Area Sports

by Mark Jurgena COLLINSVILLE — Collinsville High School’s Ethan Bagwell had his dreams come true, twice in the span of a little less than nine months. Monday afternoon the 6-4 230 pound pitcher was selected in the sixth round of the Major League Baseball Draft by the Atlanta Braves. Last November he signed a National…

By Anthony Jones [email protected] In recent Metro East Recreational Baseball League play, Coach AJ Mahnesmith’s league leading Troy team three added another victory in a 16-9 victory over Troy four. The loss set Coach Todd Williams’s squad back to 2-8 overall. Troy three struck first with a trio of runs in the top of the…

by Mark Jurgena COLLINSVILLE — Last week the IHSA released the statewide football schedules for all of its football-playing member schools. Collinsville will play only four of their nine games at Kahok Stadium this fall. The Kahoks are coming off a 6-5 campaign which saw them qualify for the playoffs for the third straight season…

by Mark Jurgena Well in light of last week’s column about the IFAF (American football Under-20 World championship) debacle for the United States team, I was made aware of the monumental upset by a United States team on the international stage earlier this past June. We upset Pakistan in cricket! Like in the world championships!…

by Mark Jurgena HIGHLAND — It was another action-packed Saturday night and the World Famous Highland Speedway with hot action with cars competing in five separate classes on the track. “We had three new winners for 2024 on Saturday night, we had two cars that flipped over which does happen once in a while and…

by Mark Jurgena HIGHLAND — For the first time ever the World of Outlaws Late Models are coming to the World Famous Highland Speedway! The World of Outlaws is one of the premier dirt track series in the country and will make its debut at Highland on Aug. 14. “This is like the NASCAR of…

By Anthony Jones [email protected] TROY — In a rematch of last year’s high school championship, the top Troy squads in Metro East Recreational Baseball League faced off on July 2 at the Tri-Township Park. Entering their clash, Coach AJ Mahnesmith’s Troy team three was the league’s last standing unbeaten squad with a 7-0 mark. The…

by Mark Jurgena Tanner Houck is an MLB all-star. The 2014 Collinsville High School graduate and current starting pitcher for the Boston Red Sox was named to the American League all-star team this past Sunday. The 94th All-Star game will be July 16 at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Tex. The game will be shown…

by Mark Jurgena COLLINSVILLE — There will be three Collinsville High School bowlers headed off to the collegiate level to continue competing on the lanes. For the boys, Jacob Taylor will compete in college while on the girls side, Livia Montgomery and Autumn Morley will bowl collegiately. Boys bowling Taylor has committed to play at…