Basketball
Girls hoops tourneys wrap up this weekend
The Columbia Eagles fell to the Greenville Comets in the championship game of the Columbia Tip-Off Classic girls basketball tournament on Friday night, 54-22. The Eagles got on the scoreboard…
Read MoreRepublic-Times All-Local Basketball team
The Republic-Times is proud to announce the premiere of the Republic-Times All-Local team. The team is chosen through voting by the local coaches of that sport as well as the…
Read MoreBoys basketball postseason assignments released
Boys high school basketball postseason action tips off in Illinois next week, with many of the local teams playing right here in the area. Both Waterloo and Valmeyer host the…
Read MoreVJHS boys athletics: instilling the ‘new’ winning tradition
It has been a while since Valmeyer athletics has seen a year in sports like this. In the fall, the junior high baseball team won its regional and advanced to…
Read MoreGirls postseason action tips off
Girls high school basketball postseason action tips off in Illinois next week, with many of the local teams playing right here in the area. Both Columbia and Valmeyer host the…
Read MoreValmeyer Jr. High boys basketball | Team of the Week
The Valmeyer junior high boys basketball team is this week’s Republic-Times Team of the Week. The Pirates are state bound after winning their regional basketball championship last Thursday night, defeating…
Read MoreVJHS hoops to play at state
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Read MoreRed Bud Musketeers defeat Valmeyer Pirates 72-57
Two area basketball teams that have suffered through losing seasons this year went at each other Saturday night in Red Bud, with the Red Bud round-ballers (2-16) triumphing over their…
Read MoreFreeburg Holiday Tournament Brackets
The Freeburg/Columbia Holiday boys basketball tournament is broken up into three pools. The winners and losers of each pool are then broken up into three brackets after the second day…
Read MoreFreeburg Holiday Tournament Schedule
The annual Freeburg/Columbia Holiday boys basketball tournament will be held in Freeburg this year, with the tournament kicking-off on Dec. 26. Click the link below to view and print the…
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