TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20 PLAY IT AGAIN SPORTS ROUNDUP
BOYS SOCCER
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IHSA PLAYOFFS --- REGIONAL SEMIFINALS
EDWARDSVILLE 2, BELLEVILLE WEST 0: In the Class 3A regional semifinals at Bob Goalby Field, Trenton Liedtke and Ben Lovell scored in each half to allow Edwardsville the win over Belleville West to advance to the final.
The Tigers are now 12-6-1, and move on to the final against Collinsville, a 3-0 winner over Quincy, in the final Friday night at 6 p.m. The Maroons finish their season at 6-14-0, while the Kahoks advance to 9-13-1, and the Blue Devils finish up at 11-10-1.
In the O'Fallon regional at OTHS Panther Stadium, the host Panthers won over Springfield Southeast 4-0, while Normal Community won a penalty kick shootout 4-3 to eliminate Belleville East 2-1 after extra time.
CIVIC MEMORIAL 1, MATOON 0: In the Class 2A CM regional at Hauser Field, Quentin Daniels' second-half strike was all the Eagles would need to upset Mattoon and advance to the final.
Brady Sturbhart made six saves in goal to record the clean sheet for CM, who are now 6-12-3, while the Greenwave concludes its season 16-4-5.
In the other semifinal at Hauser Field, Jacksonville won over Alton 2-1, while Triad eliminated Springfield Southeast 4-0.
In Class 1A games, Hillsboro defeated Piasa Southwestern 4-0, Carlinville eliminated Macon Meridian 3-1, and Freeburg knocked out Metropolis Massac County 3-1.
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL
STAUNTON 25-25, CARLINVILLE 22-16: Staunton held off Carlinville in a tight first set, then took the second set going away to take the sweep of the South Central Conference match at the Carlinville Big House.
Ruthie Reels and Sylvee Gibbs each had three points and an ace each for the Cavaliers, while Avery Davis also served up an ace, Gibbs had eight kills, while Reels had six kills, Davis had 10 assists, while Makenna Harding had six assists, Lexie O'Brien had two blocks, Jada Barkley had 13 digs, and Gibbs came up with 12 digs.
The Bulldogs are now 22-11-1, while Carlinville goes to 16-15.
In other matches played on Tuesday, Belleville East held off Edwardsville to win a three-set thriller 25-22, 25-27, 25-22, East St. Louis got past Granite City 25-21, 25-21, Mascoutah stopped Belleville West 25-12 25-18, Collinsville got past Alton in a three-setter 25-16, 21-25, 25-15, Columbia came from behind to win over Centralia 23-25, 25-20, 2519. Red Bud won over East Alton-Wood River 25-9, 25-7, Freeburg won over Waterloo Gibault Catholic 25-21, 25-16, it was Breese Mater Dei Catholic winning over O'Fallon 25-21, 25-21, and Civic Memorial swept Jersey 2-0.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 19 PLAY IT AGAIN SPORTS ROUNDUP
BOYS SOCCER
IHSA PLAYOFFS --- REGIONAL SEMIFINALS
CLASS 1A
FATHER MCGIVNEY CATHOLIC 5, TRENTON WESCLIN 0: Gus Range led the way with a brace (two goals), with Graham Baker, Austin Peck, and Owen Weissert also scoring as McGivney knocked out host Wesclin in the Class 1A regional semifinals.
Patrick Gierer made six saves in goal to record another clean sheet for the Griffins, who advance to the final with a record of 12-5-3, while the Warriors end their season at 9-15-1.
McGivney goes to Friday's final against Marquette Catholic, a 7-1 winner over Maryville Christian. In other Class 1A regional semifinal games on Monday, Belleville Althoff Catholic defeated Breese Central 8-0, Breese Mater Dei Catholic got past Lebanon 2-1, Columbia won over Vienna 9-0, and Staunton eliminated Virden North Mac 4-0.
GIRLS FIELD HOCKEY
In a game played Monday at Tiger Stadium, Edwardsville shut out Webster Groves, Mo. 1-0 in overtime.
OILERS' MINNER, PARSONS SHINE AT CONFERENCE MEET
East Alton-Wood River's Mackenzie Minner and Ami Parsons finished 14th and 15th in the Illinois Division of the Conference at Wesclin in cross country. The girls get another chance to run the same course on Saturday at the IHSA Regional.
JERSEY ATHLETICS
WEEKEND RESULTS
Jersey Freshman Volleyball finished 2nd at the Alton Round Robin tournament. The Panthers opened with a two-set win over Alton, 25-23 and 25-21, before falling to Civic Memorial in two close sets, 27-26 and 25-22. Jersey bounced back against Marquette, winning the deciding third set 15-13 after splitting the first two. Kiyah Knoche led the service line, Stella Egelhoff provided outstanding hustle, Kadence Dobson anchored the defense, and Ella West and Piper Wittman led the offensive attack.
JCHS Football hosted Granite City and beat the Warriors on Senior Night, 31-0.
JCHS Tennis players Anna Kribs, Kiley King, and Nelly Goetten qualified for the IHSA State Tournament and will play for the Sectional Championship on Saturday.
JCHS Varsity Volleyball team traveled to Civic Memorial on Saturday for a tournament, finishing the day with a hard-fought victory over Roxana. The Panthers battled Highland and Carrollton before taking Jacksonville to three sets. Jersey bounced back from an opening-set loss against Roxana to win the final two sets, 25-17 and 25-19. Maddie Aday led at the net, Alaina Laird anchored the defense, and Maleah Derrick contributed key plays on both sides of the ball.
JCHS Soccer hosted Civic Memorial in the first round of Regionals, falling to the Eagles 3-1. Michael Vogel scored the Panthers’ goal with an assist from Cristian Rojas.
JCMS Cross Country’s Carter Johnson finished 113th out of 223 runners at the State Meet with a time of 12:03.5.
MONDAY'S RESULTS
JCHS Cross Country traveled to Trenton for the Cahokia Conference Meet, where the Panthers claimed 3rd place. Brenley Kelly captured the girls’ conference title with a 1st-place finish in 18:25, followed by Amelia Jumper in 2nd at 19:31. Courtney Breden, Melinda Robles, and Trinity Cummines each recorded new PRs. On the boys’ side, Kaden Strohbeck finished 5th in 16:40, while Zane Grummel placed 10th with a new PR of 17:12. Luca Derrick finished 13th, and Dylan Green took 16th. Mason Warren also recorded a new PR. Congratulations to the Panthers on a great conference meet.
JCMS Girls Basketball continued hosting their tournament against Gillespie. The 7th-grade Panthers defeated the Miners, 22-14, while the 8th-grade Panthers fell, 14-41.
JCHS F/JV/V Volleyball hosted the CM Eagles. The Freshman Panthers started the night with a thrilling three-set victory, 21-10, 18-21, 15-12. The JV team earned a straight-sets win, 25-18, 25-22, led by Callie Geers with 19 service points and 9 aces. Varsity fell in two sets, 16-25 and 15-25, while celebrating the seniors in their final home game.
