN SPORTS ROUNDUP BOYS BASKETBALL IHSA PLAYOFFS - REGIONAL SEMIFINALS HARDIN CALHOUN 59, FATHER MCGIVNEY CATHOLIC 30: In the first semifinal at Raymond Lincolnwood, Calhoun took a big win over McGivney to advance to Friday's final. David Carroll...
GLEN CARBON - David Carroll, a senior for the Father McGivney Catholic boys basketball team, has made a major contribution to the Griffins this season. Carroll broke a Griffins' boys single-game scoring record on Feb. 17, 2025, with a 39-point outburst. Nolan Keller had the previous mark of 35 point...
GRANITE CITY - In its meeting on Feb. 25, 2025, the Community Unit School District Number 9 Board of Education in Granite City unanimously voted to accept an invitation to rejoin the Southwestern Conference, starting with the 2026-27 school year, rejoining the league after a nine-year absence. The...
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25 PLAY IT AGAIN SPORTS ROUNDUP GIRLS BASKETBALL IHSA PLAYOFFS - SECTIONAL SEMIFINALS CLASS 1A CARROLLTON 34, OKAWVILLE 22: Lauren Flowers, Carrollton's all-time leading scorer, led the way again as the Hawks moved on to the Sweet Sixteen with a win ove...
EDWARDSVILLE – Junior Brown led the way with 16 points, while Thijson Heard added on 11 points as the only players in double figures as Metro-East Lutheran got off to an explosive start in eliminating Mt. Olive 65-18 in a quarterfinal game of the IHSA Class 1A Raymond Lincolnwood boys...
CAHOKIA 64, FREEBURG 51: In a Class 3A Waterloo regional play-in game, Cahokia had three players score in double figures to turn back Freeburg and advance. C’Narri Griffin led the Comanches with 17 points, while Cornelius Griffin added 16 points, Corrion Raiford scored 14 points, Taven...
ROCKFORD - Mascoutah's Emily Blanchard finished fifth in the individual standings, while Collinsville's Laila Jaoko was ninth, and teammate Caici Buckman came in 12th as the Indians and O'Fallon finished fourth and ninth respectively as teams in the IHSA state girls bowling tournament, held ove...
EDWARDSVILLE - Edwardsville's Andre Myers qualified for next week's state meet in two events - the 100-yard butterfly and 100-yard backstroke - and will send three individuals and a relay team to the state meet as the Tigers once again won the IHSA boys swimming sectional meet, held on Saturday...
EDWARDSVILLE - Herb Martin led three Edwardsville players in double figures with 17 points as the Tigers clinched the Southwestern Conference championship outright with a 57-40 Senior Night win over Belleville West Friday night at Lucco-Jackson Gym. In the annual pregame ceremonies, the Class...
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