Area Sports

By Anthony Jones [email protected] Triad softball won twice on the road and lost once at home last week. The first of those victories came in Breese on Mar. 27. The Lady Knights extended their winning streak to 16 consecutive wins against the Cougars with the win. Triad led 2-1 by the end of the first…

By Mark Jurgena It was a busy week of competition for the Collinsville High School girls track team as they competed in three meets. Lady Maroon Invite Collinsville competed in the 20-team Lady Maroon Invite in Belleville on March 30 and returned home with several top finishes. Deairra Spears had top finishes in the 100…

By Mark Jurgena Collinsville jumped out to a 5-2 lead after three turns at bat but couldn’t hold on to the lead as they fell at Belleville West 14-6 on March 28. After the Maroons scored a pair of runs in the bottom of the first, the Kahoks responded with one of their own in…

By Mark Jurgena The Collinsville High School girls soccer team dropped a 2-1 decision at Belleville West on March 28 in their only match last week. Jordan Gary got the Kahoks off to a 1-0 lead with her goal late in the opening half, but the Maroons knotted the game by halftime before connecting on…

By Mark Jurgena The first-ever Kahok Krazy Relays took place in Collinsville on March 27 with four schools participating. The relays featured a mix of conventional and unconventional relays that utilized coed teams. Mascoutah won the event with Collinsville finishing in second. “It was an interesting meet with some races you don’t see in any…

By Anthony Jones [email protected] Three teams visited Triad’s baseball diamond last week, but none left with a win. The Knights largest margin of the week came during their Mar. 30 meeting with the Wheaton-Warrenville South Tigers. Triad prevailed 7-0 in that matchup. Austin Brown set the tone early on his way for a complete game…

By Anthony Jones [email protected] Triad and Mascoutah needed more than 80 minutes to declare a winner in their Mar. 30 matchup. The Indians played the opening half of the Mississippi Valley Conference meeting with the wind in their favor, but were unable to find the net despite promising threats. The Lady Knights also were shutout…

By Mark Jurgena Ethan Bagwell gave up one-hit on the mound and Kris Alcorn had two extra-base hits to lead the Collinsville baseball squad to a 10-0 shutout victory at Fletcher Field on March 29. “(It was a) slow start offensively, but junior Kris Alcorn sparked us with a big two-run homerun on his second…