Area Sports

By Anthony Jones [email protected] TROY — An Apr. 20 trip to the Paducah Tilghman Invitational in Kentucky provided Triad’s boys track and field team with a barrage of medals. The Knights also crossed back across the border with a first-place trophy in hand after tallying 169.5 team points. Second-place McCracken County finished with 135 team…

By Anthony Jones [email protected] TROY — From Mar. 27 to Apr. 8, Triad softball found themselves on the wrong side of six consecutive matchups. Since then, the Lady Knights have won three of their last four contests to improve their overall record to 8-11. The most recent Triad victory came on Apr. 19, when they…

By Anthony Jones [email protected] TROY — Triad baseball picked up wins over squads from Illinois, Kentucky and Missouri this past week. Their in-state victories came on Apr. 15 and 17, as they swept their Mississippi Valley Conference series against Waterloo. The first of their two tests against the Bulldogs was a home affair, resulting in…

By Anthony Jones [email protected] TROY — Last week’s girls soccer action in the Mississippi Valley Conference simplified Triad’s path to continuing their long-standing streak of league titles. On Triad’s end, they picked up league action on Apr. 16 with a trip to Jersey. Entering that matchup, the Lady Knights held a 5-0 conference mark and…

by Mark Jurgena COLLINSVILLE — The Collinsville boys volleyball team managed a split last week in the two matches they played. CHS moved their record to 4-10 on the season. Bunker Hill Collinsville traveled to Bunker Hill on April 10 and came back with a 25-21, 25-17 victory. Stanley Carnahan had a big match with…

By Mark Jurgena  April has seen the young Collinsville girls soccer team turn around their season a bit as they have gotten out to a 2-2 start. Alton win April 2 saw CHS score their first goal of the season and roll on to a 2-0 win over Alton at Kahok Stadium. Ryelan Judiscak scored…

by Mark Jurgena COLLINSVILLE — Collinsville’s baseball squad had a pair of wild walk-off wins last week to beat SWC rival Belleville West and also Alton (Marquette). CHS had an 8-9 record heading into the week with a 1-1 mark in conference play. Marquette walk-off Walk. It. Off. Again! For the second day in a…

by Mark Jurgena COLLINSVILLE — The Collinsville softball team was able to take an SWC victory over O’Fallon last week to raise their conference mark to 2-2 overall. They fell to SWC rival Belleville East and a talented Gillespie squad. O’Fallon win Collinsville fell behind early then turned up the heat scoring four times in…

by Mark Jurgena COLLINSVILLE — Collinsville turned in a solid performance at the annual Granite City Boys Invitational on April 12. The Kahoks took third place with 100 points. Belleville West took the title with 134 points while Alton came in third at 114 points. CHS brought home three first place finishes with Devin Habermehl…

By Anthony Jones [email protected] TROY — A trip to the Mascoutah Military Classic on Apr. 12 marked the most recent action for Triad’s boys track and field squad. Twenty two squads, including four Mississippi Valley Conference teams, competed in the event. The Knights went on to take fifth-place in that field, tallying 54.33 points. Triad’s…