Area Sports

by Mark Jurgena COLLINSVILLE — The girls volleyball team made their way over the .500 mark for the season after taking two of three matches since Tuesday last week. CHS improved to 13-12-1 on the season and 3-4 in SWC play after beating East St. Louis and Cahokia. They fell to Belleville Althoff in three…

by Mark Jurgena COLLINSVILLE — The Collinsville boys golf team had a pair of tremendous showings when it counted the most in the past week. Eli Verning finished in third place at the Decatur (Eisenhower) Class 3A Sectional at the Hickory Point Golf Course in Forsyth on Monday afternoon. As a team, the Kahoks finished…

By Anthony Jones [email protected] TROY — Over 300 runners competed at the Triad Cross Country Invitational on Oct. 2. On their home course, the Knights found plenty of success, including the meet championship in the boys race. Triad’s final tally of 51 points came against a field of 14 squads. Triad’s own Drew Twyman emerged…

By Anthony Jones [email protected] TROY — Triad soccer suffered a pair of defeats to two of the top squads in the area last week. Their most recent setback came on Oct. 3 against the Columbia Eagles. Columbia, who held a 14-2-1 record, entered on a 15 game unbeaten streak that included 14 wins. In the…

By Anthony Jones [email protected] COLLINSVILLE — Postseason golf is officially underway for the IHSA. Triad girls golf began their postseason action at the Class 2A Centralia Regional on Oct. 1. Fourteen teams clashed at the event, making it the largest regional in the IHSA tournament. The Lady Knights finished in fifth-place overall. Their stroke total…

By Anthony Jones [email protected] TROY — The Triad Volleyball Tournament Championship came down to a match between two familiar foes. The opponents, Triad and Staunton, clashed in the title bout for their second game in as many days and third of the season.  In their meeting the previous day, the Lady Knights scored a 25-23,…

By Anthony Jones [email protected] TROY — With a 37-22 win over Mascoutah on Oct. 4, Triad football improved to 6-0 and clinched a spot in the IHSA postseason. The Knights began forging a path to victory on the game’s opening drive, marching 65 yards downfield and scoring on a 19 yard keeper by quarterback Isaac…

by Mark Jurgena The Kahok girls volleyball team went 1-2 over the past week. Their win came on Sept. 30 at St. Louis (Lift for Life) three sets to one. Collinsville won the contest 23-25, 25-11, 25-21 and 25-20 (Missouri schools play five set matches). Last week they fell in two sets at O’Fallon on…

by Mark Jurgena COLLINSVILLE — The Collinsville High School boys soccer team picked up a huge Southwestern Conference overtime victory over conference leader Belleville West by a 3-2 count on Sept. 26 at Kahok Stadium. TJ Carter scored an early goal in the second OT and the Kahok defense held up to pull off the…

By Anthony Jones [email protected] TROY — Three Mississippi Valley Conference teams entered last week with 1-0 records in league play. One of those teams, Highland, visited Waterloo on Sept. 27 in search of a second conference victory. The hosting Bulldogs proved victorious in a 28-14 final, however, and both teams moved to 1-1 in league…