Young Lady Kahoks pass first test, down Freeburg
Entering the season, Lady Kahoks Head Coach Lori Billy thought the sophomores would be the key to her team’s success. She was prophetic, at least for the first game. Collinsville’s sophomore class scored 35 of the team’s 49 points in the Kahoks 49-41 victory over Freeburg in the Nashville Tournament. “Our young kids really stepped […]
Read More →Kahoks win big in basketball opener
Collinsville drained five 3-pointers in the first quarter of their season opener Monday night and cruised to an 82-46 victory over Salem at the Pyramid Plus Tournament in Herrin. The Kahoks came into the season with a big question mark hanging over their inexperienced backcourt, but three of the five double-digit scorers were guards. The […]
Read More →Kahoksports.com announces CHS basketball broadcast schedule
The Collinsville boys and girls basketball teams will have at least 15 games broadcast live this year by Kahoksports.com. The boys’ slate of at least eight broadcasts includes home and away contests with O’Fallon and Edwardsville. The broadcast schedule for the Collinsville Schnucks Tournament will be announced after the tournament schedule is announced. The girls […]
Read More →East St. Louis and Edwardsville fall one game short of finals
The final two Southwestern Conference teams alive in the Illinois High School Association football playoffs lost their respective semi-final games Saturday. Edwardsville’s fairy tale season came to a horror show ending Saturday at Tigers’ Stadium. Defending Class 8A champion Chicago Mt. Carmel (12-1) ran roughshod over the Tigers (12-1), posting a 34-7 victory in a […]
Read More →Four area player named to All-State football teams
Despite having the best record in Class 7A, the Edwardsville Tigers landed only one player on the Illinois Class 7A All-State team. Althoff senior quarterback Eric Mertens was named to the Class 4A team. East St. Louis had a pair of players honored in Class 6A. The Illinois Football Coaches Association All-State teams were named […]
Read More →Starting from scratch, CHS boys basketball season preview
Dealing with roster turnover is an annual issue in high school basketball, but the team Collinsville High School will send on to the floor in 2013-2014 will bear little resemblance to the team that finished 13-18 last season. Gone are the top four scorers and top three rebounders. Junior center Sean Davis averaged less than […]
Read More →CHS boys basketball 2013-2014 roster
Number NAME POS HT YR 2 Jamal Wellmaker G 5′ 9″ JR 10 Nic Gonet G 6′ 0″ JR 21 Jacob Shaffer G 6′ 1″ SR 22 Jake Moore G 5′ 11″ SR 23 Anfirnee Wilkinson G 5′ 10″ JR 24 Ronnie Midgett G 5′ 10″ FR 25 Brett Langley G 5′ 11″ JR 34 […]
Read More →Youth key to Lady Kahoks’ success
The Collinsville High School girls basketball team enters their 2013-2014 campaign with two seniors and many questions about how the team will develop. With four juniors and eight sophomores on the roster, the team is young. “We’re finding ourselves right now, but we’re going to be OK,” Head coach Lori Billy said. Billy is optimistic […]
Read More →CHS girls basketball 2013-2014 roster
Number NAME Position Height Year 10 Andrea Frerker G 5′ 2″ 2017 11 Julie Scheiter G 5′ 11″ 2016 12 Hanna Liljegren G 5′ 3″ 2016 13 Kaitlyn Fischer G 5′ 8″ 2017 14 Ashley Burgess G 5′ 4″ 2016 15 Gabrielle Phinney G 5′ 6″ 2015 20 Paige Giacoletto G 5′ 9″ 2015 21 […]
Read More →CHS softball standout signs with Quincy University
Collinsville’s three-time all-conference and two-time all-area outfielder, Jessica Ledford, signed a national letter of intent Monday to play college softball at Quincy University. The Kahoks’ leadoff hitter, Ledford led the team last season in hits (52), doubles (7), triples (6), total bases (74) and runs scored (44). Her .437 average and .492 on-base percentage were […]
Read More →Updated with game times – Flyers and Tigers squeak into state football semifinals
