The local area saw five teams play in the state basketball semifinals this past weekend with two of those teams bringing home the first-place hardware while two other teams earned runner-up spots in the terrific weekend of hoops. It was also the quarterfinal weekend...
Championship season continues this weekend as the small school classes travel to Springfield, Mo., for the first weekend of the MSHSAA Show-Me Showdown while a pair of metro-east teams head to Champaign, Ill. with dreams of bringing home the top trophy in the state....
In this week’s edition of the Inside the Lines High School Sports Podcast, It is Championship Week Part One as Jim Powers chats with Principia Head Boys’ Basketball Coach Jey Blossom about the team heading to their first final four in school history and...
The metro area was well represented in this year’s Illinois basketball Coaches Association Girls All-State teams that were announced this week. All three state champions from our area saw players listed on the teams while Okawville put three players on the Class 1A...
The Mid-States Club Hockey Association crowned a pair of new champions Friday evening while three metro-east girls basketball teams claimed state titles in the Illinois High School Association championships Saturday afternoon. The Principia and Lutheran North boys’...
The three girls’ teams on the Illinois side of the river are competing for state titles while many boys’ teams on both sides have kept their title aspirations alive heading into the sectionals this weekend. The playoffs for the big schools are underway as the boys...
In this week’s edition of the Inside the Lines High School Sports Podcast with Jim Powers, we catch up with Earl Austin Jr. from the STL American as we chat about the state playoffs as the lower classes head to the quarterfinals while the big schools start...
The end of the Mid-States Club Hockey Association is this weekend, and we will see a pair of old rivals take to the ice Friday evening to see who will take home this year’s Challenge Cup while two clubs are heading to the title game of the Wickenheiser Cup after...
The final Missouri Basketball Coaches Association Poll was released with a lot of local teams being recognized as we head into district and sectional action. On the boy’s side, Vashon is the only team to hold the top spot in the state as they are No. 1 in Class 4...