Basketball
Bulldogs showing some fight
With a second place showing at last week’s Chester Invitational Tournament, Waterloo has built some positive momentum entering the Sparta Mid-Winter Classic, which tipped off Tuesday night. The Bulldogs (7-13)…
Read MoreGirls basketball teams seek consistency
With the regular season winding into the home stretch, local high school girls basketball teams are trying to build positive momentum for the playoffs. Gibault (13-8) is the only local…
Read MoreMixed results for local hoopsters
It was a busy weekend for local hoops teams, with most adding losses to their records. Waterloo trailed by 11 points at halftime to Highland before surging back and capturing…
Read MoreWHS girls hoops tops Columbia
The Waterloo High School girls basketball team avenged a November loss by downing rival Columbia at home Monday night, 60-48. The Bulldogs outscored the Eagles 22-12 in the second quarter…
Read MoreEagles dethrone Marquette to win holiday tourney
Alton Marquette was going for its fourth straight Columbia-Freeburg Holiday Tournament championship Saturday night, but the host Eagles had something else in mind. Columbia fought tooth and nail with the…
Read MoreBoys hoopsters ready for tourney
Monroe County high school boys basketball teams will be competing in the annual Columbia-Freeburg Christmas Tournament that begins Thursday at Columbia High School. Columbia, Waterloo, Gibault and Valmeyer will join…
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Waterloo wins at Gibault, 54-48
In a tightly contested basketball battle of cross-town rivals, Waterloo won 54-48 at Gibault on Saturday night. The Bulldogs looked to be well in control early, going up 21-11 after…
Read MoreBulldogs drop Candy Cane Classic final
The Waterloo High School girls basketball squad competed well against a good Wood River team before falling late in the title game of the Candy Cane Classic at Gibault on…
Read MoreGirls hoops tourney underway
Mother Nature threw a giant snowball on the Candy Cane Classic schedule at Gibault Catholic High School, but the tournament will go on with revisions. Games slated for Monday will…
Read MoreHoopsters hitting the courts
High school boys basketball teams are hoping to find their identity in advance of the Columbia-Freeburg Holiday Tournament, which begins next week. Valmeyer seems to be on the right track,…
Read MoreCandy Cane Classic starts Monday
The annual Candy Cane Classic at Gibault Catholic High School will feature all four Monroe County high school girls basketball teams in what appears to be a wide-open field of…
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