BETHALTO – Six different Eagles scored Wednesday afternoon in a 10-1 win over the visiting East Alton-Wood River Oilers at Hauser Field. Junior forward Abrianna Garrett had a huge impact. She scored four and assisted three. She’s already up to 12 goals now on the season, which leads... read more

JERSEY 4, METRO-EAST LUTHERAN 2: Kaelyn Drainer had a hat trick and Annie Hansen had four assists as Jersey won 4-2 at home over Metro-East. Ella Smith had the other goal for the Panthers, while Grace Hopp and Kate Jose scored for the Knights. Alison Waller assisted on both the Metro-East goals.... read more

ROANOKE, Va. - Millikin junior Zac Blasioli (East Alton, Illinois, East Alton Wood River H.S.) finished in fifth place at the 2023 NCAA Division III Wrestling Championships held at the Berglund Center in Roanoke, Virginia being held on March 10-11. In a tournament filled with close matches, Blasioli... read more

COLUMBIA 5, MARQUETTE CATHOLIC 4 After opening the season off with a 5-0 win over Springfield in the Metro Cup Showcase, the Explorers fall to 1-1 after losing a classic against Columbia Tuesday night at Gordon Moore Park by a score of 5-4. Ella Anselm broke the tie and gave the Explorers thei... read more

GRANITE CITY - The Granite City Lady Warriors are off to a great start this season. Two games, two shutouts, two wins, what's not to like? After beating Collinsville 1-0 a week ago, Granite City followed that up with a 4-0 win over Belleville West. While not in the Southwestern Conference with thes... read more

ALTON - The Lady Redbirds watched 11 goals go in Tuesday night against the Southwestern Piasa Birds at Public School Stadium. It was a cold and windy night, but that didn't slow down Alton. Two goals in the opening two minutes set the tone. Maddie Cooke scored the opener, which went on to be... read more

EDWARDSVILLE - Kylie Peel and Olivia Baca each had a brace (two goals apiece), while Mea Hook added a first half strike and the Edwardsville back line put on another solid performance, allowing both Lainey Wiegers and Genny Hampton to share the team's third straight clean sheet as the Tigers defeated... read more

ALTON - A familiar face returns to the Alton High School athletics department in the Fall. It was announced at Tuesday's board meeting that Greg Nasello will be returning as the AHS boy's soccer head coach. He held the position in the past for 12 years from 1998 to 2010 while also coaching the... read more

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