Area Sports

By Anthony Jones [email protected] TROY — While classes were out for spring break at Triad High School last week, Triad baseball remained busy. The Knights, who entered the busy slate with a 4-1 record, played five games across a six day period. Their action-packed lineup began on Mar. 25 with a trip to Mater Dei.…

By Anthony Jones [email protected] TROY — Over 20 teams joined Triad in competing at the Lady Maroon Invitational on Mar. 29. The Lady Knights would finish in twelfth overall after racking up 28.5 points throughout the event. This total left them just three and a half points away from the cutoff for a top-ten showing.…

By Anthony Jones [email protected] TROY — The Mar. 29 O’Fallon Relays marked another chapter in Triad’s explosive start to the boys track and field season. The Knights, competing in the blue division, took second place with 111 points. That tally left them three and a half points behind champions Mascoutah and 24 points ahead of…

by Mark Jurgena COLLINSVILLE — The young Collinsville boys volleyball team has been busy in the past couple of weeks. They went 2-3 at the Belleville East Tourney on March 22-23 then went 1-2 last week. They sit at 3-6 overall heading into play this week. East Tourney CHS picked up a pair of wins…

by Mark Jurgena The Collinsville girls soccer team dropped a 1-0 contest at Kahok Stadium to SWC foe Belleville West on March 26. CHS outshot the Maroons by an 8-3 count but a late second half goal gave West the victory. “We’re starting to press more as a team and we’re finally creating chances,” said…

by Mark Jurgena COLLINSVILLE — The week ended on somewhat of a high note for the Collinsville girls softball team. After suffering a pair of lopsided losses in their first two matchups, the final one of the week saw a big two-out rally to force extra innings but couldn’t score in extras and fell in…

by Mark Jurgena COLLINSVILLE — The Collinsville boys track squad took part in the O’Fallon Relays on March 29 and came back with a pair of first place finishes by Devin Habermehl. The junior thrower took both the shot and discus crowns in O’Fallon in the gold division. Habermehl tossed the shot put 15.20 meters…

by Mark Jurgena COLLINSVILLE — The girls track team from Collinsville High School competed in the Lady Maroon Invitational at Belleville West on March 29. Collinsville finished the day tied for 16th place with Granite City. Both schools scored 18 point on the day. Belleville East won the team title with 97 points. Two Kahok…

by Mark Jurgena COLLINSVILLE — It was certainly a different kind of week for the Collinsville baseball team as they traveled to the Greater Memphis, Tenn. area to face some top-flight competition to prepare them for their upcoming SWC schedule. The Kahoks went 1-3 on the southern swing. They began their trip with a 6-0…

By Mark Jurgena COLLINSVILLE — Collinsville ended their week with an 11-1 six-inning loss at Red Bud on March 23. CHS cut the Musketeers lead down to 2-1 in the top of the third but Red Bud put up a big inning to make it a 5-1 lead. The Kahoks were unable to put up…