EDWARDSVILLE – Edwardsville High School's standout girls tennis player Chloe Koons closed her season with a singles championship at the Edwardsville Sectional and also a first in singles in the Southwestern Conference Tennis Championships. Koons won her first IHSA State Girls Tennis Tourney...
EDWARDSVILLE - Tennis is an unforgiving sport that requires hours of practice, repetition, and dedication. While the grind of playing tennis is not for everyone, there is no doubt Zoe Byron has the mentality to be a top-notch tennis player. Byron's work ethic and competitiveness have helped her emerge...
BETHALTO – Civic Memorial High School sealed their playoff bid and earned a good seed after beating the visiting Taylorville High School Tornadoes in their final regular-season game. Friday’s contest under the lights and dipping temperatures would be a perfect game to celebrate Eagles'...
EDWARDSVILLE - Edwardsville tennis player Chloe Koons qualified for next weekend's state tournament while the doubles team of Hannah Colbert and Alyssa Wise also qualified by advancing to the semifinals of the IHSA Class 2A sectional tournament Saturday at the Edwardsville Tennis Center. The Tigers...
ROXANA – Football rivalries are special. When two rivals clash for the first time in 10 years, it is epic. That is what happened when the Roxana Shells football team took on the Wood River Oilers Friday night. With the fiery orange glow from the refinery and a slight drizzle, the scene was...
BETHALTO – Highland has come alive with a pair of wins in the past two weeks, one over Civic Memorial 35-14 and another over Waterloo 48-14. The Highland-CM game was highly competitive despite a convincing 35-14 final score for a Bulldogs victory. Travis Porter, junior running back for Highland,...
O'FALLON - The 2021 High Schools Girls Tennis Southwestern Conference Tournament had some bragging rights on the line. O'Fallon beat Edwardsville, Edwardsville beat Belleville East, and Belleville East beat O'Fallon. For what could be the first time in documented history, there was a three-way...
BETHALTO – Civic Memorial kicked off the month of October by welcoming the Highland Bulldogs to their home field for the sixth high school football game of the season. On paper, the Eagles were 4-1 and the Bulldogs were 1-4, but past results had nothing to do with the final result. The Bulldogs...
PIASA - The Southwestern Piasa Birds varsity football team is off to a sensational start and one of the key reasons has been quarterback Quentin Strohbeck. In a recent victory against Greenville High School at Piasa, by the end of the night, Southwestern was not only the home of the Piasa Bird but...
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