Area Sports

By Mark Jurgena, Reporter For the Times-Tribune The 2019 Triad volleyball season has seen a marked turn around in play and results to this point in their season. The Knights were 10-10 overall and 3-3 in Mississippi Valley Conference play. Triad began the season 3-7 after a loss to Fort Zumwalt (Mo.) West at the…

By Anthony Jones, Reporter The Triad football team clinched a playoff berth this past week after visiting conference foe Mascoutah. Mascoutah’s loss drops them to 3-3 on the season and 1-2 in conference play. Triad’s win pushed them into first place in conference with a 3-0 record. The matchup started with a Mascoutah kickoff that Triad…

By Mark Jurgena, Reporter For the Times-Tribune The Kahok soccer team got back on the right track this past week with two victories to raise their overall record to 7-8. October 5 Collinsville 4 Alton 1 Collinsville moved to 4-3 in the Southwestern Conference last Saturday with a 4-1 home win over Alton. The Kahoks…

By Anthony Jones, Reporter On Friday evening, Triad’s football team one yet again to become 5-0 on the season and 2-0 in their conference. The win makes them playoff eligible and places them in a tie with Civic Memorial atop the Mississippi Valley Conference. This is the first time since 2015 that Triad has started…

By Mark Jurgena For the Times-Tribune Collinsville’s rugged schedule reared its ugly head the past couple of weeks as the Kahoks went 1-3 in Southwestern Conference play and also dropped a decision to CBC. “Really we’ve played well and made improvements every game. We’ve just had unfortunate results. With the schedule we play, you can’t…

By Anthony Jones, Reporter Triad’s boys soccer team came out strong in a home match against Highland this past week to keep their undefeated season record intact. Their first tally on the scoreboard came six minutes into the game on a header from Joe Wade. Roger Weber furthered the gap by burying a shot into…

By Mark Jurgena For the Times-Tribune Knights Soccer Continues to Triad coach Jim Jackson’s final comment tells you all you need to know about the Knights’ four games last week. “(We) completed a week with four wins and four shutouts,” said Jackson. Triad was 11-0-1 after last weekend. The Knights were ranked #2 in the…

By Mark Jurgena For the Times-Tribune The Collinsville football team battled injuries, inexperience and a state ranked opponent and fell Friday night at home to Taylorville 28-0. The Kahoks were without the services of five starters, including leading rusher Jayden Nabors and for the second time this year started a freshman quarterback. Taylorville has been…

By Anthony Jones, Reporter After winning their conference opener, the Knights are tied atop their conference with the other two winners this week, Civic Memorial and Mascoutah. The squad also earned their fourth win of the year, which means they will only need one more to be playoff eligible. Triad started off their most recent…

By Anthony Jones, Reporter, Reporter The boys soccer team at Triad has had a great week which featured two shutouts, which were against rival Highland and Belleville West. Those two wins put them at 7-0-1 on the season. Their match against Highland was last Tuesday at Glik Park. Joseph Wade started the scoring for Triad…