Area Sports
Triad track tallies four IHSA state qualifiers
By Anthony Jones [email protected] Triad girls track and field punched four tickets for the IHSA State Championship last week. The Lady Knights earned their state qualifications at the Civic Memorial Sectional held on May 11. Triad placed fourth overall at the meet with 45 points. Their first state qualifier of the meet was Makenna Witham,…
Read MoreSoftball Knights tie for second in MVC
By Anthony Jones [email protected] Triad softball will be a fourth seed when postseason play begins. The Lady Knights will open play in the Civic Memorial Regional on May 23 and open against the fifth-seeded hosts. A win would earn Triad a return trip to Bethalto three days later to play either top-seeded Highland or six…
Read MoreTriad baseball three-peats as MVC champs
By Anthony Jones [email protected] Triad baseball clinched their third consecutive outright Mississippi Valley Conference title last week. This season’s clinching win came on May 8, when the Knights hosted the Civic Memorial Eagles. Their purple and yellow foes entered with an 11-12 record, contrasted to the side’s 17-10 mark. Triad struck first in the contest…
Read MoreCMS boys track wins a pair of state titles
By Mark Jurgena It was a solid weekend in Carterville for the Collinsville Middle School boys track team as they brought home a pair of state championships from the SIJHSAA Class L state finals meet. The 7th grade 4×200 meter team won the 7th grade state crown with a time of 1:41.52. That mark set…
Read MoreKahok girls take part in sectional track meet
By Mark Jurgena It was a tough day on the track for the Collinsville girls team on May 11 in Bloomington. CHS was able to garner a few top eight finishes on the day. In the 100 meters Deairra Spears set a personal record with a time of 12.59 seconds to take sixth place. She…
Read MoreKahok track at the SWC meet
By Mark Jurgena On May 10 the Collinsville boys track team took part in the annual Southwestern Conference track meet. The 2023 version of the meet was held in O’Fallon with Edwardsville outdistancing East St. Louis 176-129 for the championship. Collinsville took fifth place with 44 points. “We just didn’t have the big performances we…
Read MoreRunning Knights second at MVC meet
By Anthony Jones [email protected] This year’s edition of the Mississippi Valley boys track and field championship may have been the toughest in history. The record books backed that fact, with six of the 12 track all-time best times being broken. Mascoutah’s squad broke the league meet record in the 100 meter dash and the 110…
Read MoreKahok softball tops O’Fallon
By Mark Jurgena Two out singles by Lily Fuehner and Lexi Rafalowski in the top of the sixth gave Collinsville the lead in the top of the sixth and they refused to give it back to give CHS a 4-3 win at O’Fallon on March 11. In that big inning, Addie Stone singled to center…
Read MoreKahok baseball has productive week
By Mark Jurgena The Collinsville baseball team got back above the .500 mark last week taking two of their three contests including splitting with SWC rival O’Fallon. CHS stands at 13-12-1 after the week. They are 3-5 in the SWC which is good for fourth place while O’Fallon is 21-6 overall and in second place…
Read MoreSemi-pro football team to call Collinsville home this summer
By Mark Jurgena What do football fans do when it isn’t the fall and the BattleHawks season is now over? They travel to Wilson Field in Collinsville to cheer on their hometown River City Sharks that’s what. The Sharks are part of the semi-pro Mid-Central Football League which opens regular season play Saturday night in…
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