IHSA sets sports schedule
The IHSA Board of Directors met for a special board meeting Wednesday, during which it decided on an updated sports schedule and other guidance...
Finally some good news for high school sports in Illinois
With the metro east moving to Tier 2 COVID mitigations in the state’s Restore Illinois Plan on Friday, it joined other regions in finally...
No holiday hoops, just memories
For the first time since 1957, local hoops fans did not have a Freeburg-Columbia Holiday Tournament to attend.
This sparked thoughts of holiday tournaments past,...
IHSA talks contact days, fan guidelines
The IHSA Board of Directors met Dec. 14 and while the resumption of high school sports remains in the air, an update on contact...
IHSA sports plan approved
The Illinois High School Association said the Illinois Department of Public Health on Friday officially approved the IHSA’s modified sports schedule that the IHSA...
IHSA going with modified sports schedule based on state guidance
Guidance for the future of high school and youth sports came Wednesday from Gov. JB Pritzker and the Illinois High School Association as state...
Spinner is new WHS hoops coach
Waterloo High School is turning to someone with a history of college success to transform its boys basketball program.
The Waterloo School Board unanimously approved...
Cahokia Conference seeks to expand
The Cahokia Conference has asked five schools to join for high school athletics, with Roxana and Okawville already accepting the invitation.
The other three schools...
Henson goes down memory lane
A conversation with Larry Henson brings you back to the glory days of basketball at Waterloo High School.
“Back then, basketball games were a social...
Walter out as WHS hoops coach
Dane Walter is out after five seasons as Waterloo High School boys head basketball coach.
Walter posted the news on Twitter late Wednesday morning.
"I...
A Basketball Life: Bill ‘Rocky’ Huff-Moore
The basketball journey of Bill “Rocky” Huff-Moore was fueled by passion and opportunity.
“My basketball life has been very good to me,” Huff-Moore said.
A disciple...
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...