Area Sports
Kahok wrestlers take part in Mascoutah Invite
By Mark Jurgena Once again this season, the Collinsville boys’ wrestling team took part in the Dale Breckel Mascoutah Invitational on Dec. 19-20. CHS scored 78 points to take a 17th place finish out of 27 teams. Murphyboro scored 244.5 points to win while Mahomet (Seymour) put up 232 points for second place. Collinsville’s Anthony…
Read MoreBattleHawks, UFL shake things up
By Mark Jurgena Anthony Becht is out, A.J. McCarron is coaching in Birmingham and the league is changing all the rosters. Welcome to the UFL 2.0. New UFL leader Mike Repole and Impact Capital have decided to shake up the league in a big way. First, for local fans, the St. Louis BattleHawks got a…
Read MoreLady Knights’ grapplers take top spot at Boilermaker Battle
By Ray Popkess The Triad Girls’ wrestling team continues to make history and set the standard for schools developing their own girls’ team after they traveled to the Bradley-Bourbonnais Boilermaker Battle on Dec. 22. Despite not having a wrestler in four of 14 weight classes, the Lady Knights still took home a first place…
Read MoreIHSA announces several changes for 2026
By Mark Jurgena • Football games for high schools in Illinois will begin one week earlier, beginning in the fall of 2026. The members of the IHSA approved several proposals through voting in early December. Among those proposals to pass were three major ones for football. In addition to moving up games one week earlier…
Read MoreCollinsville ready to host annual PFHC tourney
By Mark Jurgena It’s time for PFHC 41. The annual Collinsville tradition returns for another run of exciting action on the Fletcher Gym floor from Dec. 27-29. Collinsville begins its tourney on Saturday at 6 p.m. against Belleville (Althoff). CHS is one of 16 teams trying to return to the top of the heap along…
Read MoreTriad falters on winter rivalry weekend; defeated on ice, split matchups on court
By Ray Popkess The Highland Bulldogs showed no mercy to the Triad Knights when they met on the ice and on the court just before students dismissed for winter break. After the skaters suffered a 5-1 loss on Thursday, Dec. 18 at the RP Lumber Center, Knights’ hoopers traveled down US 40 on Friday,…
Read MoreTriad grapplers compete at Dale Breckel Mascoutah Invitational, host first ever Mega Duel
By Ray Popkess Some of the best wrestling teams in the state gathered in Mascoutah on Dec. 19 and 20 for the 55th Annual Dale Breckel Invitational. Out of the 28 teams that competed, the Triad Knights finished 16th as a team with a handful of bracket placers in the mix. Colin Crouch took…
Read MoreCollinsville BOE considers bids for concession building addition to new CHS baseball field
By Ray Popkess Early this month, Collinsville Board of Education received bids from Holland Construction Services regarding the development of the new Collinsville High School varsity baseball field. On Monday, Dec. 15, the board voted to move forward with construction bids with one caveat. Board President Gary Peccola presented the board with an option to…
Read MoreKahoks shoot their way to win over Granite City
By Mark Jurgena When the Kahoks needed to make them, they did. Granite City cut the Collinsville lead down to 39-36 with 50.3 seconds to play. With 28.9 seconds to go, the parade to the free throw line began. Collinsville went 5-for-6 from the line in those final seconds to secure a 44-36 win at…
Read MoreKahok bowlers beat Edwardsville; boys take part in SWC tourney
By Mark Jurgena The Collinsville boys’ bowling team took part in day one of the Southwestern Conference bowling tournament at Bel-Air Bowl in Belleville on Dec. 16. CHS finished the day in fourth place with a pinfall total of 5,854 and sat only 139 pins off the pace set by O’Fallon. The Panthers racked up…
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