Basketball
Holmes earns state hoops kudos
A third Holmes brother is carrying on the family’s rich basketball tradition at Columbia High School. Following his amazing junior season for the Eagles, Jackson Holmes was named to an…
Read MoreR-T All-Local Girls Hoops Team
With the high school girls basketball season recently coming to a close, now is a good time to recognize the solid contributions of many local girls hoopsters who starred for…
Read MoreR-T All-Local Boys Hoops Team
The Republic-Times coverage area featured plenty of solid high school boys basketball talent on local courts this winter, with several of the top players being underclassmen. Here’s this year’s Republic-Times…
Read MoreHubbard places third at state three-point contest
Waterloo High School senior girls hoops standout Aubrey Hubbard advanced to the finals of the IHSA Class 3A Three-Point Showdown at Illinois State University on Thursday night. Hubbard, who shot…
Read MoreBoys 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…
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