High school sports

A hamstring injury forced Belleville East senior Forrest Knight to sit out the final regular season track and field meet of the spring season.

Cahokia High senior Terron Armstead knew what he had to do.

Only a few weeks removed from her high school graduation, Elaine Patten, of O'Fallon, has already proven she is ready for the next stage of her athletic career.

Senior sweeper Kelli Segobiano was the rock on a defensive line that carried Belleville West to its best season in history.

The honors continue to pile up for Megan Pawloski, but don't expect the senior-to-be at Althoff to change her stripes.

Coach Jim Corsi has led Gibault High to three state championships in boys soccer, but they pale in comparison to his most recent accomplishment.

She'll be living out of a suitcase for the next month, calling California home for two weeks, then relocating to Thailand for two more weeks.

The only thing O'Fallon's boys volleyball team knows for sure about tonight's opponent in the finals of the Bolingbrook Sectional is the Panthers are definite underdogs.

However far the O'Fallon Panthers venture in the prep boys volleyball playoffs, they can thank Granite City for giving them the kick in the pants they needed.

The top young tennis players in the St. Louis-area and Southern Illinois will converge on Belleville from July 17-19 for the 10th annual Belleville East Lancer Open.

2009 Belleville News-Democrat All-Area Boys Tennis Team

Allison Suhre is getting an early introduction to the sport of golf.

The mastermind behind one of the state's top high school boys golf programs for 15 years, former Belleville East coach Jim Reynolds, has received the ultimate honor.

The 2009 collegiate golf season of Southwestern Illinois College freshman Tyler Kane came to an end Tuesday at the Region 24 Golf Tournament at Lockhaven Country Club in Godfrey.