Baseball Kahoks feast on East St. Louis pitching
Hungry to generate offense, Collinsville found a perfect partner in the East St. Louis pitching staff Thursday afternoon in East St. Louis. After averaging 2.33 runs over their previous 12 games, the Kahoks (15-10, 7-4 Southwestern Conference) put 20 on the board against the Flyers (2-11, 0-11 SWC), including eight in the first inning. Collinsville […]
Read More →Softball Kahoks score 47 in doubleheader, Smith ties career home run record
The Collinsville softball team took advantage of an overmatched East St. Louis squad to record 28-1 and 19-7 victories Thursday evening at the Collinsville Jaycees Sports Complex. East St. Louis was at such an obvious disadvantage throughout day that Collinsville took 14 intentional outs by leaving a base before the pitcher released the ball on […]
Read More →Mathes gets game winner, again, for Kahoks, Houck cruises, again
Zack Mathes drove in the deciding run for the second straight day as the Kahoks defeated Piasa Southwestern 3-0 Wednesday in non-conference play. Mathes’ sixth-inning, two-out single to score Aaron Peskar was all the run support Collinsville ace Tanner Houck needed. In front of five professional scouts, Houck threw a complete game one-hitter, striking out […]
Read More →Baseball Kahoks get another final inning victory over Alton
Collinsville has faced Alton ace Bryan Hudson twice this season. They have scored zero earned runs against the lanky lefty in 14 innings, struck out 19 times and have beaten him twice. A two-out, seventh inning rally Tuesday afternoon gave the Kahoks (13-10, 6-4 Southwestern Conference) a 2-1 victory over Alton (16-12, 3-7 SWC). It […]
Read More →Holten’s late goal secures tie for Collinsville girls soccer
Emily Holten’s goal 6 minutes and 50 seconds from time Tuesday spared the Lady Kahoks soccer team its fourth defeat in seven starts and salvaged a 1-1 tie with Triad. The teams played to a scoreless draw for the first 62:30 Tuesday afternoon in Troy until Collinsville (9-5-2) failed to clear the ball deep in […]
Read More →Softball Kahoks cannot solve Redbirds
The Collinsville softball team fell to Alton for the second time this season, scoring only a single run in each game. After suffering a 6-1 defeat on April 10, the Kahoks lost 7-1 Tuesday afternoon at Alton in a Southwestern Conference matchup. Alton (18-8, 6-4 SWC) jumped out to a 2-0 lead after one inning […]
Read More →Kahoks Alex Lamoreaux agrees to play soccer for Fontbonne
Alex Lamoreaux, the third-leading goal scorer for the 2013 Kahoks soccer team, has agreed to continue his career at Fontbonne University. The two-year letter winner scored six goals and finished with 14 points for Collinsville, both marks good for third-best on the team. Lamoreaux was voted the soccer team’s Student Athlete of the year in […]
Read More →Courtney Otradovec signs to bowl for Iowa Central
Collinsville High School bowling standout Courtney Otradovec recently agreed to continue her bowling career at Iowa Central Community College. Otradovec was an All-Area and first-team All-Conference selection in 2014. She was second-team All-Conference her sophomore and junior seasons. The 2014 Regional champion bowled the second-highest series in Kahok history when she rolled a 756 in […]
Read More →Home run king Kassidy Smith is Metro Independent Athlete of the Week
With one mighty swing of Kassidy Smith’s bat Saturday, she wrote her name in the Collinsville High School record books. The sophomore belted her ninth home run of 2013, besting the single-season mark of eight set in 2011 by both Rachel Scrum and Hailey Jones. For good measure, Smith went deep again Saturday, to extend […]
Read More →Lady Kahoks soccer gets first win at tournament, split two on the day
The fifth attempt was the charm for the Lady Kahoks at the Adidas Tournament of Champions in Burlington, Iowa. After losing all three games last year, and their first match this year, the Lady Kahoks topped Ankeny 2-0 Saturday. West Des Moines Valley beat Collinsville (9-5-1) later Saturday to send the Lady Kahoks home with […]
