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Friday Sports Round-Up: Gillespie, Granite, Carrollton, Calhoun Girls Softball Post Wins, Jersey, McGivney, EAWR Baseball Posts Victories

March 23 2024 at 7:36 AM

FRIDAY, MARCH 22 SPORTS ROUND-UP SOFTBALL GILLESPIE 8, JERSEY 1: Gillespie bounced back well...

Copeland Key Baseball Player For Oilers, Is A Midwest Members Credit Union Male Athlete Of Month

March 25 2024 at 7:01 AM

WOOD RIVER- Senior Hayden Copeland is one of East Alton-Wood River's top baseball players this season...

Monday, March 18, Sports Round-Up: Granite Off To 3-0 Baseball Start; MELHS, CM, EA-WR Post Softball Wins; Roxana, CM Triumph In Soccer

March 19 2024 at 9:28 AM

BASEBALL Many of the baseball games scheduled for Monday were postponed, due to the unseasonably...

Tuesday, March 12 Sports Round-Up: Champlin Strikes Out 11, Oilers Tie Greenville; Mouser Hat Trick Propels Roxana Girls Past Birds

March 13 2024 at 11:00 AM

BASEBALL EAST ALTON-WOOD RIVER 10, GREENVILLE 10 Dillon Gerner drove in four runs on the day,...

Historic Growth: Girls Flag Football Now an IHSA Sanctioned Sport

March 6 2024 at 10:25 AM

BLOOMINGTON - A proposal to add girls flag football to the Illinois High School Association (IHSA)...

Monday, Feb. 19 Boys Basketball Round-Up: Southwestern Slides By EAWR; Hawks, Tigers Post Wins

February 20 2024 at 8:39 AM

BOYS BASKETBALL IHSA PLAYOFFS - REGIONAL QUARTERFINALS CLASS 2A PIASA SOUTHWESTERN 47,...

Griffin, Couch State Champions; Champlin Second At IHSA Wrestling State Tournament: Local Athletes Shine At State Farm Center

February 18 2024 at 9:07 AM

CHAMPAIGN-URBANA - Civic Memorial's Bryce Griffin and Triad's Colby Crouch won the Class 2A state...

Three Local Wrestlers To Compete For State Titles In Champaign-Urbana

February 17 2024 at 10:19 AM

CHAMPAIGN-URBANA - Three area wrestlers - Civic Memorial's Bryce Griffin, Triad's Colby Crouch,...

Five Local Wrestlers Secure Top Six Finish at IHSA State Tournament

February 16 2024 at 2:30 PM

CHAMPAIGN-URBANA - Five Riverbender.com area wrestlers won their first round and quarterfinal matches,...

Alton, EAWR Both Skate To Round One Sweeps

February 13 2024 at 9:12 AM

ALTON 6, BETHALTO 2 EAST ALTON - Unlike last Thursday's game where the Redbirds found themselves...

Five Roxana Wrestlers Advance To State Meet, Champlin Goes For EAWR

February 12 2024 at 4:01 PM

VANDALIA - Five wrestlers from Roxana - Logan Riggs, Brandon Green, Jr., Braden Johnson, Lyndon Thies,...

Oilers Down Piasa Birds 41-27 To Advance To IHSA 2A Girls Regional Semis

February 12 2024 at 9:30 AM

WOOD RIVER - In a play-in game for the Staunton Regional, East Alton-Wood River took the early lea...

Ealey Is An Oilers' Catalyst, Is A Midwest Members Credit Union Female Athlete Of Month

February 9 2024 at 12:06 PM

WOOD RIVER - Junior Jordan Ealey has been one of the catalysts of a successful East Alton-Wood River...

East Alton-Wood River's Wyatt Owens Receives Overwhelming Support During Cancer Battle

February 9 2024 at 10:36 AM

WOOD RIVER - On Dec. 7, 2023, the Owens family got the news that no one wants to hear. That one o...

Timmins Scores Decisive Shootout Goal in Oilers' Dramatic Comeback

February 9 2024 at 8:52 AM

GRANITE CITY - It wasn't looking too good for the East Alton-Wood River hockey team early on Thursday...

Oilers' Devon Green Has Huge Night With 28 Points, Tops 1,000 Career Mark In Win

February 7 2024 at 2:06 PM

WOOD RIVER - Devon Green joined the 1,000-point club in East Alton-Wood River’s 69-57 win ove...

Briggs Leads With 17 Points, Walleck Adds 13, Maberry Has 11, Shells Dominate Oilers 68-29

February 5 2024 at 7:42 AM

WOOD RIVER - Aidan Briggs led Roxana with 17 points, with Chris Walleck adding 13 points, and Sean...

Shells Advance All But One To Sectional, Oilers Move Through Three, Knights Two As Roxana Wins Carlyle Wrestling Regional

February 4 2024 at 7:33 PM

CARLYLE - Roxana advanced all but one of its wrestlers to next week's sectional, while East Alton-Wood...

Lady Shells Get Season Sweep Over Rival Oilers

February 4 2024 at 6:01 PM

WOOD RIVER – The East Alton-Wood River Oilers hosted the Roxana Shells for this season’s...

Ocean Bland Is Multi-Sport Star, Is A Midwest Members Credit Union Female Athlete Of The Month

February 1 2024 at 3:23 PM

WOOD RIVER - East Alton-Wood River High senior Ocean Ivory Breeze Bland has a complete passion for...

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