Area Sports

By Anthony Jones The end of the regular season continues to move closer for Triad basketball as they wrapped up the Rick McGraw Memorial Invitational hosted by Litchfield high school. Triad’s first bout of the event came on January 15 against Civic Memorial. The Knights fell 55-50 in overtime during that matchup. Three days later,…

By Mark Jurgena It was another successful cheer meet for Highland High School as they won the ICCA championship in Springfield on January 8th at the Bank of Springfield Center. For the first time, Highland won the Coed Division of the event. They easily outdistanced O’Fallon for the title. The Bulldogs had a whopping 92.43…

By Anthony Jones Returning to full strength just in time for a tough stretch of games, Triad’s girls basketball team put together a strong week of play last week. They kicked the week off with a Tuesday night trip to take on the Mt.Vernon Rams. The host entered with a 13-2 mark, with their two…

By Mark Jurgena It was another banner week as the Collinsville ice hockey team added a pair of victories to their credit including one over league stalwart Columbia and one other over Alton. With the victories, the Kahoks jumped over O’Fallon and into fourth place in the MVCHA Varsity East Division standings. Collinsville now has…

By Anthony Jones A visit to the Morton Invitational paid off for Triad wrestling last week, as the team took third place out of sixteen teams. The only units that outperformed them were Geneseo and Normal Community, who are ranked sixth and twelfth in the state, respectively. “We are wrestling pretty decent for the most…

By Mark Jurgena This past weekend the Collinsville High School competitive cheer squad traveled to the state capital and the Bank of Springfield Center for the 37th annual Illinois Cheer Coaches Association (ICCA) state finals. They returned to the Metro East with a 7th place finish in the Large Varsity division.   They finished with…

By Mark Jurgena This time it was their game from start to finish. Twelve days before, Highland outscored Trenton (Wesclin) 32-19 in the second half to win their Pool A game at the Breese (Mater Dei) Tournament. On January 8th, at the Highland Optimist Scott Credit Union Shootout, the Dogs led from start to finish…

With a combined record of 15-3 headed into their matchups with the Knights, both the Mascoutah Indians and Freeburg Midgets provided a tough stretch of action for Triad last week. Their Mississippi Valley Conference battle was their first game of the week, as they made the trip down to Mascoutah on December 21. Entering the…

By Mark Jurgena The Collinsville boys basketball team had a perfect 3-0 week to raise their season record to 6-3 overall and 2-2 in the Southwestern Conference. Collinsville 52 Metro East Lutheran 33 Timing is everything. Finding themselves in a struggle against the Knights, Collinsville switched tactics and it paid huge dividends. At the start…

By Anthony Jones Entering the week at 6-3, Triad’s girls basketball team took on a pair of local opponents in Collinsville and Highland last week. The first showdown came on December 13 as the Collinsville Kahoks traveled to Triad High School. Entering the contest, the Kahoks held a 7-5 record. Avery Bohnenstiehl and Kendall Chigas…