Brent Feeney, Sports Writer

Feeney, 56, is a native of Granite City and graduated from Granite City South in 1978. He was a part-time writer for the old Granite City Journal from 1979-84 before attending Eastern Illinois University in Charleston,
from which he earned his BA in journalism in 1988. He has worked for newspapers in Sikeston, Mo., Rocky Mount, N.C., Seneca, S.C. and in Charleston-Mattoon. He also worked for the old St. Clair County Suburban
Journals.

His biggest accomplishments include gaining an exclusive interview with Michael Jordan when he was playing minor-league baseball and for an interview with Charles Duke, who walked on the moon as part of the Apollo 16 crew in 1972.

He is single and currently resides Collinsville with his twin brother Colin. He is an avid fan of the three St. Louis sports teams (Cardinals, Blues, STLFC); Missouri, Illinois and Eastern Illinois in college sports; the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League; the Geelong Cats and Carlton Blues of the Australian Football League (Australian Rules football); the South Sydney Rabbitohs of the National Rugby League in Australia; and the US Men's and Women's national soccer teams.

In his spare time, he volunteers for St. Louis community radio station KDHX-FM and is an active member of the Ethical Society of St. Louis. He also is a fan of classic movies (three of his all-time favorite films are early MGM silent films) and of the television quiz show Jeopardy! and has auditioned twice for the show; he describes himself as a "future Jeopardy! champion."

ALTON – One three-touchdown spree late in the second quarter proved to be the turning point in Friday night’s Belleville West-Alton Southwestern Conference football game at Public School Stadium. “That’s just hard to come back from – I don’t care who you’re...
Belleville West 52. Alton 21 East Alton-Wood River 40, Marquette Catholic 21 Aurora Waubonsie Valley 21, Edwardsville 7 Metro East Lutheran 52, Steelville, Mo., 14 Triad 29, Civic Memorial 7 Highland 68, Jersey 21 Gillespie 26, Roxana 20 (OT) Greenville 45, Piasa Southwestern 6 Hardin-Calhoun...
WOOD RIVER - A key area game Friday night will be in the Prairie State Conference when Marquette Catholic (1-2 overall, 1-0 PSC), coming off a win last week over Nokomis in their PSC opener at home, at East Alton-Wood River (0-3), who fell to Madison on the road last Saturday afternoon 24-14. “It’...
EDWARDSVILLE - Edwardsville’s has a tough game on tap for tonight against 3-0 Waubonsie Valley of Aurora. Edwardsville, 1-2, lost last week to East St. Louis. The Warriors of the DuPage Valley Conference are 3-0 on the year, having defeated Oak Park-River Forest, Libertyville and Naperville...
COLLINSVILLE – Alton’s Tim Johnson took the Redbirds onto his shoulders both Friday night and Saturday afternoon as AHS defeated Collinsville 35-6 in the Southwestern Conference season-opener for both schools. Johnson had run for 170 yards Friday night before the game between the Kahoks...
WEDNESDAY GIRLS TENNIS EDWARDSVILLE 8, BELLEVILLE WEST 1: Edwardsville swept all six singles matches Tuesday to hand Belleville west an 8-1 Southwestern Conference loss in Belleville; the Tigers went to 12-5 overall, 3-0 in the league. Natalie Karibian, Annie McGinnis, Abby Cimarolli,...
EDWARDSVILLE – Natalie Karibian’s interest in tennis goes back a long way. It came thanks to her uncle Raffi, who has coached high school tennis in Granite City for many years. Karibian, a senior, is now the No. 1 player for Edwardsville’s girls' team. “In early and middle...
EDWARDSVILLE – Much like Monday’s Edwardsville girls volleyball match at Triad where the Tiger players had a reunion with their former coach Jami Parker, new Edwardsville coach Lisa Orlet had a reunion with her one-time players with Incarnate Word Academy of St. Louis County. Orlet...
EDWARDSVILLE – Cooper Nolan stepped up Tuesday night and gave his Edwardsville boys soccer team a much-needed lift just when the Tigers needed one in their key Southwestern Conference match against Collinsville at Tiger Stadium. Nolan drew the Tigers level at 1-1 with a blast in the 42 nd...
EDWARDSVILLE – Several of the players on Edwardsville’s field hockey team experienced something new for them in their match Monday afternoon against Visitation. Overtime. Then a shootout. A Kailey Noud goal with 11:10 left in regulation time forced the Tigers and Vivettes into a...
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