Brandon Harris

GRANITE CITY – Marquette High School boys basketball team is a competitive young team. With only one senior, underclassman and juniors are the Explorers' most valuable players on a nightly basis. While it is easy to notice the players putting up offensive points, defensive prowess is just as...

GRANITE CITY – The Marquette Explorers visited an empty Granite City High School gym because of COVID-19 protocols to take on the Warriors on a cold Midwestern night Friday. There may have been no spectators allowed in the stands, but there was still plenty of intensity from the players on th...

EDWARDSVILLE - One of last year’s big sports stories comes full circle at 4 p.m this Thursday when four-time state tennis qualifier Hannah Colbert signs her letter of intent to play college tennis at Augustana College. Edwardsville head coach Dave Lipe works with each of the players to prepare...

EDWARDSVILLE - Melissa Dunn and Casey Shank both have charitable hearts in their work for the Trinity Lutheran Ministries. The two were behind the start of the annual Ugly CHRISTMAS Sweater race, which this year benefitted the Ed-Glen Food Pantry and the Edwardsville Neighbors group. Dunn...

EDWARDSVILLE - Brian Hill of Edwardsville is a 45-year-old man who uses running as a way to stay in shape and connect with his family. Hill finished fifth overall in the 5K Ugly CHRISTmas Sweater race in December that started and finished at Trinity Lutheran Church. Hill recorded a time of 23 minute...

EDWARDSVILLE - The Glen-Ed Food Pantry received a huge boost recently with a sizable donation from proceeds from the CHRISTmas Ugly Sweater 5K race from Trinity Lutheran Ministries. The total amount of the donation to the Glen-Ed Food Pantry was about $7,000, race organizers said. The race wa...

ALTON - Marquette Catholic's girls' basketball team appears poised for a strong run the remainder of the 2022 season with an 11-6 mark at Christmas break. The top goal for the Marquette Catholic girls is to capture a regional championship. “We have a senior-oriented team. We have seven seniors...

HIGHLAND – Highland junior running back Travis Porter was without a doubt one of the best players on the gridiron in the region in 2021. Porter had several big games for the Bulldogs in 2021, but one of his best was a 150-yard performance in a 35-14 win over Civic Memorial late in the season....

WOOD RIVER - When East Alton-Wood River and Roxana collide in football or basketball, the Oilers Seth Slayden comes to play. For the first time in 10 years, the Roxana Shells played the East Alton-Wood River Oilers this past fall. Roxana and Wood River are less than 10 minutes apart but have not...

BETHALTO – A former assistant coach, assistant principal, and Bethalto community member, Todd Hannaford, took over the athletic director role for Civic Memorial in the summer of 2018. Since then, Eagles athletics has flourished and has a bright future ahead for their athletic programs. Golf,...