Area Sports
Hoopers split Senior Night against Mascoutah
By Ray Popkess Triad fans and staff flooded The Rich last Friday night to celebrate and honor the senior cheerleaders and basketball players that dedicated their time and effort to the Knights’ programs. The Lady Knights had already locked in their Regional matchup set for Tuesday, Feb. 17 prior to Friday night’s tip-off. Senior…
Read MoreKahoks boys’ basketball win two of three contests
By Mark Jurgena It has been a tough season at the Purple Palace in Collinsville but things are on an uptick in the past couple of weeks. The Kahoks have won four of their last five games to put them at 12-15 overall. This past week, they beat Belleville West and finished the BOS Belleville…
Read MoreFour Kahok girls’ grapplers qualify for state
By Mark Jurgena Last year, four Collinsville High School girls wrestlers qualified for state. They got fourth place. This year, four Collinsville High School girls wrestlers qualified for state. Time will tell where they end up. Last weekend, Collinsville brought back a second-place finish at the Virden (North Mac) Sectional, falling only to Edwardsville, just…
Read MoreTriad Dance teams take home hardware at IDTA State
By Ray Popkess Triad’s middle school and high school dance teams took home some hefty pieces of hardware after competing at the Illinois Drill Team Association State Competition on Saturday, Feb. 14. The middle school routines were good enough to earn them a third place finish in both Jazz and Open Pom. Maci Meier,…
Read MoreKnights advance to MVCHA Championship
By Ray Popkess For the first time since 2020, the Triad Knights are competing for a 1A Mississippi Valley Club Hockey Association Championship. The Knights have advanced past the first round every year since, but had not gotten over the second round hump until they beat the Highland Bulldogs last week in a best-of-three…
Read MoreKahok boys’ track gets indoor season underway
By Mark Jurgena Last weekend was the opening weekend for indoor track and field at the high school level across Illinois. Collinsville took part in the annual Knight Indoor Invitational. This year, the event was at King Fieldhouse in Jacksonville on the campus of Illinois College. Kahok senior Shane Box won the shot put at…
Read MoreKaitlin Wood takes 3rd at Sectional, lone Knight to State
By Ray Popkess Of the seven wrestlers from Triad to qualify for the Sectional tournaments, only Kaitlin Wood made it out the other side. Her performance at the Virden (North Mac) Girls Sectional this past weekend punched her ticket to the Girls’ IHSA State Tournament during the weekend of Feb. 27-28. She is the…
Read MoreIHSA moves start of football practice to Aug. 5
By Mark Jurgena • On Friday, the IHSA released the results of a member school’s vote on the motion to begin football practice earlier this coming season. Football practice will begin on Aug. 5. It was previously scheduled for five days later. Last fall, the membership voted to expand the…
Read MoreTriad sends four Lady Knight grapplers to Sectionals
By Ray Popkess Granite City High School hosted the IHSA Girls’ Regional this past weekend where Triad came away with a fifth place team finish and will send four individuals to the sectional tournament in Virden, Illinois this weekend. Beckah Burrelsman took home first place. She defeated her quarterfinal and semifinal opponent via pinfall…
Read MoreFour Kahok girls’ grapplers advance to sectional
By Mark Jurgena Collinsville advanced four girls into the IHSA Sectional at North Mac High School in Virden this weekend while the team grabbed a second place finish thanks to their efforts at the Granite City Regional on Feb. 5-6. Addyson Bailey, Leann Cory, Londyn Long and Ivana Torres all moved on to the sectional…
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