Area Sports
Inaugural Kahok Hall of Fame class announced
By Mark Jurgena During the Collinsville-Oakville, Mo. game at the Prarie Farms Holiday Classic on Dec. 28, the inaugural class was introduced to the public for the first time. There are two classifications for the Kahok Hall of Fame. One is the Distinguished class where, “Individuals are recognized for community service, academic achievement, professional accomplishment…
Read MoreTriad wrestling shows well at Granite City
By Anthony Jones [email protected] Triad wrestling finished in seventeenth place out of twenty seven teams at last week’s Granite City tournament. Their team total of 118.5 points bested conference foes Mascoutah and Waterloo. Colby Crouch was a major key to their success after taking first at 126. The defending state champion scored 41.5 points with…
Read MoreKahok girls wrestlers battle hard over break against top competition
By Mark Jurgena Over the Holiday break, the Collinsville girls wrestling team found their way to Jacksonville for the Crimson Ladies Holiday Invite on Dec. 28. CHS Sophomore Taylor Dawson led the way with another championship at 130 pounds. She beat Avery Schlickman Gibson City (Melvin-Sibley) by a 15-0 tech fall in the title bout.…
Read MoreKahok grapplers compete at Granite tourney
By Mark Jurgena The boys wrestling team at Collinsville took part in the 61st annual Red Schmitt tourney at Granite City over the Holiday break. “It is one of the toughest tournaments of the year for the boys,” said CHS coach Jordan May. “We didn’t have the turnout that we hoped for, however we know…
Read MoreCollinsville girls bowling has tough stretch of tourneys over break
By Mark Jurgena The Holidays can be a busy and even a crazy time and that certainly was the case for the Collinsville girls bowling team over their holiday break. CHS was originally scheduled to participate in the Alton Holiday Tournament on Dec. 22, but that was canceled due to the icy and windy conditions…
Read MoreCollinsville boys bowling finishes well in Peoria
By Mark Jurgena The Collinsville boys bowling team was able to take part in a couple of tournaments over the Holiday break. They had to battle an early morning and some travel conditions to and from Landmark Lanes in Peoria on Dec. 28 and after getting back late had a rescheduled tourney at Alton the…
Read MoreKahoks take fifth at PFHC
By Mark Jurgena Collinsville vs. Lincoln. This game was just oozing with history. The coaches had a combined 1,624 wins between them and the programs are listed as the second and ninth-winningest in IHSA history with 4,085 wins between them. On Dec. 30 at venerable Vergil Fletcher Gym, it was Collinsville with another victory as…
Read MoreShot clock silently Stars at Holiday Classic
By Anthony Jones [email protected] History was made at the thirty eighth edition of the Collinsville Prairie Farms Holiday Classic. For the first time in the basketball tournament’s illustrious history, a shot clock was used. The 35 second clock was used as part of an experimental IHSA policy that allowed tournaments and shootouts to apply for…
Read MoreKahoks battle but fall in third place contest
By Mark Jurgena It may not have ended the way Kahok fans wanted, but they fought hard until the end. The Collinsville girls basketball team rallied from a 10-point deficit midway through the last period but fell to Clayton, Mo. 62-59 in the third place game of the Don Maurer Invitational at MICDS. Collinsville trailed…
Read MoreKnights finish 2-2 at Collinsville tourney
By Anthony Jones [email protected] Wins do not come easy at Collinsville’s Holiday Classic and with this year’s edition using a shot clock, the challenge was even tougher. Triad began their journey at the three day tournament on Dec. 28, when they faced off against the Tennessee based Collierville Dragons. One of the largest schools in…
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