Basketball
Boys hoopsters done for season
The high school hoops season is over for all of the local teams after Waterloo, Gibault and Dupo dropped recent regional contests. Waterloo (12-20) opened Class 3A Marion Regional play…
Read MoreHoops teams take their lumps
It’s been a rough past several days for local high school boys basketball teams, and it comes at the worst time imaginable. Columbia came soaring into the final week of…
Read MoreLocals hoopin’ it up in college
They would make a good college starting squad collectively, but five former high school basketball standouts from this area have been hooping it up on different courts throughout Illinois this…
Read MoreEagles rising ahead of regional
The Columbia High School boys basketball team seems to be peaking at the right time with the postseason set to begin next week. Following an overtime victory at rival Waterloo…
Read MoreIt all comes down to this
All the hours of sweat poured into practice and the regular grind of the winter schedule come down to this moment in time. Regional play is underway for high school…
Read MoreEagles edge Bulldogs in OT
In a hotly contested game between Monroe County rivals, Columbia overcame a seven-point deficit in the fourth quarter to win 56-54 in overtime at Waterloo on Tuesday night. Waterloo was…
Read More‘Dogs and Pirates win; Hawks end long losing skid
In a busy weekend of high school hoops, Waterloo and Valmeyer posted home victories and Gibault finally ended its long losing streak. Waterloo (10-14) defeated Civic Memorial in a Mississippi…
Read MoreBulldogs battle back to edge Hawks
In a cross-town rivalry girls basketball showdown, Waterloo came back from an early deficit to down Gibault at home Thursday night, 46-43. The Bulldogs (11-11) trailed 9-0 to start the…
Read MoreGirls hoopsters back to winning ways
A couple of local teams snapped losing streaks last week as the girls basketball regular season enters the home stretch. Columbia (10-13) has won two straight following a seven-game skid.…
Read More‘Dogs fall, Eagles fly in final day of Sparta tourney
The Sparta Mid-Winter Classic came to a close Saturday with both the Waterloo and Columbia boys basketball teams in action. Waterloo (9-14) traded baskets with the tourney host school in…
Read MoreBulldogs snap long losing streak to Columbia
The Waterloo High School boys basketball team won its first game against Monroe County rival Columbia in six years at the Sparta Mid-Winter Classic on Wednesday night, 57-45. Ty Lenhardt…
Read MoreEagles back in the win column
In local high school girls basketball action, Columbia snapped it losing streak while both Gibault and Waterloo had an up-and-down week and Dupo continues to win. Columbia (9-13) ended its…
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