Area Sports
CHS bowlers travel north to Chicagoland to face the best
By Mark Jurgena The Collinsville boys bowling team ventured to Chicagoland Saturday to take part in the Plainfield North Strikefest at Town and Country Lanes in Joliet. CHS finished seventh out of 43 teams for the tourney. “We started with a little bit of a rough game in the morning and just climbed up from…
Read MoreCollinsville hockey continues good start to the season
By Mark Jurgena The Collinsville Kahoks High School aged club hockey team continued their hot start to the season winning twice last week in three starts to raise their record to 4-1-1 on the season. They sit in 3rd place in the 13-team MVCHA. Collinsville 5 Freeburg/Waterloo 5 In the words of former St. Louis…
Read MoreKahok Notes: Former Kahoks at NJCAA Nationals
By Mark Jurgena The women’s soccer team from SWIC split their games at last week’s NJCAA Division II National women’s soccer tournament at the Kino Sports Complex-North in Tucson, Ariz. They were unable to advance past pool play. SWIC began the tourney with a 4-1 win over South Suburban Community College from Chicagoland on Nov.…
Read MoreKahok girls hoop squad off and running
By Mark Jurgena Modern basketball is usually a game of runs. And in their season opener on Nov. 15, the Collinsville High School girls basketball team ran Cahokia right out of Fletcher Gym beating them 70-31. CHS dominated the game including hitting 80.9% of their shots in the opening half while limiting the Comanches 35.3…
Read MoreLee approaching 1,000th game and 700th win achievements
By Mark Jurgena It all began in November of 1989 at the Vienna High School gym. When the Eagles beat Hardin County High School of Elizabethton in November of 1989 it was victory number one for their 24-year-old head coach Darin Lee That victory was the cornerstone for a career achievement some 34 years in…
Read MoreLady Griffins cross country sees strong performance at state
Facing high winds, pouring rain, standing water and muddy conditions, members of the Lady Griffins cross country team from Father McGivney Catholic High School in Glen Carbon, three who can be seen here, enjoyed some success at the Class 1A state championship meet held in Detweiller Park in Peoria on Nov. 5. Kaitlyn Hatley finished…
Read MoreKahok grapplers to open season next week
By Mark Jurgena First-year head coach Jordan May welcomes approximately 30 boys and six girls to the wrestling room this winter to represent Collinsville High School this winter. “I’m really just looking forward to seeing this team grow under my guidance and seeing how well we do against these other teams,” said May. “We have…
Read MoreCollinsville swimmers compete at sectional meet
By Mark Jurgena Several girls from the Collinsville swimming team had some strong performances at the recent IHSA Chatham (Glenwood) Sectional meet. Kylee Strong-Chasteen took a pair of 3rd place finishes in the 50-yard and 100-yard freestyle events. In the 50, she swam a time of 25.29 seconds. Grace Oertle of Edwardsville won the event…
Read MoreKahoks bowling takes second at LeCuyer
By Mark Jurgena Easing into the season is not part of the Collinsville bowling philosophy. After traveling deep into Southern Illinois two weeks ago, the Kahoks had two more big events last week. They took part in the initial two days of the Southwestern Conference Tournament then turned around and hosted the annual Zach LeCuyer…
Read MoreSeveral Collinsville athletes named to Fall SWC all-conference teams
By Mark Jurgena With the fall sports season almost wrapped up, the Southwestern Conference has released its all-league selections for the fall of 2022. Boys soccer CHS won its third consecutive league title this fall and went 17-4-2 overall. Because of that stellar play they were well-represented on the all-conference team. Adam Reiniger, Dane Compton,…
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