Area Sports

By Anthony Jones [email protected] TROY — Entering last week, Triad softball sat squarely in third-place of the Mississippi Valley Conference with a 2-2 league record. Now, the Lady Knights have climbed into a tie for second place and control their own destiny to at least a share of the conference title. The first step forward…

By Anthony Jones [email protected] TROY — On Apr. 26, Triad boys track and field welcomed 18 teams to their seventh annual Triad Knight Invitational. The Knights fended off the rest of the field enroute to the meet championship with a tally of 89 points. Rounding out the top three, Collinsville and Mascoutah finished with respective…

By Anthony Jones [email protected] TROY — Once again, Triad girls soccer has claimed the Mississippi Valley Conference championship. Their path to a 24th title was not free from dramatics, however. To clinch the outright league title, the Lady Knights traveled to Waterloo on Apr. 25. Entering that contest, the last eight meetings between the Bulldogs…

by Mark Jurgena COLLINSVILLE — It was a tough week for the Collinsville baseball team as they won once and dropped a pair of close contests. Another SWC loss made their record 1-3 for the stretch. MD win On April 17, Collinsville hosted Breese (Mater Dei) and won 11-4. CHS had a pair of big…

by Mark Jurgena COLLINSVILLE — Collinsville got two runs in the bottom of the third and two more in the bottom of the sixth to take a 4-1 win over Alton (Marquette) on April 19 at the Collinsville Sports Complex. “Marissa Thomas was dominant in the circle with 14 strikeouts,” said CHS coach Jess Schmittling.…

by Mark Jurgena COLLINSVILLE — Collinsville’s boys track team competed at the Winston Brown Invitational “Meet of Champions” on April 20 at Edwardsville High School. The Kahoks brought back an event title and four more top five finishes at the 24-team event. Devin Habermehl won the shot put with a personal best of 17.33 meters…

by Mark Jurgena COLLINSVILLE — The Collinsville girls track & field team took part in the Edwardsville Girls Invitational on April 19. CHS brought back a second place finish along with five top ten finishes. Ellie Rhinehart took second in the discus with a toss of 33.47 meters or 109’ 9”. She finished behind Joi…

by Mark Jurgena COLLINSVILLE — It was a tremendously busy week for the Collinsville boys volleyball team last week as they were in eight matches. The Kahoks began the week with a pair of wins, then dropped a couple of close matches in three sets before their final four matches. MCS Collinsville beat Maryville Christian…

by Mark Jurgena COLLINSVILLE — The Collinsville girls soccer team added a pair of wins in back-to-back fashion to their resume last week and took SWC foe Belleville West to penalty kicks before succumbing to the Maroons. “We’re playing better and like a team,” said CHS coach Jodie Munoz. “We’re doing the little things right…

By Anthony Jones [email protected] TROY — The Paducah Tilghman Invitational, held in Kentucky, proved to be a valuable showcase for Triad’s girls track and field squad. The Lady Knights finished second place as a team with a tally of 170 team points. This left them six points behind meet champions Calloway County. Triad won five…