O’FALLON – In a pivotal early-season Southwestern Conference matchup the O’Fallon Panthers (4-0) hosted the Alton Redbirds (4-2) Tuesday night at O’Fallon Township High School. It was OTHS with a 4-0 win to remain perfect on the season. Four games, and four shutouts for th... read more
FRIDAY, MARCH 24 RESULT HARDIN CALHOUN 7, BARRY WESTERN 4 On Friday afternoon, Calhoun scored three runs in the first and four more in the sixth to take the win at Barry Western. Audrey Gilman led the way for the Warriors with three hits and three RBIs, while while Grace Ballard had two... read more
PIASA SOUTHWESTERN 11, EAST ALTON-WOOD RIVER 0 Ali Wilson had a double brace (four goals), while Mac Day had a hat trick, Ava Ballard had a brace (two goals) and both Kelsey Bray and Alexis Partney scored in Southwestern's win over visiting EAWR. Day had five assists for the Piasa Birds, while... read more
MARQUETTE CATHOLIC 13, BYRON 8 Marquette overcame a five-run first by Byron with four runs in the third, five in the fourth, and two each in the sixth and seventh to win in a game played at Roy Lee Field at SIU-Edwardsville. Charlie Fahnestock had three hits and two RBIs for the Explorers,... read more
TROY - Two-sport athlete Tobey "TJ" Suter has been one to watch early on in this baseball season for the Triad Knights. Through six games and 20 plate appearances, TJ is batting a .421 average. He's got eight hits so far including five doubles. He's also a starting pitcher and has struck out eight... read more
GRANITE CITY - The Lady Warriors girl's soccer team is off to a great 4-0 start to this season. A big part of those results is the team's three captains, including junior Madison Vasiloff. She's scored six goals through the first four games of the season including a hat trick last Saturday against... read more
EDWARDSVILLE 8, SPRINGFIELD SACRED HEART-GRIFFIN CATHOLIC 4: Edwardsville scored four times in the second inning, then twice more in both the fourth and sixth to get the road win at Sacred Heart-Griffin. Cole Funkhouser had three hits and two RBIs for the Tigers, with both Joe Chiarodo and Andrew... read more
IOWA CITY, Ia. - Senior Kate Martin of Edwardsville will be playing with the Iowa women's basketball team in the NCAA Women's Final Four this weekend at American Airlines Center in Dallas. Martin had six points, three rebounds, five assists and a blocked shot in the Hawkeyes' 97-83 win over Louisville... read more
TROY - It was a battle of the Knights Monday afternoon at Triad High School. The Triad Knights (4-2) hosted the Mater Dei Knights (2-2) in a non-conference baseball showdown. It was the home team Triad with a 9-5 win. Junior Brady Coon started on the mound for Triad and got off to a bit of a shaky... read more
BETHALTO - Lauren Hardy led the offense with three hits and three RBIs and Megan Griffith pitched well in a complete game, walking only three while striking out seven. But a three-run 10th inning gave Belleville East an 8-5 win over the Eagles in a softball game played Monday afternoon at the Bethalto... read more
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