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Triad and Collinsville State Championship Wrestling
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Read MoreTriad’s New Football Turf Nearing Completion At High School
The newly rolled out artificial field at Triad High School has black end zones. The field also alternates shades of green every five yards. The out of bounds lines near the end zone are a contrasting red to the end zones.
Read MoreTriad Wrestling Qualifies Three For State
Garrett Bakarich, Kaden Marmon and Collin North all qualified out of last weekend’s IHSA Class 2A Mascoutah Sectional and onto the state tournament beginning today in Champaign. “Garrett looked great yesterday especially in the finals. The kid that he beat in the finals was a two time state placer already, he looked pretty dominant throughout…
Read MoreKahok Grapplers Qualify Two for State
Joe Biciocchi and Jalen May both finished in 4th place at last weekend’s IHSA Class 3A Quincy Sectional wrestling tournament. The pair will advance to the state tournament beginning today at the University of Illinois in Champaign. Only a sophomore, Biciocchi (27-8) qualified at 113 lbs. He began his tournament by pinning Gio Spatafora of…
Read MoreTriad Grapplers Claim Regional Again
The Triad wrestling team got key contributions up and down the lineup Saturday to take the crown at the IHSA Class 2A Individual Regional in Mascoutah. Triad edged Cahokia 150-147.5 in the team standings to claim back-to-back regionals. “You don’t win tournaments with your champs, everybody’s going to have champs. You win it with your…
Read MoreLady Knights Give Three Strong Performances Over Week
On Thursday night, the Lady Knights hosted conference foe Civic Memorial. The Eagles entered the contest 24-4 on the season. The Eagles also were in the lead of the MVC. The home team fell behind early and was down 13-4 halfway through the first quarter. Later on in the first quarter, Triad was down 20-11…
Read MoreKahoks Fall From Unbeatens; Rebound Over NCHS
By Mark Jurgena, Reporter Times-Tribune Ten field goals. That’s all. One night after suffering their first loss of the season Collinsville took out their frustrations defensively by allowing Normal Community only 21 total points from the field in a 54-35 win. “We guarded pretty well. They really couldn’t get anything going with their offense.…
Read MoreBakers Dozen: Triad Wrestling Wins 13th Straight MVC Title
By Mark Jurgena, Reporter Times-Tribune 2007 -Apple introduced the iPhone. -The Mars Lander was launched -A high school beside Triad won the Mississippi Valley Conference wrestling title. After beating Waterloo in the final match of the MVC Super Duals at Highland, the Knights kept that streak alive. “It never gets old… especially this year going…
Read MoreLady Knights On Late Year Surge, Now 9-13
By Anthony Jones, Reporter Triad’s girls basketball had another solid week to add to their late season surge. The squad went 1-1 over their past week, and are now 6-2 in their last 8 games. This is a dramatic turnaround from their 3-11 start to the season. The week started off with a match-up with…
Read MoreKahoks Claim Another Crown; Taylor Goes for 53
By Mark Jurgena, Reporter There were two battles being waged Saturday for the Chick-fil-A Belleville East Tournament crown. On the one end, Collinsville’s Ray’Sean Taylor hit a dizzying array of shots. On the other end Keydrian Jones, David Granger, Nate Hall and Josh Chambers were battling for every inch of paint with St.Louis Trinity 7-0…
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