Area Sports
Buzzin’ Baseball in St. Jacob welcomes all seam-heads
By Ray Popkess There’s a lot of baseball buzz generating out of St. Jacob this winter. Even after this year’s first cold front and during the offseason, baseball players in the area like to stay warm in a pole barn off of Ellis Road. Cody Massey opened up Buzzin’ Baseball in 2024 as a place…
Read MoreCollinsville bowling season gets underway
By Mark Jugena The Collinsville boys’ bowling season began on Nov. 8 at the Herrin Invitational at SI Bowl. CHS took seventh place in the team standings. The Kahoks did get off to a solid start after shooting a 1,077 in the morning to sit atop the leaderboard. However, they couldn’t replicate the feat in…
Read MoreIHSA state championships nearing closeout
By Mark Jurgena With the cold snap on Sunday, it felt like winter sports and the IHSA calendar is beginning to agree. Many of the fall sports have completed their state championships with only three sports, girls swimming and diving, girls volleyball and boys football still to settle their state champions. Let’s look at the…
Read MoreTriad hockey opens season with win, drop game two against Alton
By Ray Popkess Metro East skaters are back on the ice for this year’s installment of Mississippi Valley Club Hockey. Active leading goal scorer, Jacob Perschbacher, and captain, Jackson McFarland, look to help lead the Knights and turn a new leaf after a rough 2024-25 campaign. Perschbacher secured 32 points last season, 22 of…
Read MoreEmmy Goins etches her name in Triad record books
Triad was represented well by their sole competitor at the Class 2A State Cross Country Championships at Detweiller Park last Saturday, Nov. 8, as freshman Emmy Goins finished as the 42nd fastest athlete in the state. Out of 236 total competitors in the division, Goins crossed the finish line with a time of 18:09.77. This…
Read MoreKnights soccer defeats arch rival, hits wall against reigning state champ
By Ray Popkess A rivalry renewed once again between Highland and Triad, this time in the Class 2A Regional Finals on Saturday, Oct. 25 in Troy. This win set up a rematch between the Knights and the Crusaders from Belleville-Althoff, two teams that have a deep Illinois State Final history and most recently meeting in…
Read MoreKahoks’ soccer season ends in sectional title contest
By Mark Jurgena After upsetting Edwardsville 1-0 at Kahok Stadium for their 22nd regional championship on Oct. 25, Collinsville proceeded to upset another Southwestern Conference rival in the sectional to reach the championship game, where they fell 2-1 to Normal (Community) at the Peoria (Notre Dame) Sectional. Sectional play Collinsville squared off against O’Fallon in…
Read MoreKahok Sports Report
By Mark Jurgena The Collinsville fall athletic seasons have all completed as of the first day of November. The boys’ soccer team competed for the Class 3A sectional championship, while three cross-country runners competed in the Class 3A sectional, trying to qualify for state. While many sports have ended, Kahok boys bowling begins their season…
Read MoreLady Knights wallop Greenwave, clash with Titans
By Ray Popkess Triad Volleyball traveled to Jerseyville on Oct. 28 to take on Mattoon in a regional semifinal match. They took with them their 20-15 regular season record, including four separate three-match win streaks, which also included a stretch against Civic Memorial, Jersey and top-ranked Waterloo. The Knights leaped out of the gate…
Read MoreCompetitors at cross country sectional finish strong
By Ray Popkess Youthful squads for Triad’s harriers look ahead to next year as the 2025 Cross Country season comes to a close for the Knights. On the boys’ side, Caden Meier and Michael Schram ran as individual competitors at the Lake Land College meet in Mattoon this past Saturday. Meier, a sophomore, finished…
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