Community unites, sends Mitchell to junior national championships
It took less than one week for the towns that comprise the Collinsville Unit 10 school district to rally behind one of their own and send him to the 2014 USA Track and Field Junior Outdoor Championships. 2014 Collinsville High School graduate Martinus Mitchell will be at the championships in Eugene, Ore. July 5-6, thanks […]
Read More →Keeping up with the Kahoks: Michelle Bartsch, professional volleyball, Germany
With a population over 25,000, it stands to reason that some former Collinsville residents will find their way to various corners of the world. Michelle Bartsch has taken an unlikely path, though. A multi-sport star at Collinsville High School, she graduated in 2008 and went from being a Kahok to playing professional volleyball in Germany. […]
Read More →Drive is on to get CHS state champion to US Nationals
Collinsville High School track coach Chad Burgess wants to make sure that, when the 2014 USA Track and Field Junior Outdoor Championships take place July 5-6, his star pupil is there to compete. Martinus Mitchell won the Illinois state shot put championship on May 31 and has qualified for the USTA junior championships in Eugene, […]
Read More →Metro Independent Athlete of the Week: Tanner Houck, Toronto Blue Jays draftee
By John Layton and Roger Starkey What a way to celebrate a graduation party. Tanner Houck, the 17-year-old ace of the Collinsville High School pitching staff was celebrating his high school graduation party when he was drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays Saturday. Getting drafted fulfilled a dream he’s had since before he was even […]
Read More →Houck to get another crack at Busch Stadium mound
Collinsville ace and University of Missouri recruit Tanner Houck will get at least one more opportunity to pitch from the mound he hopes to one day visit regularly as a Major League player. He and 52 other high school all-stars will take part in the fifth annual PNC Bank High School Baseball Showcase, to be held […]
Read More →Kahoks’ season ends with 2-1 Regional loss to Belleville East in 11 innings
Sometimes, one can be a big number. It is the number of runs the Collinsville High School baseball team lost by in its first-round Regional game against Belleville East Thursday evening. It is the number of runs the Kahoks scored in the 11-inning 2-1 loss. It is the number of runs they led by from […]
Read More →Baseball Preview: Kahoks v. Lancers; winner to face West, which shocked O’Fallon
The Collinsville High School baseball team will play Belleville East in the first game of the 2014 Regional Thursday, May 29, at 4 p.m. at Belleville East High School. The Kahoks, who finished the regular season 19-15 overall and 8-6 in the Southwestern Conference, split two games with the Lancers this year. Each team on its own field. Collinsville won […]
Read More →Belleville East ends softball Kahoks’ season
In the bottom of the fifth inning Tuesday, a Belleville East player hit a blooper to left field. Caity Brombolich raced in and dove forward for the ball, but it was just out of her reach. The ball bounced behind her and the Kahoks’ season was over. Belleville East (27-6), the top seed in the […]
Read More →Kahoks girls soccer season ends in Sectional loss to Edwardsville
On Tuesday evening, the Collinsville High School girls soccer team had a chance to beat Edwardsville in the postseason for the third consecutive year, and hand the Tigers just their second loss this season. Unfortunately for the Kahoks, Edwardsville (22-1) came away with the 4-0 victory in the first round of the Sectionals. Collinsville Head […]
Read More →Preview: Lady Kahoks meet Edwardsville in Sectional semifinal tonight
The Edwardsville girls soccer team has lost only one game this season, March 27 at Kahok Stadium to Collinsville. When the two teams meet again tonight, the Lady Kahoks (14-5-2) will put more stock in advancing to the Sectional Championship game than being the team to defeat the Lady Tigers (21-1) this season. Collinsville went 6-0 […]
Read More →Girls soccer Sectional time and location changed
The first round Sectional matchup between Collinsville and Edwardsville has been moved to Granite City High School. The game will be played at 6 p.m. Tuesday. The game was most recently scheduled to be played at 4:30 p.m. at Gordon Moore Park in Alton. The winner of the Tuesday match will play the Sectional championship at […]
Read More →Holten’s hat trick headlines Lady Kahoks’ Regional championship
For the third consecutive year, and fourth year out of five, the Collinsville High School girls soccer team is Regional champions. Freshman Emily Holten scored early and often for the Kahoks (14-5-2), netting the first hat trick of her high school career in the 5-0 victory over Belleville West. Kahoks Head Coach Clay Smith said […]
Read More →Kahoks baseball loses regular season finale
The Kahoks started their regular season finale with a bang, but fell 10-4 to Jersey Community High School. In the top of the first inning, Zach Mathes hit a two-run home run, scoring Grant Bauer, who had singled. Jerseyville scored a run in the bottom of the inning to make the score 2-1 CHS (19-15) […]
Read More →Softball Kahoks close regular season with split against Highland
On the final day of the regular season, the Collinsville softball team split a non-conference doubleheader Friday afternoon with Highland. In the first game, the Kahoks (17-18 overall) lost 13-0 in five innings, but they rebounded to defeat Highland 4-1 in the second game. The trouble started early for the Kahoks in the first game. […]
Read More →Houck tosses no hitter, collects three hits in Kahoks victory
Collinsville’s senior ace Tanner Houck threw a no-hitter against Carbondale Thursday afternoon, and the Kahoks beat the Terriers 3-2. Houck was 3-for-3 at the plate, drove in two runs and scored the game-winning run. He threw a complete game, struck out seven, walked two and hit two others. The senior right hander is now 6-3 on […]
Read More →Bost one-hits Granite City, softball Kahoks win big
Sidney Bost’s one-hit pitching performance Thursday propelled the host Collinsville High School softball team past Southwestern Conference foe Granite City 11-1. Bost also chipped in from the plate, with two hits, a sacrifice, two RBI and a run scored. Bost scored in the second as part of a two-run inning that helped the Kahoks (16-16, […]
Read More →Lady Kahoks to meet Belleville West in Regional Final Friday
The Collinsville High School girls soccer team will play Belleville West in the Regional final Friday at 6 p.m. at Belleville West High School. Belleville West was 10-7 overall and 2-4 in the SWC in the regular season. Collinsville won the regular season game between the two schools 1-0 April 8 at Kahok Stadium. The Lady Kahoks beat Belleville East in their […]
Read More →Softball Kahoks beat the rain, but not Alton Marquette
With a bit of rain and thunder threatening, the Collinsville High School softball team took to the field to play Alton Marquette Wednesday afternoon. The teams completed two innings before the skies finally opened up and forced an hour-long rain delay. After the teams retook the field, the Explorers (9-23 overall) defeated the Lady Kahoks […]
Read More →Baseball Kahoks drop second straight conference game, lose 5-2 to Edwardsville
The Collinsville High School baseball team (18-14 overall, 8-6 Southwestern Conference) fell 5-2 to Edwardsville Tuesday afternoon. The Tigers (27-6 overall, 11-3 SWC) started the scoring early as the second batter, Austin Werner, hit a double that drove in Collin Clayton from first base. Brock Weimer flew out to right for the first out of […]
Read More →Softball Kahoks no match for Edwardsville
Collinsville scored the first two runs against Edwardsville Tuesday afternoon. Unfortunately for the Kahok softball team, Edwardsville scored the next 20 runs to finish a 20-2 victory in five innings. Samantha Buettner’s fourth home run of the season scored Alex Holten to give Collinsville (15-16, 3-10 SWC) a 2-0 lead. The Tigers (27-3, 11-2 SWC) […]
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