Read More →Softball Kahoks score 26 runs in two games, Kassidy Smith sets home run mark
Sophomore Kassidy Smith hit a pair of home runs Saturday to give her the Collinsville single-season record and help propel the team to 26 runs in a split of two games at the Lincoln Tournament, in Lincoln, Ill. Smith’s first home run Saturday was her ninth, good for a new school record. Rachel Scrum and […]
Read More →Baseball Kahoks lose a pair at home to Highland
The Collinsville High School baseball team’s struggles against non-conference opponents continued Saturday when they lost both ends of a double header to Highland at Arthur Fletcher Field. The Kahoks raced out of the gate to a 6-0 record in 2014, all against non-conference opponents. However, since the Southwestern Conference season began, Collinsville has limped to […]
Read More →Softball Kahoks rediscover offense, split two games at tournament
The sometimes potent, sometimes struggling softball Kahoks’ offense found it’s groove Saturday in time to earn a split of two games played in the Lincoln Tournament. Collinsville (11-11) hit the ball hard in their 7-3 to Canton to start the day, Head Coach Cindy Kolda said. “The first game we didn’t string the hits together,” […]
Read More →Lady Kahoks soccer falls in closing minutes in Iowa
Collinsville Head Coach Clay Smith was already planning his penalty kick line-up when, with about five minutes remaining in the game Friday, his team failed to clear a ball and allowed a game-wining goal. Middleton (Wisc.) beat the Lady Kahoks 2-1 in a match played at the Adidas Tournament of Champions in Burlington, Iowa. Collinsville […]
Read More →Four-run fifth dooms baseball Kahoks
Collinsville High School pitcher Kyle Reeves was having another fine outing Thursday, until consecutive fifth inning errors were committed behind him. The errors opened the floodgate to a four-run inning that led to O’Fallon’s 5-0 Southwestern Conference victory. The Panthers (8-1, 20-2 SWC conference) reached base in the fifth on a one-out walk. After runners […]
Read More →Softball Kahoks lose to O’Fallon, drop to .500 on the season
The recent struggles for the Collinsville softball team continued Thursday with a 7-0 Southwestern Conference defeat at O’Fallon. For a second consecutive game, the Kahoks, who have lost seven of their past eight games, failed to score. They have scored only two runs in their last three games. Despite the lack of run production, and […]
Read More →Houck dominates, Kahoks shut out West in consecutive games
Tanner Houck faced one batter over the minimum Tuesday afternoon, firing only 78 pitches in a complete game, 7-0 shutout of Belleville West in Southwestern Conference play at Fletcher Field. Houck struck out nine Maroons, walked one and surrendered only one hit. He was backed by errorless defense and a diving catch by Aaron Peskar […]
Read More →Kahoks softball shutout by West
The Collinsville softball team lost Tuesday for the sixth time in their last seven games, dropping a 4-0 decision at Belleville West in Southwestern Conference Play. Sidney Bost got the ball for the Kahoks (10-9, 1-6 SWC) and pitched a six-inning complete game, allowing only one earned run on four hits, two walks and three […]
Read More →Lady Kahoks’ Monday soccer game cancelled/postponed
The Lady Kahoks soccer game, scheduled for Monday, April 28, has been postponed, with the possibility it will not be made up. The game against Althoff was a makeup of a previously postponed game. Lady Kahoks Head Soccer Coach and Assistant Athletic Director, Clay Smith, expects to announce Tuesday if the game will be cancelled […]
Read More →Lady Kahoks basketball camp dates announced
The summer 2014 Lady Kahoks basketball camp will be held June 9-12. Campers who recently completed 3rd and 4th grade will be part of session one, from 9-11:30 a.m. each day. Girls who just completed grades 5-7 will take part in session two, from 11:30 a.m. – 2 p.m at Collinsville High School. The daily […]
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