CLINTON, IOWA - A.J. Pabst had three hits for the Alton River Dragons, while four different players drove home runs and Kyle Athmer went five innings on the mound, striking out eight, as the River Dragons bounced back to earn a split of their two-game series with the Clinton, Iowa LumberKings wit...
ALTON - The Alton Post 126 American Legion senior baseball team had very good pitching from both Logan Bogard and Seth Slayden, holding Trenton to two hits. But the Legionnaires were also held to two hits in the game and Trenton scored both of the game's runs in the top of the seventh inning t...
BLOOMINGTON - Lucas Huebner drove in two runs in the first inning to give Edwardsville an early lead, then went ahead 4-0 in the second, while starting pitcher Logan Geggus threw six innings, allowing two runs on only three hits and striking out six as the Tigers defeated Oswego East 5-2 in th...
EDWARDSVILLE - Ben Perulfi of Edwardsville and Melissa Spencer of Glen Carbon were the male and female winners of the Run For Bonifest 5K road race on Saturday in downtown Edwardsville as the 2023 Goshen Triple Crown Series got underway. The Goshen Triple Crown series consists of the Run for Bonifest,...
SATURDAY, JUNE 3 VS. O'FALLON HOOTS ALTON - R.J LaRocco delivered a single to right that scored Diego Murillo with the winning run that gave the Alton River Dragons their third straight win to open the Prospects League season with a 5-4 triumph over the O'Fallon, Mo., Hoots in a game played...
BLOOMINGTON - A milestone was reached in Edwardsville's dramatic 3-2 win over Minooka in the final of the IHSA Class 4A Illinois Wesleyan University Sectional Saturday at Horenberger Field in Bloomington. Tigers' head coach Tim Funkhouser won his 800th career game in his 28th season coaching, starting...
NORMAL - Very strong pitching by Bradley-Bourbonnais' Libby Spaulding, along with missed opportunities, helped to end the very successful Edwardsville softball season as the Tigers lost to the Boilermakers 6-3 in the final of the IHSA Class 4A sectional at Normal Community High School in Normal o...
EDWARDSVILLE - Olympic medalists Rowdy Gaines and Elizabeth Beisel recently visited the Edwardsville YMCA as a part of the USA Swimming Foundation's Make A Splash tour, sponsored by Phillips Petroleum Corporation of Bartlesville, Okla., who runs the Wood River oil refinery, to teach young swimmers...
ALTON - A clinic for youth soccer coaches in the area was recently held at Public School Stadium and led by Damian Jones, a local youth soccer coach and co-founder of Student-Athletes Leading Tomorrow (SALT), a Riverbend-area organization that helps and mentors at-risk youth through sports and helps...
BELLEVILLE - Marley Fox and Riley Nelson drove in runs in the opening inning, then Avery Hamilton shut down Belleville East, allowing only one run on three hits as Edwardsville took a 4-1 win over Belleville East to advance to the final of the IHSA Class 4A Normal Community softball sectional Tuesday...
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