Area Sports
Lady Hoopers Kick Season Off With Pair Of Wins At Columbia Tip-Off
By Anthony Jones Basketball season officially is underway for the Triad Lady Knights as they opened up their season at the Columbia Tip-Off Classic.Their first action came on November 16 as they did battle with the Belleville East Lancers. Triad couldn’t have asked for a better start to their year as they leaped off to…
Read MoreCHS Girls Hoops Sweeps Opening Two Games
By Mark Jurgena It was a solid week of basketball for the Collinsville Kahoks as they recorded big wins over Cahokia and Granite City. Collinsville 51 Granite City 29 Sometimes they fed the post, sometimes they drove the lane but they always played defense. That was the story of the Collinsville girls basketball win at…
Read MoreBulldog Basketball Takes Opener Over Carterville
By Mark Jurgena Coach Clinton Hamilton and his Highland girls basketball team began their season at the Salem tournament with a win over Carterville before dropping two games over the weekend. Highland 44 Carterville 43 The Highland girls basketball team opened their season on November 18th at the Salem Tournament by beating Carterville 44-43. “We…
Read MoreIHSA Clarifies Masking Regulations For Winter Sports
On November 19th the IHSA sent out mask clarification guidelines to member schools about COVID mitigation measures at basketball games for the 2021-22 school year. Despite multiple appeals to the Illinois Department of Public Health, there will be a mask mandate for all those in attendance at basketball games until further notice. That includes players,…
Read MoreRay’Sean Hits Game Winner
@SIUEMBB. “Tie Game No More. @rayballin3 Called Game!!” Twitter, Saturday, November 20, 2021. On November 20th, Taylor hit a three-pointer as the horn sounded to propel SIUE to a 69-66 win at Youngstown State. Taylor scored 24 points on the afternoon. SIUE had to make up a four-point deficit with under 45-seconds to play. The…
Read MoreSeason Wraps Up As Lady Knights, Pace Run At State
By Anthony Jones Deep postseason runs for both Triad’s girls cross country squad and sophomore standout Drew Pace came to an end last Saturday as they competed in the IHSA State Finals. Held at Peoria Detweiller Park, the event featured 56 teams and 472 runners. Bringing home the best finish of the day for Triad,…
Read MoreHighland XC Shows Well At State
By Mark Jurgena It was another great day for the cross country teams from Highland High School. This time both squads had great showings at the Class 2A State Finals at Detweiller Park in Peoria. Both HHS teams qualified for the meet and 12 of the 14 runners wearing Bulldog colors set personal records at…
Read MoreKahok Bowling Begins In Herrin
By Mark Jurgena When we last saw the Collinsville boys bowling team in March, they were competing in the de facto Southern Illinois “state” tournament, the COVID-inspired Southern Shootout. After sitting in 4th place after day one, they did not shoot well on day two and fell to a 7th place finish. Gone from that…
Read MoreSoccer Knights Finish Second At IHSA State Finals
By Anthony Jones Bringing home the best finish in program history, Triad’s boys soccer team wrapped up an outstanding season Saturday afternoon by bringing home a second place finish. The team finished with an overall record 25-1-1. Their lone loss came in their IHSA State Championship match against Boylan Catholic. With the game tied up…
Read MoreKnights Set To Play For State Championship After 2-1 Win
With a state championship berth on the line, neither Triad or Grayslake Central had found their way to the net 20 minutes into their match. Tobey Suter decided to change that for the Knights. The second highest scorer on the Knights buried a shot into the bottom corner to give his squad a 1-0 advantage…
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