ST. LOUIS - St. Louis CITY SC hit the road this week, heading to a bitterly cold Sandy, Utah to take on Real Salt Lake. After a slow start, CITY found their footing offensively and hammered the hosts 4-0, staying perfect through five games in the MLS season. The first half was a chippy and somewhat... read more
EDWARDSVILLE - A first-half goal by Allie Tredway turned out to be the only goal of the match as O'Fallon's girls' soccer team dealt Edwardsville its first loss of the season 1-0 in a match that was abandoned right before the start of the second half due to heavy rain and lightning that passed through... read more
TROY – The Triad Knights watched a two-goal halftime lead slip away but thanks to sophomore forward Alina Ayran’s 73rd-minute strike, they were able to salvage a 3-2 win over Alton Saturday afternoon. Ina another much-anticipated non-conference game for both teams, Triad was the team... read more
BETHALTO – It wasn’t the start the Eagles were looking for but ended up being the result they wanted after a back-and-forth non-conference matchup against the Father McGivney Griffins Saturday morning at Hauser Field. Civic Memorial won the contest 3-2 over Father McGivney. Civic Memorial... read more
ST. LOUIS - After what was easily St. Louis CITY’s most comfortable win last Saturday, a 3-0 home win over the San Jose Earthquakes, the new kids in town and in MLS remain perfect through four matches. That perfection is on the line again this weekend, and CITY might be without two of their... read more
WOOD RIVER - Roxana, Father McGivney Catholic and East Alton-Wood River all had good performances on the day as the three teams opened the 2023 outdoor track season with a quadrangular meet with Belleville Althoff Catholic Wednesday afternoon at EAWR Memorial Stadium. The Shells won the meet with... read more
EDWARDSVILLE - The Edwardsville High boys volleyball team held a lead late in the first set and also led early in the second set, but CBC rallied both times to take a 25-22, 25-10 win over the Tigers in their 2023 home opener Thursday evening at Lucco-Jackson Gym. A young Tiger played well in both... read more
ROXANA - The DeWerff sisters had a big weekend recently for the Bethalto Bulls at the Illinois Kids Wrestling Federation Girls State Championships. Adleigh DeWerff took second place and Abbrey DeWerff was fourth place. Adleigh is 12 years old and Abbrey is 15. Carlina Mcgaughey was third place,... read more
ALTON 9, ROXANA 5 At Roxana City Park, a three-run seventh inning clinched the first win of the year for Alton. Alissa Sauls had four hits to lead the Redbirds while Alaina Laslie had two hits and three RBIs. Summer Campbell, and Lauren O'Neill each had a hit and drove in two runs. Laci Fische... read more
PIASA SOUTHWESTERN 8, ALTON 2 Southwestern scored four runs in the fourth and three more in the fifth to defeat Alton at home. Hank Bouillon had three hits and two RBIs to lead the Piasa Birds, while Rocky Darr also had three hits, Adam Hale had two hits and drove in three runs, Ryan Lowis... read more
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