Area Sports

By Anthony Jones [email protected] For the thirteenth season in a row, Triad girls soccer won an IHSA Regional last week. Their path to a plaque started on May 19 against Jersey. In the two teams previous meetings, the Lady Knights prevailed by a combined score of 22-0. It would only take two minutes and 37…

By Mark Jurgena It was a tough ending to the regular season for the Collinsville High boys volleyball team last week as they dropped three matches, two of them in three sets. They opened the week on May 15 with a tough loss at home to Father McGivney 25-27, 25-20, 25-21. Collinsville registered 49 kills…

By Anthony Jones [email protected] At the East Alton-Wood River boys track sectional, Triad’s 4×100 relay recorded one of their slowest times of the season at 43.13 seconds. Yet, given the circumstances, their performance may be their most impressive. As the top-ranked team in IHSA Class 2A, the relay team of Tristan Darby, Tashon Crockarell, Cory…

By Anthony Jones [email protected] Triad’s four state qualifiers competed at Eastern Illinois University at last week’s IHSA State Championships. The Lady Knights’ highest finish of the weekend came from Makenna Witham, who finished in a two-way tie for second. Finishing with a height of 1.66 meters, the sophomore finished only 0.03 meters away from first…

By Mark Jurgena It was a successful day for the Collinsville boys track team as they qualified four individuals and a relay team for the Class 3A state finals track meet at Eastern Illinois University this weekend in Charleston. While they had no one place in the top two at the Edwardsville Sectional on May…

By Mark Jurgena The Collinsville softball girls picked up a big 5-1 win over Granite City on May 16 to close out their regular season. A pair of errors and a two-out double got Granie on the board in the bottom of the first but Collinsville broke through with a big three spot in the…

By Mark Jurgena Collinsville manufactured four runs in the bottom of the sixth culminated by Ethan Bagwell’s two-out, two-run double on the first pitch he saw to beat Belleville East at home on May 18. The win moved Collinsville’s record to 15-14-1 overall on the season and 4-6 in SWC play while East dropped to…

By Mark Jurgena Game one.  Triple overtime. Winner! Such is the beginning of the Collinsville-based River City Sharks semi-pro football team. River City used an incredible goal line stand in the third overtime Saturday to preserve their shutout and quarterback Masico James finished the game by following his blocking into the end zone to give…

By Anthony Jones [email protected] Triad tennis has enjoyed a stay atop the Mississippi Valley Conference for several years now. The Knights, who last lost a league title in 2016, defended their crown again last week on May 12 and 13. They began their defense of their five consecutive titles in doubles play on the 12.…