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Lady Kahoks win Regional match against Belleville East 4-0

By   /  May 20, 2014  /  Collinsville High School, Girls Soccer, Sports  /  No Comments

Mikayla McCarthy started the post season where she finished the regular season, scoring. McCarthy scored her eighth goal in the past four games less than a minute into the Kahoks 4-0 Regional win over Belleville East Tuesday in a game played at Belleville West. Collinsville Head Coach Clay Smith said McCarthy is playing with a […]

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Baseball Kahoks lose 4-3 in extras to Belleville East

By   /  May 19, 2014  /  Baseball, Collinsville High School, Sports  /  No Comments

In a preview of a Regional match-up scheduled just over a week away, the Collinsville and Belleville East high school baseball teams played their final regular season matchup. The game went to extra innings before Collinsville (18-13 overall, 8-5 Southwestern Conference) lost 4-3 in the eighth inning in Belleville. The Kahoks’ runs came not with […]

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Preview: Lady Kahoks Regional match-up against Belleville East

By   /  May 19, 2014  /  Collinsville High School, Girls Soccer, Sports  /  No Comments

The Collinsville High School girls’ soccer team will play Belleville East in the first game of the 2014 Regional Tuesday at 4:30 p.m. at Belleville West High School.   The Lady Kahoks finished the regular season 11-5-2 overall and 6-0 in the Southwestern Conference. Collinsville outscored their last five opponents 19-4, going 3-1-1 during the stretch. The scoring outburst […]

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Two CHS seniors awarded $500 scholarships from Home Federal Savings & Loan

By   /  May 19, 2014  /  Events/Announcements  /  No Comments

***Submitted Content*** Home Federal Savings & Loan has awarded Collinsville High School seniors Sabrina Flohr and Graydon Baima with $500 college scholarships as local winners in the Community Bankers Association of Illinois (CBAI) Foundation scholarship essay competition. The essays, which focused on the role of community banks in their service areas, were judged by students […]

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Collinsville High School Student of the Month awards announced

By   /  May 19, 2014  /  Caseyville, Collinsville, Education, Fairmont City, Maryville, News  /  No Comments

  Students of the Month April – Courtney Hasty, Nicole Hasty and Jose Oseguera While at Kiener Plaza on the senior field trip recently, the three worked together to save the life of a man who had fallen in the fountain and couldn’t swim. May – Brayden Drum Drum placed 4th in the state of […]

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SWIC Children’s Touring Theatre Co. to perform “The Three Bully Goats Griff”

By   /  May 19, 2014  /  Events/Announcements  /  No Comments

***Submitted Content*** The Southwestern Illinois College Children’s Touring Theatre Company will perform “The Three Bully Goats Griff,” by Patrick Rainville Dorn, Thursday, May 22, at 6:30 p.m. in the SWIC Belleville Campus Main Complex Theatre, 2500 Carlyle Ave. “This is a great show for school-aged children and families,” said Director Tony Zeigler. “It’s fun and […]

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Curtains Up Theater Company to present on stage “Cinderella or the Story of Big Foot”

By   /  May 19, 2014  /  Events/Announcements  /  No Comments

***Submitted Content*** Curtain’s Up Theater Company will present an encore performance of “Cinderella or the Story of Big Foot” on the historic stage at the Wildey Theater, 252 N. Main Street, Edwardsville Saturday, June 28, at 1 p.m., for one performance only. This humorous retelling of the traditional story is a wonderful tale of how true […]

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Baseball Kahoks defeat Peoria Richwoods 8-7 at Busch Stadium

By   /  May 19, 2014  /  Baseball, Collinsville High School, Sports  /  1 Comment

The game between the Collinsville High School baseball team and Peoria Richwoods Sunday, May 18, was notable because the Kahoks had a chance to win their third game in a row. But, perhaps most notably, the game was played at Busch Stadium. Under the lights at the home of the St. Louis Cardinals, the Kahoks […]

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Kayla Marshall, record-breaker, is The Metro Independent Athlete of the Week

By   /  May 18, 2014  /  Athlete of the Week, Sports  /  No Comments

Kayla Marshall broke two school records Friday, and earned a spot in the State Finals in the triple jump and the long jump, to earn Metro Independent Athlete of the week honors. Marshall, who signed to continue her track career at Central Michigan University, smashed the Collinsville High School long jump record by more than […]

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Who was watching Caseyville’s finances from May, 2013 to April, 2014?

