MEHLVILLE — A week after facing one of the area’s top passing attacks in Vianney, the Webster Groves defense was looking forward to the challenge of facing Chaminade’s standout running back, Rob Standard, Friday night.

AFFTON — The Affton football team is going back to the Class 4 playoffs, thanks to a stingy and opportunistic Cougars defense that withstood rain, mud and visiting St. Mary’s on Thursday night.

Alyssa Edwards started her postseason run in fine form.
The Waterloo senior took second place overall with a time of 20.38 at the IHSA Class 2A Triad Regional Saturday.

There is no tricky mathematical formula to determine which of the four football teams in Class 6, District 4 will advance to the playoffs next week.

The Illinois Class 2A sectional semifinal boys soccer match at the Snyder Sports Complex in Jerseyville between Highland (18-3-0) and Triad (12-9-2) was postponed Tuesday night because of poor field conditions.

In the world of St. Dominic soccer, success is typically measured by how many games the Crusaders play into the postseason playoff bracket.

Momentum is unexplainable. No one knows when it will show up. No one knows how long it will last. What we do know is there are a few things you can do to coax momentum out of its shell.

In year’s past, Francis Howell’s football game at DeSmet on Friday would have taken center stage as a winner-take-all district championship.

The road to a second consecutive Class 4 state championship will not be easy for the St. Joseph’s volleyball team.

Hazelwood Central 27, Riverview 19 — Down 19-14 with less than a minute to play, the defending Class 6 champs found a way as quarterback Kerry Gibson hooked up with Rodney Smith for a 15-yard touchdown with 39 seconds left and then scored on a QB keeper from 4 yards out with 4 seconds remaining.