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CHS Softball splits opening week games

By Mark Jurgena COLLINSVILLE — It was a big opening day for the Collinsville softball team as they won at Glen Carbon (Father McGivney) 22-2 in four innings on March 11. The Kahoks banged out 22 hits on the afternoon. Bailey Demick had a huge day at the plate going 5-for-6 with three doubles and…

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Kahoks Baseball begins season taking on Chicago powers

By Mark Jurgena COLLINSVILLE — The Collinsville baseball team began their 2024 season with some big tests from the Chicagoland area. They came out of the week with a 1-2 record. Opening day Collinsville’s Ethan Bagwell had a huge game giving up only one hit over four innings on the mound then blasted a two-run…

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Collinsville Boys conclude Indoor Season

By Mark Jurgena COLLINSVILLE — Two meets wrapped up the indoor track campaign for the Collinsville High School boys squad last week. “It was a good indoor season we added some meets in there to give them the opportunity to do a little bit more,” said CHS track coach Darryl Frerker.  Champaign meet On Saturday…

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Kahok Girls wrap up Indoor Season

By Mark Jurgena COLLINSVILLE — On March 8, the girls track team at Collinsville High School concluded their indoor season with the Jersey Winter Thaw meet held at Coach Crafton Athletic Center on the campus of Principia College in Elsah. The Kahoks had several strong showings including one first place finish. Collinsville’s 4×200 meter relay…

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Kahok Soccer begins Season

By Mark Jurgena COLLINSVILLE — The young Collinsville girls soccer squad began their season last week with a trio of losses. However CHS coach Jodie Munoz knows that her young team will have some growing pains. In their opener on March 11 at Kahok Stadium against Waterloo, the Bulldogs beat CHS 3-0. “Unfortunately we had…

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2 CMS wrestlers take runner-up at state

By Mark Jurgena COLLINSVILLE — The move by several local middle schools away from the SIJHSAA to the IESA has paid benefits for one sport on the Collinsville athletic scene: wrestling. Wrestling is not a state championship sport in the Southern Illinois governing body but it is a state sport in the IESA. On March…

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Triad Track squads take 3rd at Champaign

By Anthony Jones sports.times.tribune@gmail.com TROY — Triad’s boys and girls track and field teams both nabbed third-place at the Mar. 16 Gene Armer Invitational. In a field of 31 scoring teams, the Lady Knights finished with 49 points at the Champaign-based event. This placed them just four points behind runners-up Mascotah and 14 points behind…

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Tennis Knights host annual invitational

By Anthony Jones sports.times.tribune@gmail.com TROY — Last week featured the first action for Triad boys tennis since winning their sixth consecutive IHSA Sectional last spring. The first competition of their 2024 campaign came on Mar. 15, when they played hosts to Class 2A Quincy. By a 9-3 tally, the Blue Devils knocked off the home…

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Triad hosts slate of baseball competition

By Anthony Jones sports.times.tribune@gmail.com TROY — Within the first 24 hours of the season, the turf baseball field at Triad High School saw plenty of usage. The first action came on Mar. 15, as the Knights hosted Normal West. Their season opener against the Wildcats was one of dozens of contests held in the area…

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Triad Softball opens spring campaign

By Anthony Jones sports.times.tribune@gmail.com TROY — The first four games of the 2024 season are in the books for Triad softball. In their first action since last year’s 15-12 campaign, the Lady Knights made a trek to Murphysboro on Mar. 11. Triad grabbed an early 2-0 lead in the top of the first, with Alyssa…

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