By   /  May 18, 2014  /  Caseyville, News  /  No Comments

A three-minute video clip from the Caseyville Village Board meeting on Feb. 19, 2014 has become an internet sensation, but there is more to the video clip than yelling and finger pointing, there are questions by Mayor Leonard Black about how the village is going to pay for certain items. If someone watches the entire […]

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Softball Kahoks fall 5-3 to Belleville East

By   /  May 16, 2014  /  Collinsville High School, Softball, Sports  /  No Comments

Three days after the game was originally postponed due to inclement weather, the Collinsville softball team lost 5-3 to conference foe Belleville East in a preview of the first round of Regional action. The Kahoks (15-15, 3-9 Southwestern Conference) fell behind early after Belleville East (24-5, 9-3) pushed a run across in the top of […]

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Collinsville city officials working for ‘Fairness for Fairmount’

By   /  May 16, 2014  /  Collinsville, Fairmont City, News, Region  /  No Comments

Many in the Collinsville area understand the impact Senate Bill 1739, a gaming expansion bill, would have on Fairmount Park if the track were excluded from the bill. As of Wednesday, May 14, many House Executive Committee and downstate legislators understand the issue from Collinsville’s perspective. That is when the Collinsville Chamber of Commerce traveled […]

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Schreiber agrees to play Volleyball at University of Evansville

By   /  May 16, 2014  /  Collinsville High School, Sports, Volleyball  /  No Comments

Cathy Schreiber, Collinsville High School’s 6-foot-3-inch outside hitter, will continue her volleyball career at the University of Evansville in Indiana as a walk on. However, her decision was less about the chance to keep playing volleyball and more about what she will study while in college. “I got into the physical therapy program at Evansville. It’s a direct entry […]

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Reeves and Peskar a winning combination for a fifth time

By   /  May 16, 2014  /  Baseball, Collinsville High School, Sports  /  No Comments

Collinsville defeated Granite City 7-2 Thursday in Southwestern Conference baseball action at Granite City. Zach Mathes started on the bump for the Kahoks (17-12, 8-4 SWC) and pitched four innings, before yielding to Kyle Reeves, who finished the game and earned his fifth win. Reeves (5-2) is now tied with Tanner Houck (5-3) for the […]

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Caseyville struggles to pay bills on time, attorney fees up at least 269 percent

By   /  May 16, 2014  /  Caseyville, News  /  1 Comment

***Updated to note that Village Attorney John Gilbert was not the attorney for the Police Board when probationary officer Stephen Romanik was terminated on April 1.*** With Caseyville having difficulties paying their creditors on time, the village has incurred a steep rise in attorney fees since Mayor Leonard Black took office. “In most municipalities, if […]

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Thursday Kahok softball rescheduled

By   /  May 15, 2014  /  Collinsville High School, Softball, Sports  /  No Comments

The Kahok softball scheduled for Thursday, May 15 against Granite City has been rescheduled to May 22. The game will be played at the Collinsville Jaycee Sports Complex at 4:30 p.m.

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Regional match-up for Kahoks softball announced

By   /  May 14, 2014  /  Softball, Sports  /  No Comments

The Collinsville High School softball team will be the No. 4 seed at the Belleville East Regional, and will play Belleville East, the No. 1 seed, in the first round at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 27. The Kahoks fell 10-0 to Belleville East on April 17. The two teams will play again at 4:30 p.m. […]

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Regional match-up for Kahoks baseball announced

By   /  May 14, 2014  /  Baseball, Collinsville High School, Sports  /  No Comments

The Collinsville High School baseball team, the No. 2 seed in the Belleville East regional, will play No. 3 seed Belleville East at 4 p.m. Thursday, May 29. In the regular season, the Kahoks beat Belleville East 5-4 on April 17. The two teams are scheduled to play again Monday, May 19, at 4:30 p.m. in Belleville.

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Burnout Alley Car Club to host event for Alzheimer’s awareness

By   /  May 14, 2014  /  Events/Announcements  /  No Comments

The Burnout Alley Car Club will host a Car Cruise at Ramon’s Mexican Restaurant starting May 21 and on every third Wednesday through October. A $10 donation is required for registration. All proceeds will go to Alzheimer’s awareness and research. Food and drinks will be made available. There will also be music provided by a […]

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Southwestern Conference boys track meet rescheduled

By   /  May 14, 2014  /  Collinsville High School, Sports  /  No Comments

Because of inclement weather, the Southwestern Conference boys track meet that was scheduled for this afternoon has been moved to Monday, May 19. Field events will begin at 4 p.m. and racing will begin at 4:30 p.m. The pole vault will be scheduled for tomorrow at 4 p.m. at Edwardsville High School. There will be […]

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