John Hough, Sports Writer

CARROLLTON - Year No. 2 has arrived in Matt Goetten’s tenure as the head basketball coach of the Carrollton Hawks, his alma mater. A season ago, he was a rookie head coach with one of the youngest and inexperienced groups of players around. It was always going to be uphill, especially...

ALTON - With 19.2 seconds to go in the third quarter between the Alton Redbirds and the Riverview Gardens Rams, a brawl ensued between players on both teams. The fight spilled into the grandstands on the east side of the gym on Friday night in Godfrey at the Alton Tip-Off Classic at Alton...

O'FALLON - Through two games Sydney Harris hadn’t been physically tested. The Edwardsville freshman guard is off to a promising start in her high school basketball career but received her first reality check against the Hazelwood Central Hawks today. The Lady Tigers, who were playing fro...

SEE VIDEO: ALTON - The Alton Redbirds dazzled in their first game of the regular season defeating the Carnahan Cougars 78-33 in the Alton Tip-Off Classic on Tuesday night. Malik Smith, who is the leading returning scorer for the Redbirds had a game-high 21 points including two three-pointers...

ALTON - Experience, depth, length, and athleticism is what the Alton Redbirds boys basketball team has at their disposal to make the 2018-2019 season a memorable one. Even though the Redbirds have recorded five consecutive winning campaigns in a row, expectations are higher than they’ve...

ALTON - The Alton Lady Redbirds opened their season with a 52-48 victory on Tuesday night over the Calhoun Lady Warriors. Alton never trailed and used their superior size to dominate the glass on both ends. Junior forward Anita Smith propelled the Lady Redbirds by scoring all of her 11 points...

SEE VIDEO: SEE PHOTO GALLERY: FRANKFURT - Edwardsville's football squad faced its most difficult opponent yet in the Lincoln-Way East Griffins Saturday night and lost 50-14 in the IHSA Class 8A Quarterfinals in Frankfurt. Three consecutive turnovers in the first quarter by...

CARROLLTON - It looked like this could’ve been a memorable day for the Carrollton Hawks. Up 6-0 with a lead in the second quarter, the Hawks had the momentum, however, reality set in. Reality’s name was the Camp Point Central Panthers, who were on a mission to get revenge from last...

SEE PHOTO GALLERY: OKAWVILLE - A stout opponent proved to be too much for the Father McGivney Griffins. Father McGivney succumbed to a 25-19, 25-16 loss to the Grayville Bison in the Class 1A Okawville Super-Sectionals on Friday night. Father McGivney’s historic season come...

GLEN CARBON - The Father McGivney Catholic Griffins volleyball season came to end with a 2-0 loss Friday to the Grayville Bison. McGivney’s season ends at 25-13. The Bison advances to the school’s first ever state tournament final four for any sport in school history. They move to 27-...