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Another suffocating performance on defense Friday catapulted the O'Fallon Panthers into the quarterfinals of the Class 7A playoffs.
The Cahokia Comanches know all about Joliet Catholic's 13 state football championships.
For even the most avid supporter of girls high school cross country, the names Olivia VonBokel or Kristen Thouvenot aren't ones that come to mind when mentioning the metro-east's top runners.
The following is a list of sports events, youth league registrations and other news for metro-east residents wanting to participate in organized activities. Organizations or individuals with information for this list should mail the item to: News-Democrat, P.O. Box 427, 120 S. Illinois St., Belleville, IL 62222. Items also can be e-mailed to Norm Sanders at nsanders@bnd.com.
St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Matt Holliday and Los Angeles Angels pitcher John Lackey were among 79 players who filed for free agency Thursday, the first possible day.
Tickets to the 14th annual St. Louis Cardinals Winter Warm-Up will go on sale Nov. 27.
Whether it was breaking tackles or dragging defenders down the field, running back Steven Jackson was going to do whatever it took to get the St. Louis Rams their first win in more than a year.
Heading into their bye week riding the emotion of their first win of the season, St. Louis Rams coach Steve Spagnuolo reminded his team that they're still 1-7 and have a lot of room for improvement.
St. Louis Blues fans love to shine their criticism spotlight on the defense whenever the team loses.
The only better script for Lars Eller's NHL debut Thursday would have included a St. Louis Blues victory.
The 2008-09 season was one Southwestern Illinois College women's basketball coach Mike Juenger would like to forget.
After helping lead St. Louis University to a pair of Atlantic 10 Conference sweeps last week, senior Sammi McCloud, a Columbia High graduate, picked up the program-best seventh A-10 Offensive Player of the Week accolade of her career this week.
DENVER - There's something about playing the Avalanche that makes the Blackhawks go the distance.
Still searching for any solution to jump-start the Chicago Blackhawks' anemic power play, coach Joel Quenneville came up with a concept.