Area Sports

by Mark Jurgena The Collinsville boys swimming team had a successful day at the IHSA boys swimming sectional on Feb. 22 in Edwardsville. Kahok Freshman Nick Hasamear finished in second place in the 200-yard IM with a time of 2:04.67. He finished behind O’Fallon’s Justin King who swam a 2:02.71. Luke Berger of Collinsville brought…

By Anthony Jones [email protected] The Illinois Drill Team Association held their State Finals in Springfield earlier this month on Feb. 15. Triad High School qualified for the season ending event in all three of their dances. The Lady Knights earned a third place finish for their lyrical routine in the AA Division. Triad’s lyrical routine…

By Anthony Jones [email protected] Triad boys wrestling competed at the IHSA State Finals last week on Feb. 20 and 21, which was held at Champaign’s State Farm Center. Three Knights competed at the state’s crowning event after qualifying from the Lincoln Sectional. Competing at 120 pounds, Will Kelly opened the state tournament with a second…

By Anthony Jones [email protected] Triad’s season came to a close on Feb. 20 in the Triad Regional Championship. The Lady Knights saw their season come to a close at the hands of Effingham, who improved to 25-7 with their win. Late in the first quarter, Triad pulled ahead 7-5 on an Erica Boyce triple. Unbeknownst…

By Anthony Jones [email protected] The fate of the Mississippi Valley Conference Championship came down to two games on Feb. 21. The first of the two games to tipoff was Highland at Waterloo. Highland, who entered the evening atop the league with a 7-2 record, was able to clinch the championship outright with a win. Waterloo…

by Mark Jurgena The World Famous Highland Speedway opens another season in March and continues with events through September and one event in December. It all kicks off on March 11 with an open practice then the first race of the year on March 15 with the Lucky 30 a celebration of St. Patrick’s Day,…

by Mark Jurgena  It was a tough weekend for the three Collinsville High School wrestlers who competed at the Class 3A Joliet (Central) Sectional. None of the three Kahoks were able to advance to the state finals weekend. At 106 Connor Castens lost both of his matches. He fell to Justin Majewski of Minooka by…

By Mark Jurgena   It was a wildly successful Saturday for Collinsville High School at the IHSA Highland girls wrestling sectional. Three Kahoks won three sectional championships while another one also qualified for the state finals. “Having four state qualifiers on the girls side including three sectional champions that’s the most state qualifiers we’ve had,” said…

by Mark Jugena They started off with some hot shooting. I mean really hot. Collinsville began their game against O’Fallon on Feb. 11 with a 10-for-13 shooting performance in the first quarter to rocket out to a 20-5 lead and end up with a big 62-47 SWC win over the Panthers at Fletcher Gym. “We…

by Mark Jurgena It was a difficult week for the Collinsville girls basketball team as they fell all three games to conclude their regular season at 12-17. They finished conference play 4-8 which was good for fifth place in the SWC. Alton, the number five ranked team in Class 4A, finished the conference season with…