Area Sports

by Mark Jurgena Collinsville boys basketball coach Darin Lee and his Collinsville High School boys basketball team opened their season on Tuesday night at Fletcher Gym against Herrin. Due to press time limitations, the results of the contest were unavailable at the deadline. Lee welcomes back a pair of starters from last year’s 28-5 squad…

by Mark Jurgena COLLINSVILLE — Talesha Gilmore continued her assault on the Collinsville High School girls basketball record books last week. The senior’s first rebound against Granite City on Nov. 21 at Fletcher Gym, was the 881st of her career. That rebound allowed the Kahok senior to break the all-time career rebounding record at CHS.…

By Anthony Jones [email protected] Triad senior Alina Ayran is bound for the soccer pitch at McKendree. “I chose McKendree because I wanted to be somewhere close to home. With the campus only being 15 minutes not only does that meet my criteria but the girls themselves made me feel welcomed with visiting. I’ve watched the…

By Anthony Jones [email protected] Triad senior Hayden Bernreuter recently declared his collegiate plans. The Knight gave his commitment to John A. Logan, where he will join their baseball program. “The coaching staff was amazing to start. They also have great facilities and have moved many players to the next level–that really stood out to me,”…

By Anthony Jones [email protected] Oklahoma State’s baseball recently added a Triad Knight to their list of talented commits. Drew Winslow discussed his choice to join the Big 12, “One of the main reasons I chose Oklahoma State was because of the family culture that I felt there when I took my visits. Everybody is on…

By Anthony Jones [email protected] The first week of the season is in the books for Triad girls basketball. The Lady Knights, who opened their season at the Columbia Tip-off Classic, closed out tournament play on Nov. 23. In their final action of the tournament, they faced Father McGivney in the third place contest. Offense came…

by Mark Jurgena COLLINSVILLE — Over the weekend the Collinsville boys bowling team ventured to Chicagoland for the annual Plainfield North Strikefest held at Town & Country Lanes in Joliet. After a rough first couple of games which saw them sitting in 17th place, the Kahoks got things going in their final game of the…

By Mark Jurgena  Let’s do some math, sorry I know not everyone’s favorite subject. But you CAN use a calculator. Find the average of these three numbers, 4,32,31. Did you get 22.3? We did too. Why is that significant? That’s the average number of points the Collinsville girls basketball team is giving up per game…

By Anthony Jones [email protected] TROY — Another busy fall sports calendar left Triad athletics with plenty of accomplishments to their names. The highest team finish of the season belonged to the Lady Knights tennis squad, who finished in sixth place at the IHSA State Finals. Their finish is the second-highest in program history, only falling…