Area Sports

By Anthony Jones [email protected] TROY — The May 4 Collinsville Invitational last week was another talent-loaded edition of the annual event, featuring 40 teams. The 4×100 meter relay race may have been the meet’s most competitive event, with first-place Edwardsville recording the fastest time statewide time of the season in a 41.53 seconds showing. Runners-up…

By Anthony Jones [email protected] TROY — For the first time in three years, the Mississippi Valley Conference has a 10-0 league champion in girls soccer. Triad, who ended the drought, capped off their perfect league record on May 2 against Jersey. The goal of the conference finale took less than two minutes, as Emma Correalle…

By Anthony Jones [email protected] TROY — Last week’s slate was stacked with action for Triad softball. The busy lineup of competition began on Apr. 30, when the Lady Knights traveled to Highland for a key Mississippi Valley Conference bout. Entering the matchup, the hosts led the conference with a 5-1 record and Triad was tied…

by Mark Jurgena COLLINSVILLE — It was a productive week for several Collinsville track & field athletes as they racked up championships and personal records in their three meets. Devin Habermehl continued his fine season with three wins in the shot put and two in the discus.  “What’s exciting was that he can have that…

by Mark Jurgena COLLINSVILLE — It was a decent day of track and field for the Collinsville girls track team on April 23 at the Madison County track meet in Highland. The Kahoks totaled 76 points while Edwardsville won the meet with 152 points with Alton taking second at 119. Collinsville freshman Kwanza Henderson took…

by Mark Jurgena COLLINSVILLE — The Collinsville boys volleyball team took two of three wins last week to raise their record to 8-17 overall and 1-5 in SWC play. Alton win Collinsville began play last week with a three set SWC victory at Alton. The Kahoks won 27-29, 28-26, 25-18.  Alton had beaten CHS in…

by Mark Jurgena COLLINSVILLE — It was a tough week of games for the Collinsville girls softball team as they dropped their three contests two of which were SWC games. PSW loss The week began with a home game against Piasa (Southwestern). Southwestern jumped on Collinsville taking a 10-0 lead through three and a half…

by Mark Jurgena COLLINSVILLE — One day, two games, two wins. That’s the week the Collinsville High School baseball team had as they swept a doubleheader against SWC foe East St. Louis on April 24 at Fletcher Field. The wins raised the CHS record to 11-12 overall and 3-3 in the SWC. In the opener,…

By Anthony Jones [email protected] Competing in the six-team large school division, Triad girls track and field finished fifth at this year’s Madison County Championships on Apr. 23. The Lady Knights accumulated 55 team points, besting Granite City. Edwardsville claimed the team title with 152 points. Triad’s day was highlighted by a trio of second-place finishes,…

By Anthony Jones [email protected] Triad baseball passed the mid-point of their Mississippi Valley Conference schedule last week, playing their fifth and sixth league games. Both the contests came against Jersey, starting with a home affair on Apr. 22. The Panthers entered that battle with an 11-7 record after winning seven of the last ten games.…