BOYS TENNIS MARQUETTE CATHOLIC 9, BELLEVILLE ALTHOFF CATHOLIC 0: Marquette Catholic swept a home meet over Althoff to go along with recent wins over Jersey and Quincy. The Explorers are now 3-0 for the season. Against the Crusaders, Stetson Isringhausen won over Tyler Schmeider 6-2, 6-2, it... read more

EDWARDSVILLE - Edwardsville softball pitcher Avery Hamilton had a big day overall, coming up with four hits and driving in two runs and striking out eight inside the circle as the Tigers defeated Collinsville 12-1 in a Southwestern Conference game played Thursday afternoon at the Edwardsville District... read more

ALTON – The Marquette Catholic High School girl’s soccer team hosted their Gateway Metro Conference (GMC) rivals Father McGivney Griffins Thursday afternoon out at Gordon Moore Park. It was a 2-0 win for the Explorers as they improve to 3-1 on the season, all three wins being shutouts... read more

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29 SPORTS ROUND-UP BASEBALL CARLINVILLE 12, PAWNEE 7 After Carlinville gave up the first run in the opening inning, the Cavaliers outscored Pawnee 12-6 to take the win over the Indians. Dane Boatman and Henry Kufa both had two hits and two RBIs for Carlinville, while... read more

ROXANA - Head coach for the Shell's baseball team Jerry Wheaton will tell you that his team is young and somewhat inexperienced at the varsity level. Wheaton's varsity team has four seniors and a junior, the rest underclassmen. One of those seniors, Kaden Bloemker, has been giving it his all through... read more

GRANITE CITY - Granite City High School senior twins Adrian and Lillian Bloomquist celebrated their 18 th birthday by signing with Evangel Women’s Soccer on Wednesday at GCHS. For their accomplishment, Adrian and Lillian are Stillwater Senior Living Athletes of the Month for Granite City.... read more

COLLINSVILLE - Ethan Bagwell pitched a one-hit shutout for Collinsville, striking out eight Granite City batters, while Kris Alcorn hit a home run as a part of a two-hit, three RBI performance at the plate as the Kahoks took a 10-0 decision in four-and-a-half innings, due to the 10-run rule, in a... read more

ROXANA - Roxana hosted Jerseyville in varsity baseball on Wednesday afternoon at Roxana Park. The Shells needed every inning they could get, and a little bit of luck, and won by way of a seventh-inning walk-off single from Kaden Bloemker. “Baseball’s a funny, funny game,” said... read more

EDWARDSVILLE - Simon McClaine, a star hurdler for the Alton High boys track team, is off to a great start in the new outdoor season, winning both the 110-meter and 300-meter hurdles races in helping the Redbirds finish a solid fourth in the Southwest Illinois Relays, the season's first big outdoor... read more

EDWARDSVILLE - The Edwardsville High girls track team is off and running, enjoying a great start under new head coach Tayvonne Landry and had a successful indoor season that's now translating into the new outdoor season. The Tigers finished second to O'Fallon in the first big outdoor meet of the year... read more