GRANITE CITY - Talia Norman led three Alton players in double figures with 27 points as the Redbirds defeated Quincy 65-40 to win the IHSA Class 4A Granite City girls basketball regional Friday night at Granite City Memorial Gym. The Redbirds jumped out to a big lead in the first quarter by usin...
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20 PLAY IT AGAIN SPORTS ROUNDUP BOYS BASKETBALL MARISSA-COULTERVILLE 57, FATHER MCGIVNEY CATHOLIC 54: In a down-to-the-wire battle, Marissa-Coulterville just did get past McGivney to take the win at the McGivney gym. Chase Jansen led the Griffins with 19 points,...
EDWARDSVILLE - Dean Schlarman and Luke Thomlinson scored power play goals early in the second period, but it was Balke Huneke’s goal with 1.3 seconds left in the period that was the big goal, as Edwardsville swept St. John Vianney Catholic in their Mississippi Valley Club Hockey Association...
EDWARDSVILLE – Caden Clark scored with 2:15 remaining in the game, and the goal allowed Alton to come from behind and take a 5-4 win over Belleville to tie their Mississippi Valley Club Hockey Association Class 1A semifinal series at one win each, setting up a winner-take-all game three...
BELLEVILLE - Belleville's boys' hockey team did get off to a good start taking the 3-0 lead, with Alton getting back into the game 3-2 after the second period in a playoff match on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025, in Edwardsville. Alton ended up winning the match 5-4 on a last-minute Caden Clark goal. Bellevil...
ALTON - Becca Adney has been appointed as the new head boys and girls cross country coach at Alton High School, with the announcement made in a press release late Wednesday. Adney is an Alton graduate, and earned her degree at Indiana-Kokomo, where she was a member of the schools' cross country...
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18 PLAY IT AGAIN SPORTS ROUNDUP BOYS BASKETBALL BOYS BASKETBALL PIASA SOUTHWESTERN 55, GILLESPIE 41: Southwestern had three players score in double figures in taking their South Central Conference matchup at the Gillespie Pit. Southwestern's Ian Brantley...
EDWARDSVILLE - Collinsville head boys basketball coach Darin Lee is looking for his squad to rebound when they end their regular season on Friday night, Feb. 21, 2025, at Fletcher Gym in Collinsville and then prepare to meet the Redbirds again in regional action. The Kahoks end the regular season...
EDWARDSVILLE – Herb Martin once again led Edwardsville in scoring, hitting for 17 points, as three Tiger players scored in double figures as Edwardsville took a 48-34 win over Collinsville Tuesday evening, Feb. 18, 2025, in a Southwestern Conference boys basketball game at Lucco-Jackson...
CARTERVILLE - Belleville Althoff Catholic advanced five wrestlers to the state meet next week, while Roxana put two through, and East Alton-Wood River's Drake Champlin won the 215-pound title at the IHSA Class 1A boys wrestling sectional meet, held Saturday at Carterville High School. T...
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