**Updated at 1:05 p.m. Monday with game day and time information. Updates are in bold within the story*** East St. Louis and Edwardsville finally met some resistance on their runs through the Illinois High School Association state playoffs. After winning their first two playoff contests by a combined score of 101-28, the Edwardsville Tigers (12-0) […]
Read More →Lady Kahoks basketball 2013-2014 schedule and results
Collinsville Lady Kahoks record: 11-15 (5-9 Southwestern Conference) Day Date Opponent Place Time Result Tuesday Nov. 26 Freeburg (Nashville Tourn) Nashville, Ill 6:30 PM W 49-41 Friday Nov. 29 Triad (Nashville Tourn) Nashville, Ill 10:00 AM W 46-34 Friday Nov. 29 Nashville (Nashville Tourn) Nashville, Ill 7:00 PM L 39-37 Saturday Nov. 30 Mascoutah (Nashville Tourn) Nashville, […]
Read More →Kahoks boys basketball 2013-2014 schedule and results
Collinsville High School record: 13-17 (4-10 Southwestern Conference) Day Date Opponent Place Time Result Monday Nov. 25 Salem Pyramid Plus Tournament @ Herrin 5:30 PM W 82-46 Tuesday Nov. 26 Soldan Pyramid Plus Tournament @ Herrin 7:00 PM W 63-45 Wednesday Nov. 27 Herrin Pyramid Plus Tournament @ Herrin 8:30 PM W 63-41 Friday Nov. 29 Mt. Vernon […]
Read More →CHS pitcher signs with Mizzou
Collinsville High School standout starting pitcher Tanner Houck signed a national letter of intent Wednesday to play baseball for the University of Missouri. The signing made official what Houck had verbally committed to last December. Houck had a 2.10 ERA over 50 innings for the Kahoks last season. He pitched in 10 games, eight as […]
Read More →Edwardsville wins state soccer championship
The Southwestern Conference boys soccer champions are now Illinois state champions. Edwardsville knocked of Wheeling 2-1 Saturday to claim the Illinois Boys Soccer Class 3A state championship. The Tigers defeated Alton, Quincy, O’Fallon, Minooka, Sandburg and Naperville Central on their way to the title game in Hoffman Estates. Brent Heinlein and Landon Paul scored the […]
Read More →East St. Louis and Edwardsville easily advance to quarterfinals – Updated
***Updated on Nov. 11 with game dates, times and locations*** The top two football teams in the Southwestern Conference this year continue to look like two of the top teams in the state, turning in dominating second-round playoff performances. Edwardsville moved to 11-0 on the season after thrashing Bradley Bourbonnais (7-4) 42-0 Saturday, at Bradley-Bourbonnais. […]
Read More →CHS all-conference performers announced
Collinsville High School on Wednesday honored its athletes who showed excellence in the classroom and on the field of play. More than 100 student-athletes, about a third of all athletes competing in fall sports at all levels, were honored for having a GPA of 3.75 or better for the current school year. Keenai Sampson […]
Read More →Updated – Edwardsville, East St. Louis roll in playoffs
***Updated at 3:25 p.m. with game day and time information for second round matchups*** East St. Louis and Edwardsville continued playing dominating football, not letting playoff opponents slow them down. Edwardsville (10-0) ran up 59 points on Andrew High School (5-5), of Tinley Park, on their way to a 59-28 victory Friday. The biggest surprise […]
Read More →Post-season awards for Kahoks boys soccer
Kahoks junior midfielder Grant Bauer has been named first team All-Conference, for the Southwestern Conference, by the Illinois High School Soccer Coaches Association. Bauer and senior striker Cody Sanftleben were also named to the Illinois Section 12 All-Section team. Sanftleben and senior defender Brandon Belobraydic were 2nd-team All-Conference selections. Freshman defender Jordan Blasingame was named […]
Read More →Tough defeat ends Kahoks volleyball season
The Collinsville High School girls volleyball team lost a pair of two-point games Tuesday in the Illinois High School Association Collinsville Regional, ending its season. The fourth seed Kahoks lost to top seed Belleville West 31-29 and 25-23. The Maroons will play second seed O’Fallon for the championship at 6 p.m. Thursday in Fletcher Gym. O’Fallon […]
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