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Postseason softball catching on 

Two local high school softball squads recently celebrated conference titles as regional play gets underway.  Columbia (22-5) won 8-0 at Salem on Thursday to avenge a May 6 loss and…

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Mon-Clair season underway

The Mon-Clair League opened its 2025 baseball season with all six teams in action on Sunday. Last year’s playoff champion Millstadt Green Machine opened with a doubleheader sweep of the…

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Locals named scholar athletes

In its 59th year, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch Scholar Athlete program recently honored one student from every area high school, a requirement being that they participate in athletics and excel…

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Junior high track state champions

The Waterloo Junior High School girls track team repeated as state champions, while a few other locals also enjoyed success at the Southern Illinois Junior High School Athletic Association meets…

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Baseball teams enter home stretch

If they aren’t already, local high school baseball squads will be getting quite acquainted with each other in the upcoming days.  In addition to the annual Monroe County Baseball Tournament…

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Postseason has arrived in girls soccer

All three local high school girls soccer squads have enjoyed varying degrees of success this spring, but the time to truly shine is now. Columbia, Gibault and Waterloo will enter…

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Softballers sliding into regionals

The postseason path is known for all local high school softball squads, and all hope to be playing into June. Columbia (20-5) finally had its long winning streak ended but remains…

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Gibault girls soccer celebrates 30 years

To celebrate 30 years of girls soccer at Gibault Catholic High School, an alumni game took place following the current varsity team’s match against Father McGivney last Wednesday.  Those who…

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Junior high golfers shine at state

Despite constant rain and flooded fairways, the Red Bud Elementary School boys golf squad won the Southern Illinois Junior High School Athletic Association state title Monday at Kokopelli Golf Course…

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Khoury is IWU home run queen

Former Columbia High School softball standout Ava Khoury has etched her name into the record books at Illinois Wesleyan University.  On Saturday, Khoury blasted her eighth home run of the…

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