Area Sports

By Anthony Jones [email protected] The postseason began last week for Triad girls wrestling, as they competed at the Civic Memorial Individual Sectional on Jan. 31 and Feb. 1. A total of 31 teams competed at the IHSA tournament. The Lady Knights finished third in the team standings with 94 points to their name. Edwardsville won…

By Anthony Jones [email protected] The entire Mississippi Valley Conference met in Waterloo on Feb. 1 for league championship action. After the dust settled, Civic Memorial emerged as the team champions after compiling a perfect 5-0 record in dual action. Triad, Waterloo and Mascoutah all tied for second place with records of 3-2. On their path…

By Anthony Jones [email protected] Triad’s dance team wrapped up a successful IHSA postseason last week at the IHSA State Finals, which were held at Bloomington’s Grossinger Motors Arena. In the Jan. 31 prelims, the Lady Knights were awarded a team score of 78.88. This left them in 27th place out of 30 squads in Class…

by Mark Jurgena The Collinsville boys basketball team took two out of three games at the Belleville East Winter Classic last week. CHS beat St. Louis (Sumner) and Florissant, Mo. (McCluer Senior) to start the tourney before falling to Belleville (Althoff) in their Saturday night finale. “In the first two games, we were playing teams…

by Mark Jurgena The Collinsville girls bowling team won their only match of the week via a 34-6 decision at Bowl Haven Lanes in Alton. “Alton had beaten us at our house so we wanted to make sure we beat them at theirs,” said CHS coach Sean Hay. “This was later in the season so…

by Mark Jurgena Well, it was certainly a tough draw at the Collinsville Sectional at Camelot Bowl on Jan. 27. The top three teams on the leaderboard have either won state championships or finished runner-up in the past two seasons. Harrisburg, last year’s runner-up to two-time defending state champion Salem, won the sectional with a…

by Mark Jurgena Talesha Gilmore had a huge game against Triad on Jan. 21, and the Kahoks led most of the way but it wasn’t enough as the Knights got out of town with a 44-40 win. Gilmore, a senior post player scored 23 points and added 23 rebounds to go with six blocks to…

By Anthony Jones [email protected] In the second round of the Highland Girls Basketball Tournament, Triad and Collinsville squared off on Jan. 21. The meeting of the non-conference foes marked their second of the season, with the Lady Knights securing a 63-50 victory on Dec. 17. While Triad started strong in their first meeting, the rematch…

By Anthony Jones [email protected] The Triad Knights found themselves with their back’s against the wall last week against Taylorville in the semifinals of the Rick McGraw Invitational last week.  The top-seeded Knights, who played the entire game without their top two scorers, trailed by a tally of 74-71 with 13.7 seconds remaining in the fourth…

By Anthony Jones [email protected] Triad wrestling established momentum last week as they brought the regular season to a close. On Jan. 22, the Knights hosted Alton and Springfield in dual matches. In their matchup with the Senators, Triad cruised to a 74-6 victory. Will Kelly, Glen Henry and Jacob Perez all secured wins by fall…