Area Sports
Collinsville boys bowlers have difficult week of matches
By Mark Jurgena It was an up and down week for the Collinsville boys bowling team as they competed four times. ShoMo Classic The Kahoks crossed the Mississippi to take part in the ShoMo Classic at Concord Lanes in St. Louis. Several teams in Illinois are trying to grow the sport of high school bowling…
Read MoreKahok grapplers gain experience at Mascoutah Invite
By Mark Jurgena The Collinsville boys team took part in the 52nd Dale Breckel Invitational at Mascoutah High School this past weekend. While the young grapplers didn’t finish high in the standings they gained plenty of experience. Scott Snyder was the highest finisher as he brought home a 5th place finish at 195. He began…
Read MoreDawson, Ford show well at Ft. Zumwalt East Invite
By Mark Jurgena The girls wrestlers from Collinsville High School took part in the Ft. Zumwalt East Invitational in St. Peter’s, Mo. Friday evening. Taylor Dawson and Emma Ford were able to put up strong finishes for the Kahoks. At 130, Dawson, who was ranked 19th nationally in the preseason by USA Weightlifting, suffered her…
Read MoreLady Knights Roll into Mid-Season
Submitted by Lady Knights Bowling Triad High School girls bowling opened their season on Nov. 26 hosting the Triad Girls Invitational at Hi-Top Bowl in Highland. Triad finished 10th of the 16 teams and 2nd in the silver division. Triad’s Varsity had some solid games with Ava Burrelsman 166, Haylee Harper 180, Kaylee Broadfield 187,…
Read MoreWrestling Knights take fifth at Mascoutah
Thirty one schools were present at Mascoutah’s Dale Breckel Invitational wrestling tournament. Only four of those teams finished higher than Triad. The Knights finished with 162 points for their fifth place finish. The only teams to best this mark were Mt. Vernon, Normal Community, Roxana and Quincy. Colby Crouch continued his impressive season by finishing…
Read MoreGirls basketball loses twice to local foes
By Anthony Jones [email protected] Another week of tough sledding dropped Triad girls basketball to 1-9 overall. Their first loss of the week came from a visit to the Collinsville Kahoks. Entering the Dec. 12 bout, the Kahoks stood at 6-3 overall. Collinsville took control of the match early with an 8-0 run out of the…
Read MoreTriad takes first conference loss
By Anthony Jones [email protected] The stakes were high on Dec. 16 when Triad basketball hosted Highland. Highland, who started 0-2 in Mississippi Valley play, needed a win to close the gap between Mascoutah, Jersey and Triad who were off to 2-0 starts. A Triad win was necessary to stay tied atop the league standings, as…
Read MoreIHSA makes several key announcements
By Anthony Jones [email protected] December has been a month full of Illinois High School Association news. The organization announced last week that the football state championships will return to Illinois State University in Bloomington-Normal. This past season, all eight football state championships were played in Champaign. Illinois State was the original site of the IHSA’s…
Read MoreTriad grapplers building up momentum
By Anthony Jones [email protected] Triad wrestling improved to 6-2 overall after a busy weekend. The nineteenth ranked Knights started their action packed slate with a Dec. 9 visit to the Granite City Warriors. Triad rolled their way to a 66-16 win in the matchup. Jason Powell, Nate Engler, Bobby Patterson, Landon Lynn, Jacob Perez and…
Read MoreBig night at Fletcher: Kahoks win, Lee hits milestones
By Mark Jurgena There was a lot to unpack on Dec. 6 at Fletcher Gym. First and foremost Collinsville picked up their first SWC win of the season with a 60-35 win over Belleville West. Second, it was Collinsville coach Darin Lee’s 1,000th career game as a head coach in 34 seasons between the Metro…
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