Area Sports
Kahok Cross Country Continues Toward Home Stretch
By Mark Jurgena For the Times-Tribune The Collinsville boys cross country team hosted their own Collinsville Invitational meet last Wednesday and came away with a 2nd place finish. “Triad, they always seem to have a good team and they always show up to compete,” said coach Darryl Frerker. “I really thought we had an opportunity…
Read MoreTriad Girls Tennis On Winning Streak, Including Alton’s Robert Logan Memorial Tournament Championship
By Anthony Jones For the Times-Tribune After a solid 3-2 start to their season, the Lady Knights have come into a zone. They have won all eight of their competitions since then. The combined point totals for those 8 matchups has been an incredible 52-8 in favor of Triad. On September 9, Triad won the…
Read MoreIHSA Board Expands Golf & Cross Country State Series To Include Culminating Sectional Tournaments
The Illinois High School Association (IHSA) Board of Directors announced on September 23, 2020, that they have voted to expand the IHSA State Series in two fall sports, adding a second round of postseason play in boys & girls golf and boys & girls cross country. There will be no additional fee to compete in…
Read MoreTriad Middle School Baseball Wins Games Against Highland
The Triad 8th grade baseball team has begun the year at 8-3 and have won five of their six games the past two weeks. “The team plays together they gel pretty well,” said coach Corey Vickery. “They play as a unit and there’s no individual player that wants to try to be above anybody else.…
Read MoreKahok Tennis Off to Improved Start
By Mark Jurgena The 2020 season for the Collinsville girls tennis team has gotten off to a good start as the ladies are 2-2 in matches this season. “The season has started out well so far,” said CHS coach Jessica Ledford. “Everyone on our varsity roster has won at least one match.” This past week…
Read MoreHouck a Winner In His First Major League Game
Collinsville’s Tanner Houck tossed five scoreless innings on the mound to help the Boston Red Sox beat the Miami Marlins on the road Tuesday night 2-0. The 2017 first round pick of the Sox gave up two hits while striking out seven and walking three. Houck’s first pitch was a ball outside to leadoff hitter…
Read MoreIHSA Board Updates Return To Activities Guidelines: Waives Two-Game Per Week Limit & Lengthens Summer Season
The Illinois High School Association (IHSA) Board of Directors met virtually for their regularly scheduled meeting on Monday, September 14, 2020, where the Board approved several updates to the IHSA Return To Activities guidelines, while also providing guidance on the IHSA’s independent team participation rule for the 2020-21 school year. The Board updated its Return…
Read MoreHouck to Make Major League Debut
Boston Red Sox manager Ron Roenicke announced that Collinsville High grad Tanner Houck will make his Major League debut Tuesday night against the Miami Marlins in Miami. Houck made his first trip with the MLB club this weekend with the team to Tampa as part of the taxi squad. “I was actually just out throwing…
Read MoreIHSA Confirms Content Of Letter Sent To Governor (9-11-20)
On September 11, 2020, IHSA Executive Director Craig Anderson issued the following statement to help clear the air regarding the content of a letter he issued to Governor Pritzker and Deputy Governor Ruiz: “With support from the IHSA Board of Directors, I issued a letter on September 10 to Governor Pritzker and Deputy Governor Ruiz,…
Read MoreCollinsville’s Connection to the Pro Football Hall of Fame: George Musso
By Mark Jurgena Quick! Name the captain of the Chicago Bears from 1937-1944. Hall of Fame running back Bronko Nagurski? Nope. Hall of Fame quarterback Sid Luckman? Nope. 1929 Collinsville High graduate George Musso? Bingo! “George was captain of the Bears his last eight or 10 years,” the legendary Red Grange told the Associated Press…
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