SIUE basketball announces time changes for Saturday games
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville has announced the adjustment of game times for Saturday’s men’s and women’s basketball games at the Vadalabene Center. The women’s game against Eastern Illinois will tip off at 1 p.m. The men’s game, also against Eastern Illinois, will tip at 5:05 p.m. The games were adjusted to accommodate FOX Sports Midwest, […]
Read More →Adams recognized for 20 years of devotion to the Kahoks
If, in the past 20 years, if you have been to almost all Collinsville High School girls and boys basketball games – varsity and junior varsity – as well as boys and girls soccer, softball, and sprinkled in as many volleyball matches as possible, your name is probably Pat Adams. The 1956 CHS graduate was […]
Read More →Kahoks suffer another difficult defeat
Collinsville – Collinsville entered the fourth quarter Tuesday with a two-point lead against the second place team in the Southwestern Conference, but could not overcome an 8-0 run halfway through the quarter, losing 60-56. Sean Davis’ tip-in basket as the third-quarter buzzer sounded stopped a Belleville East 7-0 run and gave the Kahoks (4-9 SWC, […]
Read More →Freshman leads Lady Kahok Bowlers to 4th place State finish
Freshman Katelynn Wirtel rolled the only perfect game of the 2014 Illinois State Tournament to lead Collinsville to a 4th place finish. Wirtel rolled the perfect 300 gem in the middle game of the first round on Friday. Her 787 pin round was the best round of the tournament by 30 pins. Senior Courtney Otradovec’s […]
Read More →Cougars collect third straight victory
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Southern Illinois University Edwardsville women’s basketball won its third straight game Saturday with a 74-66 triumph over Tennessee State at the Gentry Center. “We played gritty and did enough to win,” said SIUE Head Coach Paula Buscher. The victory kept the Cougars in the hunt for one of the eight spots in […]
Read More →Rickman powers Kahoks past Belleville West
By Phil Knapper – Metro Independent Contributor BELLEVILLE — The healthier Emondre Rickman gets, the better the Collinsville Kahoks will be. That statement was backed up brilliantly by Rickman Friday night at Belleville West, as he scored 19 points and pulled down 9 boards in a 66-59 Kahoks win. “That was his best performance,” Collinsville […]
Read More →CMS boys finish fourth at State Tournament
The Collinsville Middle School boys basketball team lost Thursday in the third place game of the Southern Illinois Junior High School Athletic Association State Tournament. The Trail Blazers lost 51-24 to Marion. Benton, which beat CMS to advance to the championship game, won the state championship by knocking off Centraila 36-35. Team members include 7th graders Bryson […]
Read More →Tigers topple Cougars in Nashville
Nashville – Southern Illinois University Edwardsville dropped a 66-61 decision to Tennessee State Thursday night in Ohio Valley Conference men’s basketball at the Gentry Center. The loss dropped SIUE to 7-7 in the OVC, and prevented the Cougars from officially clinching a bid to the OVC Tournament. SIUE dropped to 11-17 overall. Tennessee State improved to 4-24 […]
Read More →Freshmen Lady Kahoks are conference champions
The freshmen Lady Kahoks basketball team knocked off Belleville East Monday to claim the championship of the Southwestern Conference Tournament. Head Coach Colin Moore said the team was fun to coach. “They truly didn’t care who scored, they just wanted to win,” Moore said. Four players scored more than 100 points on the year for […]
Read More →CMS 8th grade volleyball takes second place at Highland Tournament
The 8th grade Collinsville Middle School volleyball team won 3 of 5 games on the way to a second place finish at the Highland Tournament. The Trail Blazers defeated Highland, Mascoutah and Triad. Eventual champion Breese, which finished the tournament undefeated, knocked off CMS. Carlyle also got the better of CMS. The CMS 8th grade […]
Read More →Championship dream for Collinsville Middle School ends
The championship run for the Collinsville Middle School boys basketball team ended Tuesday with a 41-29 loss to Benton in the Southern Illinois Junior High School Athletic Association final four. The boys were unable to duplicate the state championship won by the CMS girls last season. The Trail Blazers will play Marion at 6 p.m. Thursday […]
Read More →Kahok dancer signs national letter of intent
Collinsville High School senior Lauren Hostetter signed a national letter of intent Tuesday to continue her dance career at McKendree University. Hostetter is a four-year member of the Kahok Dance Team and three-year letter winner. The Kahok Dance Team qualified for the state tournament this year. Michael, Hostetter’s father, said getting the dance scholarship was […]
Read More →Collinsville falls short in upset bid of #5 Edwardsville
After losing by one point to Illinois’ 10th ranked team four days prior, Collinsville gave the fifth ranked team all it could handle Tuesday at Fletcher Gym, before succumbing to Edwardsville 49-39. The Kahoks trailed Edwardsville by four points at halftime and 37-35 entering the fourth quarter, but managed only four points in the final […]
Read More →“It broke the team’s hearts,” Lady Kahoks’ season ends with one-point loss
By Phil Knapper – Metro Independent Contributor Collinsville looked primed to throw a monkey wrench into the Class 4A girls regional at Belleville East Tuesday night when it had top-seed Belleville West on the ropes. But Shallaya Fluker heated up in the fourth quarter, scoring 10 of her game-high 14 points, to allow the Lady […]
Read More →Decker’s double-double leads Cougars past Racers
Allyssa Decker scored a career-high 20 points Monday as Southern Illinois University Edwardsville women’s basketball defeated Murray State 73-61 at the CFSB Center. Decker turned in a strong offensive performance by hitting 8 of 11 shots from the field and connecting on her only 3-point attempt. The junior forward also picked up her second career […]
Read More →Collinsville advances in Regional play
The Collinsville Lady Kahoks outscored O’Fallon 32-16 in the second half of their regional battle Monday to turn a six-point halftime deficit into a 48-38 win. The Lady Kahoks’ faithful who traveled to Belleville East to watch the game probably did not anticipate the ending after their team was outscored 10-0 over the opening 3 […]
Read More →Kahoks wrestlers bow out at Sectional
Collinsville High School senior Dylan Johnson won his first match of the Normal West Sectional this past weekend, but could not get the final win he needed to qualify for the State Tournament. Johnson lost his second match 2-1in overtime to Dontrell Bryant, of Plainfield, in the 160-pound class. Johnson lost on a penalty point […]
Read More →Lady Kahoks bowlers qualify for State
The Collinsville High School girls bowling team took 2nd place at the Alton Sectional Saturday to qualify for the State Tournament. The Lady Kahoks will be looking to better their 8th place finish in the State Tournament last year. The team will travel to Rockford for the two-day tournament, starting Friday, Feb. 21. The competition […]
Read More →2nd place Cougars win at Austin Peay
Seven players scored at least eight points Saturday night, and all nine Southern Illinois University Edwardsville players scored at least a point, as Cougar men’s basketball came away with a convincing 83-68 road win over Austin Peay in Ohio Valley Conference play at the Dunn Center. “Our guys played fantastic basketball on both ends,” SIUE Head Coach […]
Read More →Game stolen, Alton defeats Lady Kahoks by one
Collinsville had the ball and a one-point lead with 25 seconds remaining Saturday, when an Alton player fell down along the baseline. The lead official looked back at the girl on the floor and Lajarvia Brown muscled into the Lady Kahoks’ Aubreeney Brady near midcourt, snatched the ball, and sprinted in for an uncontested layup […]
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