Monday CHS baseball and girls track cancelled, softball pending
The Collinsville High School baseball game, scheduled for Monday at 4:30 p.m. in Centralia, has been cancelled. No make-up date has been announced. The girls track meet, scheduled for 4 p.m. Monday at Waterloo has been cancelled. As of 11:30 a.m., the Kahok softball game at 4:30 p.m., against East Alton-Wood River, has not been […]
Read More →Dates announced for boys basketball summer camp at CHS
The Collinsville High School boys basketball coaches will host three camps this summer. Some of the CHS boys basketball players will help the campers. The boys basketball summer camps will be as follows: – Grades 3-5 will be June 2-5 (12:15-3:00pm) Cost is $60. After May 30 $70 – Grades 6-8 will be June 9-12 […]
Read More →Sophia Sharos is inaugural Metro Independent Athlete of the Week
Collinsville High School girls soccer player Sophia Sharos is the first ever Metro Independent Athlete of the Week. Sharos scored three goals and contributed an assist to lead the Lady Kahoks to a pair of conference victories this week. Two of Sharos goals this week, and four this year, have been game winners. She has […]
Read More →Baseball Kahoks split doubleheader with Pekin Dragons
After a convincing 11-2 game one victory over host Pekin, Collinsville could not hold a sixth inning lead, losing 5-4 in the second game of a doubleheader Saturday. The Kahoks (9-3) drew five walks in the first inning of game one and sent all nine men to the plate as they grabbed a 4-0 lead […]
Read More →Bats wake up; Kahok softball victorious
Before their game Friday, Collinsville softball coach Cindy Kolda suggested her struggling hitters take a simplified approach to their at bats: see the ball, hit the ball, do not over think it. The back to basics approach paid off for the Kahoks, with a 12-2 victory at Breese Central. Eight errors committed by the Cougars […]
Read More →Lady Kahoks soccer trounces Alton, moves to 4-0 in conference
The only thing that could stop the Collinsville High School girls soccer team Thursday night was the weather. The Lady Kahoks 5-1 victory over Alton was delayed 25 minutes because of lightning was in the area. Three players scored their first goal of the year for Collinsville (5-2-1, 4-0 Southwestern Conference), and Sophia Sharos notched […]
Read More →Houck and Caputo come up big; CHS baseball rallies past Redbirds
Tanner Houck overcame a dangerous first inning Thursday, and Alex Caputo singled home the winning runs in the seventh to send Collinsville to a 3-2 come-from-behind victory at Alton. The first three Alton batters singled, two with opposite field line drives and the third via a bunt. Houck almost escaped the inning without allowing a […]
Read More →Bats on ice, Kahok softball loses to Alton
The Collinsville High School softball team averaged 12 runs in its first six games, but has scored only eight in the past three. The Kahoks tallied only a single run in a 6-1 loss to Alton Thursday. Head Coach Cindy Kolda summed it up simply, “our bats are ice cold.” The Kahoks (6-3, 0-2 Southwestern […]
Read More →CHS shot put champion could be an All-American
By Brittany Weaver – Collinsville High School senior Senior Martinus Mitchell shows the potential to be “a conference champion, if not an All-American” during his time at Collinsville High School, shot and discus coach, Chad Burgess said. Mitchell threw the shot put 60 feet 10 inches on March 22 in Charleston, Ill, the farthest throw […]
Read More →Three Kahok hurlers combine on no-hitter
Aaron Peskar, Mitch Reising and Jacob Grzywacz combined to no-hit East St. Louis Tuesday and help Collinsville to a 10-0 victory. The triumvirate also struck out 13 in five innings and did not allow a walk as Collinsville rolled to an 10-0 victory. Peskar and Reising each worked two innings, struck out five and did […]
Read More →Sharos continues to roll, Lady Kahoks soccer top Maroons
Junior midfielder Sophia Sharos punched home a penalty kick just more than 12 minutes into the second half Tuesday, giving Collinsville a 1-0 Southwestern Conference victory over Belleville West. The Lady Kahoks shutout the conference’s top scoring team despite playing without two starters in the back four. Collinsville (4-2-1, 3-0 SWC) has overcome injuries to […]
Read More →Tuesday CHS softball and freshman baseball moved to May 8
The Collinsville High School softball and freshman baseball games scheduled for Tuesday have been moved to May 8. The games, against East St. Louis, will be made up as part of double headers when the schools are scheduled to meet again.
Read More →Monday Kahok baseball cancelled
The varsity and junior varsity Collinsville High School baseball games scheduled for Monday, April 7, have been cancelled due to rain. It has yet to be determined if the games will be made up. Weather permitting, the Kahoks will be in action at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday at Fletcher Field against East St. Louis.
Read More →Lady Kahoks soccer volunteers to help special kids with special needs
On a recent cold and windy Saturday morning, 50 girls from the Collinsville High School girls soccer program made the trek to Fenton, Mo. to volunteer for the Special Needs Soccer Association. When they arrived, they found about 60 special needs kids who were all energy and smiles, eager to play soccer despite the conditions. […]
Read More →Kahok softball wins second straight in extra innings, drops second game
After requiring nine innings to win its game Friday, the Kahok softball team needed eight innings to win the first of two games Saturday. Collinsville (6-2) trialed Rock Falls 2-0 in the fourth before starting pitcher Addison Wickiser helped herself with a two-out RBI double to score Sarah Scrum. Wickiser was then stranded, one of […]
Read More →Duchesne downs Lady Kahoks
Maryland Heights, Mo. – The Collinsville High School girls soccer team was unable to overcome two defensive lapses and lost 2-1 to defending Missouri Class 1A champion Duchesne Saturday in the Parkway College Showcase. “We did it to ourselves tonight,” Kahoks Head Coach Clay Smith said. Duchesne’s first goal came on defensive marking mistakes, Smith […]
Read More →Bost delivers walk-off win for Softball Kahoks in extra innings
Sidney Bost pitched a nine-inning complete game for a win Friday afternoon at the Collinsville Jaycees Sports Complex, and chipped in the game-winning hit for good measure. The Kahoks sophomore outdueled freshman Megan Brown, one of the best pitchers in the area, Collinsville Head Coach Cindy Kolda said. “You’re going to be hearing a lot […]
Read More →Lady Kahoks soccer draws with Missouri power
Maryland Heights, Mo. – Despite what Head Coach Clay Smith called a dominating performance, the Collinsville High School girls soccer team finished with a 0-0 draw against Nixa Friday in the Parkway College Showcase. The Lady Kahoks outshot the Lady Eagles by a 3:1 margin, hitting the post on three occasions. Collinsville had five corner […]
Read More →Baseball Kahoks fall to Mascoutah
The Collinsville High School baseball team could not overcome sloppy play Friday afternoon at Arthur Fletcher Field, falling to Mascoutah 6-1. The tone for the game was set in the top of the first when Kahoks’ starting pitcher Zach Mathes walked Collin Renth, the game’s first batter and hit the third. Clean-up hitter Austin Waugh […]
Read More →Kahoks’ sprinter Sillas signs with McKendree
Collinsville High School sprinter Jessika Sillas recently agreed to continue her career at McKendree University. The future accounting major chose McKendree “because it is close, but far enough away and it is a good school with a nice campus.” Sillas earned honorable mention on the Southwestern Conference All-Conference team her junior year in the 100 […]
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