Area Sports

By Anthony Jones [email protected] TROY — After two weeks of their season, Triad boys soccer has a balanced 1-1-1 record. The Knights started their season with a 2-2 draw against O’Fallon on Aug. 26 and returned to play on Sept. 3 at Father McGivney. Their matchup with the Griffins marked the sixth-consecutive season that the…

By Anthony Jones [email protected] TROY  — As the clock ticked below seven minutes in the game, Mt. Zion quarterback Keller Stocks looked poised to give his team their first lead of the night. With his team behind 10-7, the speedy Brave had successfully scampered out to the sideline and was faced with a wide-open 40…

By Anthony Jones [email protected] TROY — Through the first week of action, Triad boys soccer is yet to put a mark in either the win or loss column.  Their season opener came on Aug. 26, as they visited the O’Fallon Panthers. In last year’s kickoff match, the Knights breezed by the Panthers in a 7-1…

By Anthony Jones [email protected] TROY — With six seniors on their roster, Triad volleyball has a heavy dose of experience headed into their fall season. “It’s absolutely wonderful because the seniors are excited to play. It’s a great group of girls with tremendous leaders. They do such a good job taking care of the team,…

By Anthony Jones [email protected] TROY — The kickoff to the 2024 season for Triad football resulted in a decisive win for the Knights. In their Aug. 30 season opener, they moved to 1-0 against the Granite City Warriors. By halftime, the Knights held a 49-0 lead and ultimately claimed a 49-13 victory. Coach Calvin Potthast…

by Mark Jurgena COLLINSVILLE — They couldn’t score in the second half. That was the story for the Collinsville High School football team on Friday night at Kahok Stadium as they fell to visiting Belleville East 30-15. “It was a typical week one game I’d say,” began CHS coach Colton Rhodes. “There’s a lot of…

by Mark Jurgena COLLINSVILLE — The Collinsville High School girls cross country team got their season underway on Aug. 31 at the Mascoutah Cross Country Kickoff at Mascoutah Middle School on a flat, but somewhat muddy three-mile course. CHS was led by Catalina Jiminez-Magana with a time of 23:09.6 to take 42nd place out of…

by Mark Jurgena COLLINSVILLE — New coach Adam Blair made a change to the schedule this season opting in a week earlier at the Mascoutah Cross Country Kickoff on Aug. 31. Traditionally the Kahok opener would be this weekend at Granite City. “First time ever being there,” said Blair. “It was a flat, fast course…

by Mark Jurgena COLLINSVILLE — The Collinsville High School girls volleyball team got off to a bit of a rough start last week winning one of their three matches to start their season. They beat Jerseyville at home and lost to Chatham (Glenwood) at Fletcher Gym and on the road at Highland. Jersey win Collinsville…

by Mark Jurgena COLLINSVILLE — It was a wild week of anticipation and disappointment for the first five days of the regular season for the Collinsville High School soccer team. They were slated to play both Columbia and Triad early in the week but the Aug. 27 game with the Eagles was called due to…