BETHALTO - The Civic Memorial boys track team won the majority of events in taking a triangular meet Monday at Hauser Field over Metro-East Lutheran and Marquette Catholic. The Eagles won with 91 points, while the Knights were second at 33 points and the Explorers were third with 14 points. ... read more
ALTON - Chloe Plough, a senior at Alton High School, has signed on to play tennis for Illinois College this fall. Plough is a three-year letter winner for the Redbirds and in 2022 she was named second team all-conference in the Southwestern Conference and was named to the Academic All-Conference Team.... read more
BETHALTO - Marquette Catholic's Sammy Hentrich won two events and finished second in another as the Explorers finished second to Civic Memorial in a triangular track meet held Monday afternoon at Hauser Field on the CM campus in Bethalto. The Eagles won the meet with 68 points, with Marquette... read more
MONDAY, MARCH 20 SPORTS ROUNDUP BASEBALL VALMEYER 11, EAST ALTON-WOOD RIVER 6: Valmeyer pushed across six runs in the top of the fourth to defeat EAWR at Norris Dorsey Field. Kye Holbrook had three hits and a RBI for the Pirates, while Luke Blackwell, Jacob Brown, Jake Killy and Elijah Miller... read more
GILLESPIE - Jillian Hawkes and Riley Nelson drove in runs in the first inning, and Avery Hamilton made them stand up in a magnificent one-hit shutout performance in the circle as Edwardsville's softball team defeated Gillespie 2-0 in a game played Monday afternoon at Gillespie. The win was the Tigers'... read more
ALTON - The first varsity baseball game at Alton High this season ended in thrilling fashion on Monday evening. What was a low-scoring affair with little solid hitting ended with the biggest hit of all, a walk-off three-run homer by Alton’s Jayden Diaz that gave the Redbirds a 5-2 victory at... read more
ALTON – The Marquette Catholic High School baseball team showed no signs of letting up Monday afternoon at Lloyd Hopkins Field. The Explorers scored in every inning on the way to a 12-2 win over the Southwestern Piasa Birds. With the win, Marquette improves to 2-1 on the season, while Southwestern... read more
EDWARDSVILLE - Andrew Hendrickson, a senior pitcher/outfielder with the Edwardsville baseball team, is off to a good start as the Tigers opened the 2023 season this past week, getting the only two hits in the team's 10-0 loss to Lockport Township Mar. 16, driving in a run in a 12-2 win over St. Joseph-Ogden... read more
EDWARDSVILLE - Edwardsville head coach Jon Wagner coached Mackenzie Pratt to the 140-pound championship at the IHSA girls' state wrestling tournament recently at Grossinger Motors Arena in Bloomington as Pratt pinned three of her four opponents to win the title. After the tournament, Wagner officially... read more
EAST ST. LOUIS - Dainen Rucker, a junior guard for the East St. Louis basketball team took control of several key games for the Flyers this season at his point position. Rucker was one of the leaders in the Flyers' excellent 26-9 overall season. The Flyers finished third place in the IHSA Class 3A Stat... read more
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