Area Sports

By Anthony Jones [email protected] TROY — Triad’s track and field teams closed out the indoor season with impressive results at the Illinois Top Times Meet hosted at Illinois Wesleyan. The Mar. 23 meet featured qualifying athletes from across the state and was separated under the IHSA’s three-class system. Triad’s top finish on the girls side…

By Anthony Jones [email protected] TROY — Triad baseball jotted two more outings in the win column last week after bouts with Mt. Vernon and Glenwood. Their most recent outing came on Mar. 22, when they scored a comeback victory against the Titans of Glenwood. Starting pitcher Drew Winslow set an early tone for the Knights,…

By Anthony Jones [email protected] TROY — After an 0-3 start to the season, Triad softball has found a burst of early season success. “We’ve adopted two philosophies this year. One is to be aggressive–being aggressive at the plate, being aggressive in defense and being aggressive in the base running. The other one is if everybody…

By Anthony Jones [email protected] TROY — After starting their season with a pair of one goal losses to Class 3A powerhouses O’Fallon and Edwardsville, Triad girls soccer recorded their first victories of the spring last week. Their first win of the season came on Mar. 18, when they hosted the 2-0 Highland Bulldogs. The Monday…

by Mark Jurgena COLLINSVILLE — On March 23 three Kahok track and field athletes competed in the Illinois Top Times meet at Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington.  The Top Times meet serves as the de facto Indoor track & field state championship. KJ Thorps-Watt was in a pair of events on Saturday. He took seventh…

by Mark Jurgena COLLINSVILLE — The young Collinsville girls soccer squad took a 2-0 loss to Edwardsville at Kahok Stadium on March 19. That contest was the SWC opener for both schools. With such a young squad, there are going to be growing pains but sophomore goalkeeper Karly Van Dyke made an astounding 31 saves…

by Mark Jurgena COLLINSVILLE — CHS boys volleyball opened their season with a 26-17, 26-15 loss at Fletcher Gym on March 19 to Jackson, Mo. (Saxony Lutheran). Kade Simmons led the offense with five kills and two service aces. Stanley Carnahan also had five kills while JuPaul Hudson had three. Kolin Waligorski had 10 assists…

By Mark Jurgena COLLINSVILLE — It was a big opening day for the Collinsville softball team as they won at Glen Carbon (Father McGivney) 22-2 in four innings on March 11. The Kahoks banged out 22 hits on the afternoon. Bailey Demick had a huge day at the plate going 5-for-6 with three doubles and…

By Mark Jurgena COLLINSVILLE — The Collinsville baseball team began their 2024 season with some big tests from the Chicagoland area. They came out of the week with a 1-2 record. Opening day Collinsville’s Ethan Bagwell had a huge game giving up only one hit over four innings on the mound then blasted a two-run…

By Mark Jurgena COLLINSVILLE — Two meets wrapped up the indoor track campaign for the Collinsville High School boys squad last week. “It was a good indoor season we added some meets in there to give them the opportunity to do a little bit more,” said CHS track coach Darryl Frerker.  Champaign meet On Saturday…