Area Sports

by Mark Jurgena Collinsville senior Talesha Gilmore continues to climb in the Kahok record book. As her career at CHS winds down she finds herself atop the Collinsville girls basketball record book in five categories and sits in the top five in six other categories. CHS records Gilmore holds records in career, season and single-game…

By Anthony Jones [email protected] For the first time in 2025, the Triad Knights tasted defeat on Feb. 7. The loss, which ended a 13 game hot streak, came in Mississippi Valley Conference play at Highland. Their Friday night clash started with an old school duel of two-point baskets into an 8-8 tie. A 6-0 Bulldog…

By Anthony Jones [email protected] For just the eighth time in program history, Triad girls basketball has won 20 games in a season. Their twentieth victory came last week, when the Lady Knights visited Granite City on Feb. 3. The Warriors entered their meeting with a record of 9-15, while the visitors held a 19-6 mark.…

By Anthony Jones [email protected] The IHSA State Finals cheerleading tournament came to a close last week. Triad’s involvement in the postseason began on Feb.1, as they competed at the Mascoutah Sectional. The Lady Knights were one of 15 teams there competing in the Medium division for five state qualification spots. Triad’s team score of 85.73…

By Anthony Jones [email protected] The IHSA postseason began for Triad wrestling on Feb. 8 at the Civic Memorial Regional. In the eight team field, the Knights finished third with 129.5 points. Glenwood finished first with 199.5, while Civic Memorial finished second with 197. Leading the way for Triad’s strong finish were Brody Smith and Braden…

by Mark Jurgena Seven wrestlers, four individual championships a team runner-up finish. It was a pretty good day for the Collinsville girls wrestling team. The Kahoks took second place at the IHSA Bethalto (Civic Memorial) Regional last weekend. Collinsville scored 135 points to finish behind regional champion Edwardsville. The Tigers, who entered one wrestler in…

by Mark Jurgena While the Collinsville girls basketball team has been hit with injuries and illness this season their girls have never quit and last week were able to take a pair of Southwestern Conference victories over East St. Louis and Belleville West. CHS entered this week with an 11-12 record overall and 4-5 in…

by Mark Jurgena De’Andre Brown played the defense while Donovan Coates grabbed the steal. Coates went to the rack, made the layup “and the bruise,” as Kahok Sports Network announcer Todd Duke would say. His made free throw gave Collinsville the lead with 37 seconds to play and gave the Kahoks a lead they wouldn’t…

By Anthony Jones [email protected] On Jan. 25, Triad basketball bested Civic Memorial in a 60-49 to win the Rick McGraw Invitational at Litchfield. The Knights returned to action six days later to host a familiar opponent: Civic Memorial. The most recent meeting between the Mississippi Valley Conference foes came on Jan. 31 in Troy. Their…

By Anthony Jones [email protected] On Jan. 31, Triad girls basketball suffered their first home loss in 364 days. Their defeat came against conference foe Civic Memorial, who improved to 19-6 this season with the win. The game started with a Makenna Witham bucket, which pushed Triad ahead 2-0. This lead, however, was short lived as…