Girard
SPORTS
Football Recap: Litchfield/Mt. Olive Starts Season with Loss on the Road
Litchfield/Mt. Olive kicked off their season on the road on Friday and hit a couple of potholes. They came up short against the Carlinville Cavaliers, falling 37-12. Litchfield/Mt. Olive hasn't had much luck with Carlinville recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met. Carlinville got...
Thursday Sports Roundup: MELHS Opens With Football Triumph, Expect Strong Season, CM, Carlinville Volleyball Girls Notch Win
Metro-East Lutheran opened its highly-anticipated season with a 28-6 win over Decatur Christian-Mt. Pulaski in Decatur of Thursday. Details about the game weren't available. The Knights start out 1-0, while the Lions are 0-1. In another game involving an area team, DeSoto defeated Freeburg 21-13. The Dragons start the season 1-0, while the Midgets are 0-1.
Greenfield-Northwestern Sweeps Group B, Host Shells Do Same In Group C To Advance To First Place Semifinals Of Roxana Volleyball Invitational
ROXANA – Greenfield Northwestern won all three of their matches to win Group B and move on to the first place semifinals, while the host Roxana team did the same in Group C, setting up the brackets for the final day at the 15th annual Roxana girls volleyball Invitational tournament Tuesday evening at Larry Milazzo Memorial Gym, the school’s auxiliary gym, and the Roxana Junior High Gym.The sweeps by the Tigers and the Shells set up the bracket for first through fourth place, which will be played on Saturday morning and afternoon, along with the brackets for fifth, ninth, and 13th places. The tournament MVP and all-tournament team will be announced at the end of the championship match on Saturday.
Williamsville Opens Season with Victory Over Auburn
Williamsville hosted Auburn in week one Sangamo action at Paul Jenkins Field on Friday night. After a lightning delay just 4 minutes into the game they picked back up about 9pm as the Bullets went on to win 56-27. Williamsville travels to PORTA next week while Auburn hosts New Berlin.
Delay and conquer: Cates, Williamsville erupt vs. Auburn after long weather stoppage
WILLIAMSVILLE — With only two offensive plays to look at, Aaron Kunz’s coaching staff studied what it could do better on the defensive end. They had plenty of time: a lightning delay lasted more than 90 minutes, giving both sides plenty of time to think about the opening four-plus minutes. When the...
It’s essential to note our commitment to transparency:
Our Terms of Use acknowledge that our services may not always be error-free, and our Community Standards emphasize our discretion in enforcing policies. As a platform hosting over 100,000 pieces of content published daily, we cannot pre-vet content, but we strive to foster a dynamic environment for free expression and robust discourse through safety guardrails of human and AI moderation.