Baseball & Softball
‘Dogs win county baseball tourney; Vogel earns 400th win
Gibault and Columbia were just trying to get their pitching set for regionals. Waterloo and Valmeyer were hoping to play good, solid baseball to close the regular season. Saturday’s Monroe…
Read MoreMon-Clair League season kicks off May 18
Mon-Clair League baseball action kicks off this Sunday with doubleheaders being played throughout the area. The Waterloo Millers won their 24th playoff championship with a victory over the St. Louis…
Read MoreEagles continue to win with balanced attack
The Columbia High School baseball team seems to be clicking on all cylinders of late, using timely hitting and solid pitching to win eight straight games and 12 of their…
Read MoreCounty softball teams set to battle Thursday
Heading into Thursday’s Monroe County Softball Tournament in Waterloo, three of the four high school teams have records above .500. Columbia continues its impressive spring, shutting out recent opponents Wesclin…
Read More1971 Valmeyer baseball | R-T Team of the Week
The Republic-Times Team of the Week is the 1971 Valmeyer High School baseball team, which was honored last Friday. The team was presented with a banner that will hang in…
Read MoreSoftball teams showing what they’re made of
Many local high school softball teams won more than they lost last week, as the regular season is now in full swing. Columbia The Eagles swept their slate of games…
Read MoreArea baseball action heating up this spring
The diamonds are finally becoming consistently dry enough for local teams to get into a rhythm this spring following recent rains as the high school baseball regular season kicks into…
Read MoreEagles fly past Hawks at GCS, 4-0
It was a battle of southpaws, with Columbia emerging victorious over Gibault in a cold, windy baseball contest Friday night at GCS Ballpark in Sauget. Eagles starting pitcher Josh Fleming…
Read MorePirates sailing toward great things in 2014
The Valmeyer High School baseball team is counting on strong starting pitching and overall varsity experience to hopefully guide them to a winning 2014 campaign. Last year’s ballclub finished 10-17-1…
Read MoreSoftball returns to Valmeyer after one-year hiatus
The Valmeyer Pirates did not even field a varsity softball team last season due to a lack of players, but that is not the case in 2014, as they will…
Read MoreFisher inducted into Mon-Clair Hall of Fame
The Mon-Clair League Awards were held Saturday at the Millstadt VFW, with longtime Mon-Clair third vice president and scheduler Rich Fisher of Waterloo among the 2013 Hall of Fame inductees.…
Read MoreValmeyer Junior High baseball team wins SIJHSAA title
The Valmeyer Junior High School baseball team capped off a remarkable season Friday, defeating Altamont Lutheran in the championship game of the SIJHSAA Class S state tournament played in Coulterville.…
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